Bottle Feeding Baby Goats Chart

Days 5 through 14.

Bottle feeding baby goats chart.

Guideline for bottle baby pygmy and nigerian goats. Most people feed 4 5 times in 24 hours and you can usually go 7 8 hours overnight between bottles so it s about every 3 4 hours during the day. Bottle feeding is a commitment that can t be broken especially during that first week or so. Make the bottles progressively less warm to get the kid to cold milk by two weeks.

If i m feeling good about my bottle babies growth i ll go down to 2 bottles a day in early week 6 at 8a and 8p. They are energetic and into everything at this point. Bottle feeding weeks five and six continue feeding the 3 times a day schedule of 8a 2p and 8p. Frequency of bottle feeding baby goats.

Divided by three feedings per day for example means that the 20 pound kid will get an 11 ounce bottle three times a day. On pasture in summer and on hay in winter. You don t want any old milk being left for. The frequency chart below has been compiled from several different sources but is mostly from my.

Grain hay 1 week. A basic rule of thumb to go by is 10 to 12 per cent of body weight per day. So be sure that you clean their area daily. You can add 1 2 tablespoon of electrolytes to the milk for diarrhea.

Kids should be encouraged to eat nibble hay concentrate from a few weeks onwards. Feeding baby goats goat grain or pelleted feed. In ounces follow below chart for babies appearing weak add 1 pump of goat nutri drench to the first bottle of the day. If a baby goat can t consume much in the beginning i may need to give five bottles to get at least 10 body weight into the kid in 24 hours.

Bottle feeding has its disadvantages but it s a task that also has advantages. You will find as many tables charts rations and plans for bottle feeding baby goats as there are experts. Their immune systems are still young and developing. Kids should be eating with the herd.

When bottle feeding baby goats it is so important to keep everything clean. For example if the kid weighs 20 pounds it should have two pounds or 32 ounces per day. They learn this by copying their mother which is why it always better to leave bottle babies with their mother if at all possible. Bottle feeding baby goats is an obligation that some goat owners don t want to take on unless necessary.