I tried searching Yahoo and nothing came up. I've already made treats with crushed up corn, flour, and water. Do you know of any other good recipes that my goats would like?
2007-01-20 07:01:38 · 3 answers · asked by HI 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
this is the only place that I could find ...they sell organic goat feed and give a complete list of what is in it...maybe you could take those ingredients and come up with something tastey.
www.countrysidenatural.com/feeds.htm
2007-01-20 07:21:05 · answer #1 · answered by ~*common sense*~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had Nubian goats and learned alot about them while I had them. I gave them back to the man I got them from as they were not as social as I had hoped they would be and I wanted more friendly goats for my grandchildren.
I am getting a "bottle baby" Boer goat this next spring from a lady who raises 500 goats to sell for show goats and it will be very much socialized and can be better pets for my grandchildren.
In the 9 months I had these goats I came to realize that treats were not good for them. . . I noticed this in their stools.
Some treats are too rich for their system and causes them to have a cow patty looking stool instead of the little "pea shaped" stool that is normal for them.
I ended up just giving my goats normal goat feed but treated them with alfalfa or baled grasses.
I would give them chopped up apple,carrots,potatoes but sparingly.
I have also given them horse "Sweet Ration" but sparingly as this is what they call a "hot feed" meaning that it causes the animal to really gain weight along with changing their stool.
My goats seemed to really enjoy my duck and chicken feed and I was told by other goat owners that the goats like the crunching they get from chewing up the seeds that I give my fowl.
If you notice the change in stool as I noticed you need to back off and give them less of the treats.
Be sure to also give them salt as it helps in their digestion but do not give them the Red Salt Block as this has copper in it and they can't tolerate copper.
Something else that you might want to know about your goats is that when a goat has a full grown set of horns it is harder to have them dehorned.
Horns are hollow and when they are cut off it leaves an open cavity to their sinus's which can get infected and the infection runs straight to their brain and can kill them.
As with the bottle babies that I am getting,their horn buds are removed when they are only a few days old thus avoiding this hollow opening to the sinus cavity/brain etc.
After answering this question I went online and did a google search and found animalsnackables.com/treatrecipes/Goat.htm you might want to try it.
2007-01-20 07:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by Just Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goats especially like cotton candy! My goats love it!
2016-03-14 08:44:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The goats that I had ate the iris , my wife had it looked like packman.
To answer a very good question,Goats are like deer they like to browse. Mine loved Milo or maize.
2007-01-20 07:18:27 · answer #4 · answered by section hand 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋