× Looking for minerals and goat supplies? Head over to our shop at GoatCare.com! Our methods change frequently, so while these costs are accurate now, by next season we may be doing things differently. One thing is for certain no matter the method: raising goats is costly! Hay January begins kidding season, or it has the last two years anyway. The does are wintering in the barn and eating free choice second cutting alfalfa at $70/ton. Our price is drastically lower than market value because we buy at cost from a relative. Market rate is about $175 a ton. We winter about 6 months out of the year, so I figure 180 days of feeding hay at a rate of 4% of body weight per Read More