If you donât raise alfalfa, but you want your goats to get that extra protein, then feed them alfalfa hay twice per day while they forage too. Iâm sure they would like some, but they donât need it! Any help out there? So I went to the feed store to get a bag of alfalfa pellets ($8.50 for 50#). If your goat has a really high energy need, sure, feed alfalfa! Our years of seed experience, combined with recommendations from Florida A&Mâs Animal Science specialists, helped us design our seasonal grazing goat forage mix to be exactly what goat enthusiasts have been looking for. Two wethers I sold got stones from grain and I swore to educate myself on it. As I'm sure you all have noticed, the goats are horrid wasters of hay...and it drives me totally insane! Goats are browsers by nature and, although they donât particularly care to eat off the ground, theyâll happily eat vines, twigs, branches, leaves and anything remotely resembling your prize roses. In this way, some goat owners can eliminate the need for grain with alfalfa and good pasture. My goats are not in a foraging situation, yet. I started to mix it in with their normal grain ration. Hay for Goats. 2 cups Alfalfa Pellets 1 cup Organic/Non-GMO Corn ½ cup BOSS (Black Oil Sunflower Seeds) ½ cup Organic Pumpkin Seeds 2 tsp Kelp 2 tbs Brewerâs Yeast 4 oz (or 4 scoops) Manna Pro Goat Balancer Pellets (OPTIONAL: Would replace kelp and brewerâs yeast) Mature goats do very well on a grass-legume mix and some grass hays, but generally do not eat coarse grass hay; having small mouths, goats do not like it. After talking to goathiker on here (raises wethers as pack goats) and reading extensively, I realized that wethers need a 2/1 calcium phosphorus ratio in their diet. Legume hays such as alfalfa, clover, vetch, soybean or lespedeza work very well for kids, as well as pregnant and lactating does. Alfalfa hay is also popular for feeding goats and has more protein, vitamins, and minerals than grass hays, typically. Thanks Apr 13, 2009 #2 Cara Songster. Too much alfalfa CAN cause stones, but a little actually prevents it! Of course, for the first few days they, as if by magick, managed to eat everything except the alfalfa pellets. They actually have their own lot while Iâm working on fencing. Goats can thrive in a variety of living situations, but they do best when they are exposed to adequate pasture. Feed alfalfa to high energy need goats. 12 Years. Does anyone else give alfalfa cubes to their goats? You can give them the cubes if you soak them for a few hours first. Non growing goats, ones on a maintenance ration, do not need such a high energy feed. Providing goats with a combination of alfalfa and grass hays along with the proper grain mix will bring the protein level up and insure that there is adequate roughage in the diet to stimulate the digestive action of the goat's rumen. I also give sweet feed grain twice a day (morning and evening milking). Pasture. Today, we go through the topic of Alfalfa Cultivation for Dairy, Goat, Sheep, Livestock and its health benefits and side effects. Apr 13, 2009 #3 Chatychick Songster. This is a myth. Aug 30, 2007 3,267 6 221 NM. A goat cannot live by alfalfa alone. Alfalfa should not be fed on a free-choice basis, but portioned into flakes depending on the goatâs size and nutritional needs. Alfalfa dehy is produced from standing alfalfa, which is mowed and chopped in the field, delivered to the dehydrating plant still containing a minimum of 60 percent moisture, artificially dried, ground and pelleted. Alfalfa is very high in protein relative to other hays. 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