Tips for Raising Goats with Right Nutrition
Image by Ed Yourdon
(more details later, as time permits)
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On my way to dinner at a nearby sushi restaurant the other night, I stopped at a local playground to see if there was anything interesting to photograph. I found that a local community organizer, Darrin Dunn, had raised some contributions to provide uniform-style t-shirts for two competing teams of basketball players in the playground’s court, which has been named "Goat Courts."
Dunn is the CEO of the Earl Manigault Foundation, Inc., and you can reach him by phone at 832-660-1039 if you’d like to offer assistance; he doesn’t have a Website or email address at the moment. The foundation, and the basketball court, are named after the legendary Earl "the Goat" Manigault, who died in 1998 after playing professional basketball in France and Germany. You can learn more about Manigault, the basketball court, and the local tournaments in a July 10, 2009 Black Star News article titled Hope Dreams – Beyond Basketball, which was written by Mitch Ligon, whose chess-playing talents (in the same park) I showed in this Flickr photo.
Anyway, it was an interesting game, with lots of action. I took some 300 shots, and whittled it down to 30 keepers; I’ll upload 10 of them each day, while trying to juggle my other work demands…
Article by Justin Case
Goats need good excellent feed to keep healthy and strong. Much of this can be provided in a pasture setting and/or high quality hay such as alfalfa or clover and some grain thrown in for good measure.
Happy goats are healthy goats. Healthy goats to stay healthy require lots of water and the proper feed and mineral. Keep plenty of high protein feed around for the goat herd.
These needed demands will vary from the time of the year and for the particular animal. Things to be considered is whether it is a buck or a doe or a kid. How active are they and what is the weather like, hot or cold. Keeping goats well nurished is important to any goat process if it is be successful.
One of the best ways to feed your goat, is to provide them with a good pasture. This is probably one of the cheapest ways of keeping goats. One goat needs about an acre of pasture for adequate grazing. They consume quite a bit because grass contains a lot of moisture. Your your goat will also like to forage on low dangling branches or bushes if any are in the area.
Feed your goats a highly quality hay during the winter to help keep them warm. The best hay for getting the protein is alfalfa and Clover. Look for hay that has been harvested before it flowers for the highest protein content.
Keeping notes, stocked with a high-protein feed is essential, because they do not store protein in the body. These proteins can be found in various grain and seed meals.
Goats need to have access to two mineral and salt supplements to provide them with minerals and vitamins.
Proper care of your goats includes keeping them supplied with fresh, clean water and feed. Goats will not eat anything has been trod on the ground and dirty, including their water. Goats are generally clean and expect to be cheated that way.
Keeping and caring for goats is not much different from keeping any other critter. Each has it’s own peculiarities and they need to be covered for keeping them healthy and strong.
