New Franklin compared to Ohio state average: 1  Unemployed percentage significantly below state average. 2  Black race population percentage significantly below state average. 3  Median age above state average. 4  Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Green plants provide beta-carotene, which provides vitamin A to a goat's diet. Boer goats store vitamin A in the liver, using the reserved vitamin when lacking greens in the diet. Vitamin D is absorbed through the skin of the goat while being outdoors. Sun-cured hay is a good source of providing vitamin D in the diet.
Grain feed or pelleted grain mix can add protein, vitamins and minerals to your goats' diet. Most farmers supplement with grain feed when necessary-such as does who are raising multiple kids or in bad weather-but foraging and browsing is the foundation to good goat nutrition.