Pack Goat Nutrition Cradle To Grave: Questions

[video_embed url=”https://youtu.be/OEm38iuhInM”]Questions

 

Does not pregnant, do they get the same hay alfalfa grass hay mix?

• Yes, same feeding program as the rest of the does
• Learn a does feeding program watch milk production

 

Instructing employees to know feeding programs seasonally

• Wethers hungry till feed is gone, UNLESS it’s winter never let goats go to bed hungry: keeps them full and warm

 

The downside to feed pellets long term

• No, short-term only

 

RV-style softener system

• Phosphorus balance/ watch the water intake
• Involve chemist: Ward Laboratories

 

Feeding program

• Know your feed /water ratio
• Play the science
• The comprehension guide: grass ratios

 

Offset Ketosis

• Give them tums
• Sugar intake- sugar water
• Good nutrition to avoid hyperglycemic

 

Birthing Course

• Get better with live births
• A great resource for many situations

 

Draw blood from goats

• Goat Club how-to video and wethers and does examples
• Test 2 times a year
• Sage Labs: supplies and instructions on how to mail and collect properly
• Diseases
• Know the right time to test: age, breeding, and testing

 

Most Nutritional Milk

• Moms milk yes
• Feed whole cow’s milk 3 to 4 times a day

 

Best place to give baby goats a shot: CD&T

• In front of the shoulder
• The goat industry says behind the shoulder

 

Sore Mouth

• Chickenpox for goats
• Transfers to humans: wear protective gear
• Carried in dirt
• Don’t wear boots to other farms
• Virkon squirt off boots
• Isolate babies: don’t share needles, water, or pens

 

If an infected goat with CAE, where to be put down

• Take to another location off property

 

Ticks

• Not susceptible in Idaho
• Only a few were found in between the horns

 

 

 

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