bottle feeding..

[txgoatfarmer]

I have 2 does that are pregnant and I am wanting to bottle feed the babies and make sure they don't get anything from their mothers. My question is that I have a bag of KID MASTER MEDICATED MILK REPLACER WITH COLOSTRUM and has been sitting in the house for about 10 months..Is it still good?

and do I still need to get just regular colostrum to feed to the kids when born or will the milk replacer works since it has colostrum in it?

 

[ksalvagno]

I don't know if I would use old milk replacer. Also, you need regular colostrum. The stuff in the powder is usually only a supplement and not the real thing.

You can just use regular whole cow milk from the store.

 

[Roll farms]

If the does aren't sick the BEST thing is to take their colostrum and feed it to those kids for 24 hrs.
If they are sick (CAE or some such) you can heat treat it, but it's a bit tricky...

http://users.frii.com/dawog/Goats/colostrum.htm

I wouldn't use old replacer. I'd use whole (Vitamin D) cow milk from the store after the 24 hrs of colostrum is up *or* buy fresh, GOOD goat replacer and use half whole milk and half replacer at first.
If they scour, go back to straight goat milk.