About 4 days of age is when I introduce grain to the boer kids. They only eat a itty bitty amount at that time though, like a few pellets, so if you grain mom, and she is in her own place with her kids, put her grain pan/bucket low enough that the kids can eat from it, she will teach them how to eat it.
By the time they are two weeks old, they get their creep area that mom can't get to, and they eat when they please.
At about a month old, my boer kids eat about half a pound a day each.
Was the dam vaccinated with CD&T when she was pregnant? If not, then you can give them their shots now, in a few days, a week, just sooner rather than later. And don't forget the boosters!
If they don't need wormed, my advice is don't worm. But here, we have bad worms, so I worm kids at 6 weeks to start.
By the time they are two weeks old, they get their creep area that mom can't get to, and they eat when they please.
At about a month old, my boer kids eat about half a pound a day each.
Was the dam vaccinated with CD&T when she was pregnant? If not, then you can give them their shots now, in a few days, a week, just sooner rather than later. And don't forget the boosters!
If they don't need wormed, my advice is don't worm. But here, we have bad worms, so I worm kids at 6 weeks to start.
