~Our Goat Nutrition~

Brood Does: 

Brood Does are maintained solely on our pastures in spring, summer & fall.  They are given good quality hay with legumes of alfalfa & medium red clover when the pastures are grazed down & in the Winter.  Fresh water & Summit Goat-90 minerals are available @ all times. We do test our hay for protein content.  In 2009, the extremely rainy weather forced us to delay harvest of our hay fields past their prime nutritional value.  If our 2nd cutting of hay does not last throughout kidding season...........to weaning, I anticipate having to supplement a protein source @ the rate of 1 pound per doe per day.

Kids:

Kids are offered free choice Blue Seal pellets from birth to weaning.  We provide a separate area in the barn with a creep gate to keep the does out.  They have their own 2nd cutting hay & water in the pen as well.  Providing the kids with creep feed boosts their growth & lessens the nutritional stress on our does.

Bucks:

Bucks are maintained on pasture with Summit Goat-90 minerals in the Spring, Summer & Fall.  In the Winter, they are given Blue Seal pellets, hay & fresh water.  We use good quality hay to supplement the bucks when the pastures are grazed down also.