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Below is information on how we care for our goats. We
strive to put the best into our goats to give the best quality
animal and production possible. Without a good healthy
goat you would not have the quality we have.
Feed:
We feed free choice Grass hay and/or Orchard grass mix.
Supplemented in the winter/spring months of February thru May
with 2nd cutting alfalfa. All of our goats get grain. We use
cereal grains like oats and barley and a touch of Animax. We
offer free choice loose minerals and Baking soda,
cobalt
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selenium trace, & Iodized salt blocks. On average they
receive about 3/4 of a pound a day unless they are in milk. All
of my milkers get equal parts cereal grain - Milk Lbs and 1 lb
Animax per day as they milk heavy and this ratio seems optimum
for body condition.
Vaccinations & testing: We vaccinate with Veterinarian
recommended Colorado Serum CD&T and Bo-Se. Kids start there
vaccines at 12 weeks. Bred Does are given boosters at 30 days
prior to kidding, and again before breeding. Usually this falls
about every six months, unless they are milking through, in
which case they are given their shots in 6 month intervals.
Bucks and dry stock are boosted bi-annually. Yearly CAE testing
is also done approximately 30 days before the first kids of the
year are due to arrive. .
Kids:
Sometimes we bottle feed and sometimes we dam raise. Bottle
doelings are kept on a replacement milker basis as we are always
trying to better our herd. Select breedings are slated sometimes
years in advance and those crops are most definitely treasured.
We have some does that raise exceptionally sweet dam raised
kids. Being CAE negative allows us to let the dams keep and
raise there own. Other times due to multiple births, to ensure
the well being of all the kids we will take all but one away
from the dam. She is then brought to the milking barn to be
relieved of excess until the single is ready to wean. Babies all
are handled often and given play time with both humans and their
own kind.
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