6. Gum. Try chewing on a stick of gum to instantly defuse tension. In a recent study, while under moderate stress, gum chewers had salivary cortisol levels that were 12 percent lower than non-chewers.
Feed Nutrients. Energy is the most limiting nutrient to dairy goats. Sources of energy are grass, alfalfa, cereal grains such as corn, oats, wheat and barley and bypass fats. Energy limitations may result from inadequate feed intake, too much low quality feed, incorrect roughage to concentrate ratios.
Does require a higher percentage of protein especially when nursing or being milked. We use a combination of feeds for our does. I mix two scoops of textured sweet goat feed, two scoops of 17 % dairy goatration, one scoop of alfalfa pellets, 1/4 scoop Black Oil Sunflower seeds.