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Hey! New here and new to goats, so I'm looking for some reassurance. I've researched the tables and calculated how much our two bottle baby NDs should be eating. But when the bottles are empty, they act like they've never seen a bottle before. I even feed a little extra some times, but they will...

I have a Pygmy/Myotonic baby that is being bottle fed as she was rejected. She is 12 days old and is doing well. My question is, what is the appropriate feeding schedule for her? I currently feed 4x's a day (8a, 2p, 8p and 2a) and she takes about 8-12oz a feeding. I've read that they do not...

So, it just dawned upon me, (when i saw briar drinking from one of my does!) that my boys are too young to be weaned. They are almost 8 weeks old, and lost their mamma on Sunday. I know they probably wont take to a bottle too well but i will try to get them to. I have a doe in milk, who has no...

I am stuck at home for the next few months so I was thinking that this is the perfect time to get a couple of bottle babies. I am looking at getting 2-3 Nigerian Dwarfs soon. Just wondering what advice you all can give me.

Mama had triplets and started off feeding all three. She had an infection about a week ago, for which she needed antibiotics and wasn't nursing anyone for a couple days. The infection has cleared up and she is back to being a wonderful, attentive mom, for two of the babies. But one she...

When I got my bottle baby from the breeder she said she has just switched her from 14-16 ounces 3x a day to 14-16 2x a day along with forage and pellets. She was born on the first of this month. When I got her home I realized I may have to go back to 3x a day and did the first day because she...

Hi all! I'm staying on a farm in Hawaii and have been put in charge of all animal care- goats and chickens. I have no prior experience but have been reading all I can. Two does kidded last month and one got anemia. Her symptoms started one week ago and are tiredness, less of an appetite, and...

My 4 week old kid had loose stool this afternoon and the stool seems to be back to normal tonight (wouldn't say full on diarrhea). Her and her twin both seem to have large bellies not super firm but large enough to make me wonder if this is normal. They were on the mother for 2 1/2 weeks and...

We are getting two Nigerian dwarf goats in the next couple of days that will need to be bottle fed. We don't have access to goat's milk so we need to use something else. There is SO much controversy over goat milk replacer vs whole cow's milk. I'm so confused and frustrated and don't know which...

Hi everyone :-) Hope you're all staying warm today. Can't wait for this winter to break! My husband and I brought home some bottle babies last night, omg are they cute! But feeding goats bottles is just about as perplexing as feeding human babies, for me anyways, so I'd like to pick your...

Hello All, Thank you for your help. I have 2 sets of triplets 4 days apart (and I'm a beginner and didn't know I bought pregnant goats...nice). My Boer had triplets 4 days ago. She is rejecting the boy. Also, the mother only has one teat, but she seems to be doing fine nursing the 2 girls...