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My doe, Katie kidded five live babies March 28 (two days ago). First born was tiny, less than a pond, and so weak he couldn’t hold up his head. I thought we were going to lose him. Brought him in, bundled him up, syringe fed mom’s colostrum. In a couple of hours, he could raise his head and was...

Hello everyone! I'll be getting a standard Nubian doeling at 4 days old, and would like to bottle feed. I'm still new to the world of goat ownership, and have been looking at numerous charts on how and when to bottle feed. I'm not the best at math 😆, and there have been different calculations...

Hi everyone, I am at my absolute wits end and I don’t know what else to do. I have 2 San Clemente kids a little over a week old. They were living out in pasture with mom and the herd and seemed fine at birth. Went to do morning feed three days later and found mom lethargic, not interested in...

So we’re expecting to hopefully pick up our bottle baby on the weekend. Currently the breeder is feeding replacer, but based on what I’ve read it causes more problems than not. So how do I transition? Do I mix milk with the replacer slowly, or just switch over immediately? From my knowledge she...

I have failed miserably at trying to bottle feed some of Bella's kids supplementally. In case you are unaware on of my does had quads and my hope was that I could leave them all on her and not pull any, but bottle feed at least two supplementally. I have failed at getting any of the babies to...

I saw on Premier 1's website that they suggest two methods of cutting an opening in Pritchard nipples. You can either cut the very tip off or slit the top protruding part in half. Which method do you prefer?

Hello! I'm new to the production goat arena...I've had a pet pigmy for 8 or nine years but she hasn't really ever needed any intensive management. She's a really sturdy girl and packs with the dogs... Now I have a new herd of kinder and kinder/nubian mix. I am getting milk for the first time...

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'm looking for the best way to heat up milk. Preferable methods other than microwave, or heating with water on stove. Bottle warmers? I'm only going to be feeding about 10-12 kids, but just 2 at a time. If anyone has any experience with bottle warmers or another appliance to warm their milk...

Have I asked this before? I don't know... If you are curious to my nursery I'm now running read on, but I just wanted to get everyone's input on how often they have fed their own bottle babies. We are currently on a 4 hour rotation but I don't see where there would be an issue with a six...

Hi all, I'm too excited for my future goats. So I'm trying to learn as much as I can in the mean time. :bookgoat: I'm planning to adopt a pair of wethers and bottle feed them this upcoming spring. Again I'm sorry if this info is already somewhere obvious and I failed to find it. When should...

Hello, I'm new to the goat spot and having goats in general. My husband, my stepdaughter and myself have adopted four bottle babies. Two of them are Nubians, and two of them are Lamanchas. All are does except for one, who is a Nubian buck. I've been spending an immense amount of time with them...

So, we have pulled all our dairy kids to bottle feed for the past several years. However, when we go to show them, they are always smaller than the other goats in their class. Part of this is because we breed late. This year I had the last set of kids May 12 while many of my goat friends kid...

Hi everyone. I am new here, so I hope I'm doing this right, but here goes... I am new to owning goats... or livestock of any kind. My husband and I were both city kids until we could finally get moved out of town to an acreage of our own in Southwest Nebraska. So I have ZERO experience raising...

Hey everyone! I have another bottle baby, but she's proving that every goat is different... and by different, I mean difficult with this one. She's four weeks old today and was one of triplets. They had to be pulled as momma was in labor for almost 18 hours with no births. The last baby out...

Just brought home three new Nigerian Dwarves. They are perfect! But... One was spoiled rotten, kept mostly inside, and bottle-fed. The person we got him from said he came out weak and that's why. Anyways, he's never spent a night outside and needs to still be bottle-fed. He's 2 months old...

I apologize in advance for this long post! Our nigerian dwarf goat gave birth for the first time to triplets 3 days ago now. The first day, all 3 of them were doing great. I witnessed each of them nurse from mom and I'm guessing they all got some colostrum that first day. The next morning I...

I have a five week old Nigerian dwarf who will not take the bottle… It was nursing from its mom until two days ago. It has only been two days trying to get it to take the bottle so my first question is how long until I should be concerned? Also, does anyone have any tricks or suggestions? I...

I just found out my pregnant nubian has Johnes disease, and we are going to have the pull the babies at birth. HELP!!! I don't know anything about bottle feeding kids, or anything about kids! this is my first pregnant goat, and first kids. I've read to use raw whole milk, and not milk replacer...

We are reaching our last couple weeks and need to decide whether to pull the babies and bottle feed or to let them nurse on moms. Our end goal is to have as much milk for family use as possible. Any doelings will be kept to increase herd size and bucks sold or turned for freezer camp. There...