My 1st Goats!! Many Questions

[RoosterML]

What about bedding? The floor is concrete. I really like the white bags at TSC for my chickens are they good for the goat? If not what else?

 

[chickens really]

I trust people that have had goats for years over someone like myself that just started......

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

We use hay mostly for bedding. Straw works. Shavings work but expect to see some eating of them. We used mulch one year and than topped it off with hay

Goats are picky messy eaters, so half, or more the hay becomes waste which becomes bedding here. Goats generally don't eat stems and prefer the leaf on hay. They are so picky.

 

[chickens really]

We use hay mostly for bedding. Straw works. Shavings work but expect to see some eating of them. We used mulch one year and than topped it off with hay

Goats are picky messy eaters, so half, or more the hay becomes waste which becomes bedding here. Goats generally don't eat stems and prefer the leaf on hay. They are so picky.

Yep..Yep and oh yep! Definitely the left over stems get tossed to the horses..
Plus what falls to floor quickly becomes bedding because they won't eat that either.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Yep..Yep and oh yep! Definitely the left over stems get tossed to the horses..
Plus what falls to floor quickly becomes bedding because they won't eat that either.

Once something hit the ground most goats won't touch it. Goats think they are royalty.

 

[chickens really]

Once something hit the ground most goats won't touch it. Goats think they are royalty.

I know...It's very cute learning about my kids.
Thanks so much because you have been so helpful.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I know...It's very cute learning about my kids.
Thanks so much because you have been so helpful.

Your welcome. You already know most of it.

 

[Duckfarmer1]

Once something hit the ground most goats won't touch it. Goats think they are royalty.

I use the old bedding* for the ducks a lot of time...because the ducks pretty much wreck it daily. If I have straw, I usethat as a base coat...it lasts the longest and absorbs the best as it is hollow. Then I layer it with the hay they won’t eat, typically. The stems... A lot of people buy shavings but it gets pricey. We buy our hay in bulk now..and get a better rate. I honestly don’t know how people can buy it at TS all the time for large animals...

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I use the old bedding* for the ducks a lot of time...because the ducks pretty much wreck it daily. If I have straw, I usethat as a base coat...it lasts the longest and absorbs the best as it is hollow. Then I layer it with the hay they won’t eat, typically. A lot of people buy shavings but it gets pricey. We buy our hay in bulk now..and get a better rate. I honestly don’t know how people can buy it at TS all the time for large animals...

Oh, it’s not just hay that they wont eat once it hits the ground...bananas, alfalfa cubes, etc...so give the cubes in small bites...the bananas....try the same...it’s just going to be trial and err for awhile....don’t let stuff get stale...my cubes got stale in my baggy...lol..wouldn’t touch them...they are soooo funny!

 

[Birdsong 82]

They are very finicky creatures. And you said it best they can be very dramatic. LOL That's what frustrates me but makes me love them I think. It's just funny sometimes talking to people because for some reason they have this opinion that goats have no personality and not to bright and just wander around aimlessly eating whatever and they can eat anything and they're fine. Way opposite. But their personalities are huge and the bestI don't know if I could see myself not owning goats anymore. Oh and I see her headlights now