My kids love to show goats at the county fair. The biggest problem they have in getting them in shape for the fair is exercising them. The goats don't want to run like they need to. All they want to do is eat grass and wander. Today we had an ingenious (maybe) idea. We had an old set of stairs lying around and decided the goats could use that as exercise equipment! After all, I have been told that exercising them wins the show!
As soon as we put the stairs in and made sure they would be sturdy enough the goats had a ball running, jumping, climbing and playing on them. It was a constant game of "king of the mountain" and climb-n-slide!
We have about a month before the fair so I guess we will see if they make a difference or not, but it can't hurt. (Except for the small cut one received in all the commotion that we had to wrap with coban). We also upped their feed ration today hoping for better results by fair time. The feed we have been using is Kent Goat Kid Developer. It is an 18% protein complete feed, so nothing else is required. They also have Kent goat mineral available at all times. I am hoping that the increased feed and increased exercise will make for muscle packed goats!
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