Bottle feeding

[mdavenport0121]

I've got a boer doeling that is a week old. I have been feeding her the gallon whole milk, 12 oz evaporated, 8 oz buttermilk formula. She is taking 40 oz a day the past two days and acts hungry all the time. She seems healthy, she is jumping around and playing. She doesn't seem to be putting on the weight her sister is that is nursing off mom. Is there anything I can add to fill her up more? Do they make goat starter feed that I can start her on? She is cute though. She follows me around like a puppy.

 

[Roll farms]

I bottle-raise upwards of 30 kids a year....Here's a page I wrote about raisin' babies.

http://www.backyardherds.com/web/viewblog.php?id=586

 

[Renegade]

If the buttermilk you're using is low fat I would recommend cutting it back to 4 oz and then adding 4 oz of heavy cream. This will bring the fat content up. I would also recommend feeding a 14 oz bottle 3x a day until the baby is 3 weeks old. Then you can switch to 2x a day feeding.
You can start offering a small amount of goat starter pellets in a week or so but babies don't really eat enough feed to amount to anything until they're about a month or more old.

HTH

Donna

 

[Mamaboid]

I would also start giving her access to hay. Mine start nibbling on hay very early.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I follow what Roll Farms says.