What kind of feed is good for goats? An introduction to common feed types
Goats can eat hundreds of kinds of grass and will readily consume various pasture grasses, shrub twigs and leaves, crop straw, vegetable leaves, fruit peels, vines, agricultural by-products and more. If goats eat only grass, they grow slowly. To make goats grow fast, feed needs to be rationally balanced. For growing goats, the feed formula is 61% corn, 13% wheat bran, 8% soybean meal, 14% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt and 0.1% additives.
1. Lamb feed formula: 55% corn, 6% wheat bran, 20% soybean meal, 15% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt and 0.1% additives.
2. Growing goat feed formula: 61% corn, 13% wheat bran, 8% soybean meal, 14% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt and 0.1% additives.
3. Breeding ewe feed formula: 47% corn, 17% wheat bran, 13% soybean meal, 19% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt and 0.1% additives.
4. Stud ram feed formula: 54% corn, 5% wheat bran, 22% soybean meal, 15% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt and 0.1% additives.
5. Fattening sheep feed formula: 61% corn, 15% wheat bran, 10% soybean meal, 10% sunflower cake, 3% tricalcium phosphate, 0.9% salt and 0.1% additives.