How much are they being fed?

by mrsdoni
How much are they being fed?

Knowing how much grain you’re feeding your animals is important but most people really do not know. Figuring this out is easy and all you need is your favorite ‘scoop’ or ‘cup’ and a scale. For our hogs, we simply use the large tin coffee cans that are 5 pounds filled with pellets. Easy enough. However, for our goats, we must be more careful so we use smaller and more accurate measurements.

For the goats we use a 1.5 cup, 2.0 cup and a 4.0 cup for measuring grain. Chinese soup containers are great for this. After taring each cup, we filled it up with our goat feed (Blue Seal Caprine Challenger).

  • 1.5 cups = 0.4 lbs (heaped up is 0.5 lbs)
  • 2.0 cups = 0.7 lbs (heaped up is 0.8 lbs)
  • 4.0 cups = 1.4 lbs (heaped up is 1.5 lbs)
Make sure you tare the cup.
After taring, add the grain; 2 cups = 0.7 lbs
Caprine Challenger grain weights: 1.5 cup = 0.4 lbs, 2.0 cups = 0.7 lbs, 4.0 cups = 1.4 lbs