06/26/09, 07:17 PM
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Yes 16% protein.
You can't go by how fat she is at this point at all, sometimes they never look pg, some goats always look pg. THey won't bloat on alfalfa pellets, they don't eat it like grain anyway. Still you should change the way you feed her very slowly, if she has never had pellets, just give her a little at a time and gradually increase it.
My goats are all in really great shape-that MUST be taken into consideration. I don't milk as long as I can, I breed my goats about the time I dry them off. I'll feed really well, generally a little more than normal immediately before and during breeding, I then taper down feed to only browse (in abundance), we plant wheat for them to eat in the worst of winter, about 6 weeks prior to kidding we gradually add grain to be up to milking levels before kidding. It isn't necessary to put weight on a healthy/normal weight goat at the beginning of pregnancy. The babies do most of the growing in the end.
Others who dry lot will have to tell you what they do, because our goats are never dry lotted and always have acres and acres of green fresh browse. Some of our goats never see grain and will get fat, so my advice is going to be not the best for you.
ETA: I worm at kidding and prebreeding, some do it quarterly. Every goat should be wormed when they go through stress (like yours did when she was moved)
Last edited by TennesseeMama23; 06/26/09 at 07:20 PM.
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