11/12/13, 09:22 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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I admit that we have been fatally influenced by contact with Joan Coolidge and Noah Goddard early in our goat raising careers. Both Noah and Joan feed alfalfa hay exclusively. Both Noah and Joan raise(d) really BIG and frankly, fat, goats with amazing show wins and fantastic milking records...I just saw the results of the top 10 the other day and if memory serves me correctly, Noah has 3 or 4 girls way up there???? We visited Noah's place in KA as our first goat farm visit and saw first hand just how hefty his stock is...and how beautiful!! Honestly, after that visit everything we saw looked emaciated. Now, before you all get yourselves worked up...you have to admit that neither Joan nor Noah is a failure in producing good, long lived, productive stock. Perhaps it has something to do with management other than what hay they feed, but it was very memorable to us as newbie goat owners!!
I just humbled myself to admit in a different thread that we paid more money by having the G6S testing done over several months instead of the money saving way of doing it all at one time due to wanting to be able to stretch out the payments over time. So, it is not as if we are these rich folks sitting out here who have money to throw away!
No, we seriously think that alfalfa is the way to feed and we are willing to pay for it.
Still, we find it interesting and educational to hear how others are feeding and what results they are having.
I just don't think that this is a "you're wrong if you do that" kind of a thing...or "stupid if you don't do" that kind of thing. Time always tells.
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