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.
Raising a goat for its cashmere isnât much different than other goats â except for its diet. You donât want to feed a lot of protein because when you do it coarsens their cashmere, says Bohnert. So, the goatsâ diet in their natural setting is primarily browse, which is weeds and leaves, theyâll eat berries.