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Thanks, Rob - I hope everyone posts responses - this is one of my areas of
interest, too. And, hopefully, some discussion on cheesemaking will be 
included.
Sandy

On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:52:01 -0400, "Robert Walton" wrote:
 
> Hey all,
> 
> I've been busy homesteading and just lurking here mostly. I got 6 Boer
> does and a Buck and then added a couple of Nubian-Alpine cross
> doelings in to be bred by the Boer buck. Next spring, I'll try my hand
> at goat milking. Hopefully, I'll like goat meat or find someone who
> will pay for it!
> 
> The goats are great brush eaters and my plan is for them to contribute
> to the fertility of the place, provide some meat and milk and keep
> brush down. Maybe they will be the path to getting pasture ready to
> support some beef cattle.
> 
> I am going to have to start feeding hay soon. I'd like to get some
> grass hay and some soybean hay. I've heard that the legumes are good
> for them and figure that they soybean hay should have some more
> protein in it.
> 
> They sure liked eating some frost killed bean vines I gave them last
> week. ANy of you that keep goats have any thoughts on Soybean hay for
> goats?
> 
> Hay is mostly sold in round bales here, so I have to make a commitment
> when I buy and would like to bring in 4 bales, 2 grass and 2 soybean.
> 
> I'll take any other goat advise you have also, cause I'm just getting
> started with goats. I love these animals!
> 
> Rob - Va
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