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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw AT chilitech.net>]

Soybean hay?  I've never heard of that! There are a lot of soybeans grown
here, but they are all in rotation with corn, and are plowed in to raise
soil fertility for the next crop of corn.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Peasant Farmer
Tioga County, PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 11:52 AM
Subject: [Homestead] Goats and Hay


> 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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