The most common cause of a barn fire from a heat lamp is when a bulb that has been used for an extended period of time works loose, or the adhesive holding the bulb to its base melts over time, and the hot bulb falls onto bedding. We like this style of lamp because the bulbs cannot fall down into bedding to start a fire. As long as overnight temps are below 45, we provide a heat lamp. Heat - If you visit our barn, you’ll notice we have Prema Heat Lamps hanging in our kidding pens and stalls. Thankfully wasted hay and goat manure make excellent compost! Hay should be fed off the ground to reduce waste - but goats are notorious hay wasters. I don’t recommend hay nets as tiny legs can get tangled in them. Good quality Orchard/Alfalfa mixed hay or strait Orchard hay are our preferred choices. Hay - Your new baby goats won’t eat much hay at first, but it’s important to offer it. We’ve found most feed stores can order this brand if they do not stock it. SweetLix is our preferred brand of minerals. We add kelp mixed into our minerals, and recommend it, but it’s not absolutely necessary. Provide a small mineral feeder inside their shelter up off the ground. We have found MannaPro is not sufficient supplementation for our herd, but it should work for wethers. Begin offering your loose mineral now, even if it doesn’t seem like they eat much of it! MannaPro is a readily available brand that can be purchased in small bags.
Blocks, even those labelled for goats, are not ideal. Goats do not salvate enough to properly utilize a mineral block. Minerals - all goats, including your new babies, need a loose mineral intended for goats.
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