Our Feed Recipe
I've been getting so many people asking for our feed recipe, so I figured I should just post it here. Our 13% ration is:
160 lbs of Steam Rolled Barley
160 lbs of Oats
10 lbs of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds(BOSS)
5lbs of Redman Salt(if you free choice salt, then don't add it to the feed)
1lb of Brewers yeast
25 lbs of Wheat Bran
We
feed this mix to all of our goats, dairy and meat, dry does, milking
does and bucks. We have found that the mix has to be half barley half
oats otherwise the girls don't milk as well. Barley=milk. I know it is
only 13% protien, but we have been using this mix for 2 years now and
have had great success with it. Our kids have very fast weight gain,
our milkers consistently milk a gallon + a day, and everybody stays in
great condition. We also free choice water, alfalfa/grass mix hay, goat
minerals, kelp, baking soda and salt. For feeding, we feed 1 lb of food
to milkers for every 3 lbs of milk they produce, plus 1 lb for body
condition.