Bottle Feeding Baby Goats

We don t usually get kids down to less than three bottles ever.

Bottle feeding baby goats.

If you do not we recommend whole cow s milk. A bottle fed baby that stops sucking from the bottle and isn t interested anymore has been fed too much and the amount should be reduced by 1 2 ounces at the next feeding. If you have a goat in milk even if it is not the mother of the kid you are raising start there. Your goat needs to be bottle fed to get vital vitamins and nutrients.

This can come from either your own farm if you have a milk cow or just from the grocery story. For the first two to four weeks we give bottles at about 7 a m noon 5 p m and 10 p m. So be sure that you clean their area daily. Some people try to get kids down to only two bottles as soon as possible but in my experience baby goats are more likely to get diarrhea when given too much milk at a single feeding.

A bottle fed baby that stops sucking from the bottle and isn t interested anymore has been fed too much and the amount should be reduced by 1 2 ounces at the next feeding. As the acting parent of a baby goat it is your responsibility to stop feeding them before they get full. Goats milk is obviously the best choice to bottle feed if you have it. Bottle feed your goat using natural ingredients and an ordinary bottle.

If a young goat isn t being fed by its mother bottle feeding is important. You don t want them to get sick from any bacteria. When bottle feeding baby goats it is so important to keep everything clean.