Your support of our advertisers helps support GoatWorld!

Keeping weight on a heavy milker - how?

Posted by Nat on May 02, 2001 at 13:06:37:

Hey everyone,

I've got another question for everyone:

I have a 4 year old milker (Togg), she just freshened for her 2nd time in the beginning of April. She gives 5lbs a milking. I'm currently feeding her free choice grass hay, 2lbs goat chow daily (split up with milking - so 1lb am/pm)and she gets a good handful of "Dengie hi-Fi" (which if you didn't know is kinda like haylage - chopped alfalfa and hay with a light coating of molasses - in 40 lb bag/bales).

It seems like she's dropping weight slowly - not drastic. I want to keep her weight up and production - and need some suggestions. she was a bit on the heavy side during pregnancy since she was dry a year. Has anyone had sucess feeding Magalac, or any other rumen-bypass fat in the feed? Or have another formula for a ration?

Just Wondering

-Nat's Little Bit Farm

• Re: Keeping weight on a heavy milker - how? Vicki McGaugh 16:48:06 5/02/2001 (3)
  • Re: Keeping weight on a heavy milker - how? Perry 18:52:34 5/02/2001 (2)
    • Re: Keeping weight on a heavy milker - how? Nat 20:46:07 5/02/2001 (1)
      • Re: Keeping weight on a heavy milker - how? Dave 17:33:27 5/07/2001 (0)

Name:
E-Mail:
Subject:

This GoatWorld Archive Document has not yet been edited to fit into the GoatWorld format and may therefore contain links or information that is not accurate or considered appropriate for the GoatWorld content policy. By clicking this Report This Page link, you will be helping GoatWorld identify pages that need immediate attention until they can be edited in regular updates. If reporting a page, please be sure to include the page address (such as: 5013.shtml) and any information that you feel makes this page unreliable to other visitors.

Email: Contact INFO Telephone: Contact INFO	Designed & Hosted by: PFALZBOT ©1999-2011 GoatWorld.Com
All written, audio, video and graphic material contained within this site, except where otherwise noted, is Copyrighted ©1999-2011. Some content may also be the property of contributors to the site, in which case their material is also protected by applicable copyright laws and this copyright policy. No material may be linked directly to or reproduced in any form without written permission from us. If you would like to reprint something from our site, simply send us an email to request permission to do so. Please refer to our REPRINT criteria. ©Gary and Pamela Pfalzbot, Colorado, USA This site is run and operated by Disabled Veterans