Is Grain Good or Bad for Raising Goats? I have 3 castrated male pygmy goats and 1 lady. Currently being from an equine background, I default to feeding both yard hay as well as grain. It’s Purina’s Goat Chow as well as has all the minerals the goats require. The goats obtain as much hay as they desire, though I've been working on their wasteful means with them. The long fibers in the hay, I have actually read, are the best for their wellness. It seems that grain ought to really be fed more to reproducing goats than animal goats. I browse several excellent sites with a large tons of details regarding elevating goats as well as it appears the basic consensus is that hay must be the main food fed to goats with grain as a treat and also booked generally for reproducing dollars and does. I do not intend to make my little guys unwell so I chose that although my overly remarkable pygmy goats will shriek as if they are being brutalized, I must back off on the grain and also offer even more hay. Is Carl coughing from grain? I have actually additionally seen that my smallest wether, Carl, has had a cough as well as a gently running nose. The night prior to last, his temperature level was a regular 102. I guess sometimes the grain will irritate their lungs? I will keep an eye on Carl to see if his cough vanishes. Otherwise, we may have to do an antibiotic therapy to assist the little man out.