It’s very important to not give them too much milk at one feeding because over feeding causes diarrhea which can quickly lead to dehydration. Healthy goats are usually quiet yet energetic and playful. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts

They do not cry a lot and will tend to stay in one place most of the time. Manna Pro milk replacer is great. Please help!Do not mix milk with anything else. Continue offering grain each day.

There are many brands to choose from I’m not sure who originally created this bottle feeding recipe, but it has been used by many goat breeders for way longer than I have been around.

Diagnose the cause of the diarrhea, then take appropriate action. Typically newborn kids need to be fed every 2-4 hours the first 3 days and then you can gradually start spacing out the feedings.Baby goats will always act hungry when they see you because you are acting as their mom. I personally find that it’s easier to use, there are less steps (and thus less chance of making a mistake), plus it’s quite a bit cheaper in the long run. Once they reach 4 months old they can be switched to a non-medicated feed.When changing grain or milk type/brand, change gradually over 5 days adding more of the new type & less of the old type at each feeding but keeping the total volume the same.Should be eating plenty of grass and hay by now. He sips. We have a 12 day old baby goat who's mother had triplets and wasn't feeding the runt well.

Many breeders swear by using the This chart is a basic guideline to follow. So be sure that you clean their area daily.

Feed the baby colostrum: Make sure the baby goat feeds from its mother within the first hour after birth. Note: Kids will still We recommend feeding a 16% protein goat feed with Decox (Decoquinate) in it.

This can eventually lead to death.

Check for sores around the mouth and nose -- one of ours had a painful tongue sore and didn't want to nurse.Also show them grain and hay, pertend to eat it. I recommend that all people new to bottle feeding use the powdered milk replacer. They're drinking whole milk now. One of them was worrying me because he was not drinking as readily as he used to but he's drinking almost the same amount now spread over multiple sessions.We had endless problems with our bottle babies. Colostrum can come from its mother, another goat, or it can be purchased at a feed store.

A bottle baby only refuses a bottle for s few reasons...constipation and illness do do infection or toxicity.....use a digital thermometer ..insert just the tip or so and see what her temp i...101.5-103.5 is normal range.. permalink; embed; save; report; give award; reply nosmokingbandit 1 point 2 points 3 points 3 months ago . I dont' think cow's milk is suitable. You don’t want any old milk being left for them to get sick from during a future feeding. Should only take 1 week to be completely weaned. A bottle-fed baby that stops sucking from the bottle and isn’t interested anymore has been fed too much and the amount should be reduced by 1-2 ounces at the next feeding. Water in milk prevents it from curdling in the stomach. I know of many many goat kids who were killed by well meaning owners giving them water in their bottles.To those claiming to not have success with whole milk, I'm sorry you've had such bad luck - over the past 12 years I have raised over a thousand kids on whole cow's milk alone with massive amounts of success.

The kids seem to grow well on it, though I still prefer to use the powdered formula due to cost.It really isn’t a big deal what type of bottle or nipple is used as long as the kid is able to nurse from it. As the acting “parent” of a baby goat it is your responsibility to stop feeding them before they get full.

It’s best to start using the chart above when a kid is at least a week old because kids less than 1 week old will need to eat much more frequently than 4 times a day. I remember ours doing this, but not why.

I have also used replacer and other things, and the conclusion to those was they belong in a dumpster and never in my goats' bellies.Thank you so much.

I have been trying to feed with FRM milk replacement and she was doing ok Sat afternoon and Sunday, but today she will not take the bottle at all. What do I do? I initially started with a 50/50 mix of cow milk with electrolyte solution and now I've been giving them 70% milk 30% electrolyte for past 2 days. ... Also show them grain and hay, pertend to eat it. I was so surprised how soon our momma-raised goats were eating solid food and pooping pellets.Even whole milk doesn't have as much fat as goat's milk and isn't a great choice. A general rule of thumb is if a kid lets go of the nipple offer the bottle one more time. Sometimes diarrhea is helpful, such as when the body is cleaning out something the goat should not have eaten. I was so surprised how soon our momma-raised goats were eating solid food and pooping pellets. Their immune systems are still young and developing. We could only find sheep replacer (a powder at the feed store) and that still caused issues when they transitioned to solid food.

Weak Kid Syndrome: A newborn or young kid cannot stand and has sub-normal body temperature (hypothermic). The second time they let go of the nipple do not …

Also make sure that you wash their bottles and nipples after each use. The Decoquinate helps to prevent coccidia in young kids. If the kid does not feed from its mother, you will need to bottle-feed it colostrum, the early milk that is high in nutrients and immune-building properties. It isn't cheap but my bottle babies loved it and are growing up big and strong now.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castPress J to jump to the feed. This is what we follow and it works well for us.Hay &/or grass should be available at all times from here onStart offering grain twice a day from here on along with hay or grassFeed 1 bottle a day, gradually cutting back the amount of milk given each day. Also, they aren't pooping yet either.

Momma goat has had problems breast feeding both of her babies (born on 18th March) so I had to learn how to bottle feed them.

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