[Jacob-list] Housing Goats and Sheep together

[Robin Lynde]

We feed for the sheep requirements. The goats eat the sheep minerals. If I 
grain the sheep (rarely) then the goats can eat that. Whenever circumstances 
allow it (goats are penned separately for some reason) then they have a 
different mineral block available. Sometimes we try to put minerals in a 
place where the goats can get to it be the sheep can't (through a fence 
panel, higher up, etc), but it's not a great solution and we're not 
consistent with that. The milkers get lactating goat grain while being 
milked so I feel like they at least get something that they should. By the 
way, when I've bought goat minerals they don't eat them--at least the brand 
that I've tried. They will eat the sheep salt mix though.
Robin Lynde
Meridian Jacobs
Vacaville, CA
www.meridianjacobs.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannon Phifer" <kenleighacres at yahoo.com>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:11 AM
Subject: [Jacob-list] Housing Goats and Sheep together



> Hello - I have a question for those of you that have goats and sheep 

> together - how do you address the copper differences that each of them 

> need?  I have a gal that is interested in buying a couple lambs, but she 

> has goats and she gives them loose mineral and grain with copper in it. 

> She is wondering what to do.  She would like to house them together.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Shannon Phifer

> Kenleigh Acres Farm

> Dexter, OR

> www.kenleigh-acres.com

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