Feeding dwarf goats

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.
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.
  • "poor quality", weedy hay or pasture
  • free choice salt
  • free choice baking soda
  • free choice goat minerals
  • free choice water