01/19/13, 12:01 PM
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Katie
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Twining, Mi.
Posts: 19,930
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In the winter months when in early pregnancy or dry I give them 1/4c. a.m. & p.m. of a 16% dairy pellet mixed equally with crimped oats(so 50 pound bag dairy pellets & 50 pound bag of crimped oats mixed together).
I do up their feed a little when they get a month out from kidding to 1/2 cup feed mix a.m. & p.m. & start giving a littlt alfalfa pellets to make sure they get enough calcium.
They also have alfalfa/grass hay 24/7 year around. Browse when it's the right time of year. Everything dried up & snow covered now.
When milking or nursing kids (kids eat with mom at this time) I give each doe 1 1/2 to 2 cups of my feed mix. Same hay but all the alfalfa pellets they want on the stand. If I'm not milking them I have the 2 sided black dishes from TSC that I put alfalfa pellets in 3 or 4 times a week. Got me thinking now I can't remember exactly how much grain I gave last year a.m. & p.m. while milking but I think the above is pretty close.
Kids eat with their dam's. When they start getting too big & need more food I give them their own dishes so mom has enough to eat.
Last edited by Backfourty,MI.; 01/19/13 at 12:04 PM.
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