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Should Wethers Eat Grain?

Marcus Vance • • 7 min read
Should Wethers Eat Grain?

Bucks and wethers should not be fed any type of grain or goat feed

goat feed
Each goat needs about two to four pounds of hay per day (3-4% of body weight in pounds), which can be fed free choice or twice a day. If good range isn't available, dry grass forage of a horse quality is acceptable. Goats require additional hay, which is roughage, for their rumen to function properly.
routinely because it can wind up causing urinary stones, which can kill them. Some people are quick to say that if you feed them alfalfa, the calcium will balance the phosphorus in the grain so that you are not as likely to wind up with stones.

What should you feed Wethers?

The best thing to do is feed your wethers a grassy alfalfa hay (this is a mix or orchard grass and alfalfa), a loose goat mineral (we like Sweetlix Meat Maker) and NO GRAIN. If you must give snacks, try raisins, carrots or apples, instead of grain and flour-based snacks.

Can wethers have oats?

As a rule, bucks and wethers (castrated males) should not have grain because it can cause urinary stones. ... You should not feed individual or mixed grains, such as corn, oats, barley, etc because they are high in fat and carbohydrates and low in protein, so they are not that nutritious.

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