Milker Grain Mix
At Green Gables, we only feed grain to our milking does. Bucks and dry does may get whole oats, but this feed mix is designed for milking does who need higher energy and protein.
Here is the feed mix that we currently use for our milkers (makes 1000#):
- Whole soybeans – 80#’s
- Whole corn – 500#’s
- Sure coat (molasses type thing) – 60#’s
- Seleno (organic selenium) – 1#
- Black sunflower seeds – 25#’s
- Oats – 50#’s
- Yeast – 4#’s
- SBM (Soybean meal) – 80#’s
- Purina Mill’s Goat Mineral - 50#’s
- Diatomateous Earth - 4#’s
- Kelp – 20#’s
- Beet pulp – 80#’s
- 38% (dairy ration) – 70#’s