Kid Goat Bottle Feeding Schedule

We bottle feed for the first 8 weeks of a kid s life.

Kid goat bottle feeding schedule. On pasture in summer and on hay in winter. It will come around. A kid is best kept with its mother for the best natural nutrition and nurturing until it is eating solid food at a minimum of 10 weeks.

Bottle feeding weeks five and six continue feeding the 3 times a day schedule of 8a 2p and 8p. After that first day of feeding colostrum we move to the following schedule through weaning. We had their bottle feeding schedule written on the blackboard door.

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. I thought it might be helpful for other new parents of goats to have a feeding schedule. Newborns must have milk or their digestive system will shut down.

If goat colostrum fresh or frozen isn t available powdered or paste can be obtained at your local farm supply store. Through the years of bottle feeding and talking with fellow breeders i came up with a bottle feeding schedule and i try to stick close to it the following schedule courtesy of louise goudge from tlc boer goats is how we feed when we have bottle babies. Day one preferably feed goat colostrum only for the first 24 hours.

Goat kid feeding schedule day 1. The babies are finally weaned and the bottles go up for another year. The most important thing when feeding bottle baby goats is to try and do what a natural goat mom would do.

Powdered can be mixed with milk and paste will be supplemented with milk not alone. Bottle feeding is a commitment that. They are energetic and into everything at this point.