All of which can be classified as goat forage in your backyard. 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. A goat cannot live by alfalfa alone. 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) If your goat has a really high energy need, sure, feed alfalfa! They actually have their own lot while Iâm working on fencing. Alfalfa hay is also popular for feeding goats and has more protein, vitamins, and minerals than grass hays, typically. Aug 30, 2007 3,267 6 221 NM. Iâm sure they would like some, but they donât need it! Alfalfa, which is scientifically called as Medicago Sativa is a plant which belongs to the legume species and is the one which grows perennially. 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. Two wethers I sold got stones from grain and I swore to educate myself on it. In this way, some goat owners can eliminate the need for grain with alfalfa and good pasture. Too much alfalfa CAN cause stones, but a little actually prevents it! So I went to the feed store to get a bag of alfalfa pellets ($8.50 for 50#). Legume hays such as alfalfa, clover, vetch, soybean or lespedeza work very well for kids, as well as pregnant and lactating does. Alfalfa is very high in protein relative to other hays. My goats are not in a foraging situation, yet. 12 Years. Pasture. 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. I started to mix it in with their normal grain ration. Hay for Goats. Feed alfalfa to high energy need goats. 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. I also give sweet feed grain twice a day (morning and evening milking). Of course, for the first few days they, as if by magick, managed to eat everything except the alfalfa pellets. As I'm sure you all have noticed, the goats are horrid wasters of hay...and it drives me totally insane! Any help out there? 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. Does anyone else give alfalfa cubes to their goats? Goats can thrive in a variety of living situations, but they do best when they are exposed to adequate pasture. 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. Alfalfa should not be fed on a free-choice basis, but portioned into flakes depending on the goatâs size and nutritional needs. Thanks Apr 13, 2009 #2 Cara Songster. You can give them the cubes if you soak them for a few hours first. 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. Non growing goats, ones on a maintenance ration, do not need such a high energy feed. 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