Our daughter decided to get her own milking doe this year and purchased a nice little doe from the Strong Family. She has tons of dairy character and we planned on waiting until next year to breed her. Turns out that was a good decision, as she decided to break her leg a few weeks back! And of course, no easy break for us. She ended up needing pins put in. Well, she is healing fine and gets her pins out soon. The doctor was happy with her progress, and we adjusted some of our feed since the Doc said her bones were soft. We are now feeding mostly alfalfa and making sure they are getting the right minerals to give them a total of a 2:1 ratio of calcium and phosphorous. We also are making sure everyone has enough Vit. A and D, since we live under a lot of trees, which means a lot of shade. I must say, that was an expensive nutrition lesson, but the little doe is doing great and growing faster than ever!
