π Feeding My Goats: A Real Challenge
Feeding my goats has been the most challenging aspect of raising them π, and it has made me consider stopping because of the difficulty in obtaining feed for them.
I know someone who doesn't have the experience of rearing goats will think:
βCome on, you can just get that grass to eat.β π±
But I tell you, not every grass fits the position of being called good feed for goats.
πΏ Grass Isnβt Always the Answer
Some grasses are actually poisonous to goats, and the place where I am staying is, for some reason, struggling to grow plants during the dry season βοΈ unlike other places where the soil can still grow something even though there's no rainfall.
π½οΈ Leftovers Are Not Enough
Now, while we put a lot of effort into feeding them with leftovers from our kitchen ππ₯¬, it is still not enough.
The reason it's not enough doesn't really mean that the goats don't look full π; what it means is that the goats will never get what their body actually needs.
π What Farmers Notice
Though the goats might be looking healthy to many ποΈ, we farmers can easily see a lot of defects just by looking at the goats starting from the hair on their bodies down to the way the bones in their bodies are developing π¦΄.
π Lessons from Newborn Kids
The births of these kids have definitely opened my eyes to the absence of some very important nutrients in the body of the mother, as the formation of the baby depends on the cells of the mother and how healthy the mother is.
π The Role of Supplements
Supplement is the only way to correct the deficiencies that I am looking at right now π, and it will be better if I can correct them from the mother's diet, which eventually feeds the kid with her milk π₯ that now contains the required nutrients.
β οΈ Final Note
You need to pay a lot of attention to your animal's diet πΎ to prevent circumstances like this.