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.
What Do Goats Eat? The very likely answer to the question, What do goats eat? is: everything; but that is not necessarily so. Although these animals seemed to garner a disreputable image of heedless carnivores, you need to plan out carefully the goats' diet if you plan on goat rearing for meat, milk or fiber.