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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I'd ditto this part.  We were lucky in that we didn't have only goats and if 
the goats wouldn't eat it the cows or the horses would.  We even had them 
turn their noses up at some alfalfa we had in for the horses we were 
showing!

We got our first doe from Redwood Dairy Goats and her advise was "buy one 
bale from a lot and see if they like it first."  Didn't think anything of it 
until the first time they turned their noses up at what I thought was some 
great hay.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> My goats, and some others I knew, were actually quite picky about their
> hay.  Several times, I bought hay that they would not eat.  It wasn't
> that they wanted more expensive hay, because more often than not they
> liked the cheap, weedy stuff better, it's just that they sometimes acted
> as finicky as a cat.  If there is any way possible to avoid buying round
> bales from the start before you know whether or not your goats will eat
> it, I would.  Perhaps you can get some loose hay or a square bale from
> the same source and test the goats before you lay out the money for the
> round bale?