Feeding dwarf goats
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Because we had raised full-sized goats for years, we assumed that we knew what we were doing enough to take in some Nigerian Dwarf Goat babies without doing much additional research. Turns out we were wrong.
Our little guys thrived until they reached full size, then ballooned out into the fattest little goats you have ever seen. Took us a while to figure out what we were doing wrong. |
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Feeding Nigerian Dwarf Goats
Full grown Dwarf Goat weathers need only a few basic things for nutrition. They should never be given grain or concentrated feed and will not do well on hay that is an alfalfa or clover mix. They need...
The biggest problem with feeding Dwarf Goats is that we want to feed them too much. If a flake of hay is 5 lbs, a dwarf goat is likely to need only 3 lbs of that in a day. That means, if you feed twice per day, you need to give them just over a fourth of a flake each time.
Full grown Dwarf Goat weathers need only a few basic things for nutrition. They should never be given grain or concentrated feed and will not do well on hay that is an alfalfa or clover mix. They need...
- we have found that simple grass hay works best, though the books say a grass/alfalfa mix is a good idea
- free choice salt
- free choice baking soda
- free choice goat minerals
- free choice water
The biggest problem with feeding Dwarf Goats is that we want to feed them too much. If a flake of hay is 5 lbs, a dwarf goat is likely to need only 3 lbs of that in a day. That means, if you feed twice per day, you need to give them just over a fourth of a flake each time.