[MuldrowBeeandGoatFarm]

How soon do newborns poop pellets and what is not normal for a 1 -3 day old kid?

 

[SandyNubians]

Usually when they start eating solids. So, for the kids here, first 24hrs are the meconium, and from 1-3 weeks its the yellow milk poos which sometimes looked like clumped pellets, but they are still soft. 2 weeks and onwards once they are eating hay, grass, grain, whatever solids. They will become darker and then shortly after they will be normal pellets. Normal poo for 24-48 hours is the black tar poo(meconium) and from 2 days to whenever they start eating solids is a soft yellow poo. Not usually hard, but also not runny. Any off colors, runny poo, or excessive mucus and I will start looking into there might be an issue.

 

[Goats Rock]

The yellow poop is sticky, make sure her behind does not get sealed closed if the doe isn't cleaning the kids rear end. Baby wet wipes do a good job of getting that gooey, sticky yellow baby poop cleaned off.

 

[goathiker]

If you put on a swipe of vaseline the poop won't stick as bad and it's easier to wipe off.

 

[MuldrowBeeandGoatFarm]

That's the type of poop they have but we are just double checking. The vaseline is a great idea! Thanks!

 

[HoosierShadow]

I agree with what everyone has said. Things that are not normal would be runny poo - diarrhea which could be a variety of things. We've had that happen a few times.
Too much colostrum can cause belly aches, and then there is ecoli. So any time a baby has a belly ache, or runny poop we give them a dose of Spectogard Scour Halt (labeled for pigs) and that tends to really clear things up quickly.
We had 6 does kid in the past week, and gave babies from 2 mom's some spectogard. They acted like they had belly aches - mom's had a LOT of milk and very rich colostrum. 1 dose and they were fine again.

 

[toth boer goats]

I agree. :up: