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Sweet Feed for Goats: Our 17% Textured vs. the 16% Medicated Pellet โ†’

October 27, 2026

By Theresa Gibilisco, owner, The Hungry Puppy Goat people ask for "sweet feed" the way horse people ask for "grain." It usually means "the bag my goats come running for." On our pallets, that's one...
How Much Grain Does a Milking Doe Need? Feeding Our 17% Textured Goat Feed โ†’

October 27, 2026

By Theresa Gibilisco, owner, The Hungry Puppy First time dairy goat owners almost always ask us the same thing: "How much grain do I give her on the milk stand?" They've usually been told everythin...
Farm Animal Heat Stress: Keeping Goats, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Chickens Cool โ†’

July 24, 2025

By Theresa Gibilisco, owner, The Hungry Puppy We hear some version of this every July: "The goats are fine, they're just lying around. The horse is the one I'm worried about." That's often about ri...
Goat Care Basics: Nutrition, Housing and Health for a Small Herd โ†’

July 05, 2025

By Theresa Gibilisco, owner, The Hungry Puppy Goats are a lot of fun and a little bit of work every single day. If you're bringing home your first pair, this is the page I'd want you to read before...
Livestock Feed and Supplies at The Hungry Puppy: A Species-by-Species Guide โ†’

May 10, 2022

By Theresa Gibilisco, owner, The Hungry Puppy People are sometimes surprised that a store called The Hungry Puppy has a feed room. We've been feeding Monmouth County's farm animals right alongside ...

Sweet Feed for Goats: Our 17% Textured vs. the 16% Medicated Pellet

• All Posts • farm feed • goats • livestock • Nutrena

Two goat feeds, two different jobs. How Nutrena Country Feeds 17% Textured and the 16% Medicated Pellet differ, which goats each suits (milking does especially), and what every wether owner should know about urinary stones.

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How Much Grain Does a Milking Doe Need? Feeding Our 17% Textured Goat Feed

• All Posts • dairy goats • farm feed • goats • livestock • Nutrena

How much 17% goat feed to give a milking doe, by the quart, plus the 50% rule on the tag, feeding before kidding and at dry off, and why milkers skip the medicated pellet.

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Farm Animal Heat Stress: Keeping Goats, Horses, Sheep, Pigs and Chickens Cool

• All Posts • farm • goats • heat stress • horses • livestock • pigs • sheep • summer

One page for summer heat on the farm: what to set up before a heat wave, what horses, goats, sheep, pigs and chickens each need, and the signs that mean call the vet.

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Goat Care Basics: Nutrition, Housing and Health for a Small Herd

• All Posts • farm feed • goat care • goats • livestock

New to goats? The basics in one place: hay first, which goat feed and mineral, shelter and fencing, the vaccine, parasite and hoof calendar, and what changes if you keep sheep too.

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Livestock Feed and Supplies at The Hungry Puppy: A Species-by-Species Guide

• All Posts • farm feed • goats • Livestock • livestock feed • llamas • pigs • rabbits • sheep

What we carry for goats, sheep, mixed barns, pigs, llamas and alpacas, rabbits and pond fish, plus hay, bedding and barn supplies, and how we get it to your farm.

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