OK GETTING FIRST GOAT \ IS A NUBIAN BUCK 1 WEEK OLD *UPDATE PICS*

[Our7Wonders]

My nubie babies got 12 ounces three times a day - some feed up to 20 ounces 3x daily - you want to aim for at least 6 hours between feedings to give their tummy time to digest, any sooner and you can set yourself up for problems. You can start with 10 or 12 ounces and build from there. If the breeder is bottle feeding them already you should ask what their routine is and start with it before changing it up right away. Moving can be stressful on them so you'll want to start with what they've been doing and gradually shift to your schedule and milk.

 

[20kidsonhill]

20 ounces a day would be for a standard size goat. A good rule of thumb would be allow them to eat just about all they want in a feeding as long as they aren't getting an upset stomach afterwards, then if they do, feed less the next time. Keep the feedings on a regular basis.

 

[Mossy Stone Farm]

I feed my babies 4 times a day 16 oz till about 2 weeks. Some times they won't finish a bottle.

Then we bumped up to 20 oz 3 times a day until 3mos then i droped it to 2 20 oz till they were weaned sometimes 4 mos or older.

In a pinch when i had no goats milk ( to buy raw at the dairy it was 9.00 1/2 gal) i used whole milk from the store my girls did great.

By the time they are weaned they are eating hay drinking water, and have minerals ....

 

[countrygirl911]

i really appreciate all the answers i have no way of getting fresh goat milk so i can feed him whole milk we buy from a store and just heat it up also when do i start the minerals and also is there a feed that i need to feed him like some kid of pellets if so when do i start him on that. i just want to make sure that i have everything i need and that i am going to do it right. i will have to post pictures as soon as we get him home. is it ok to have him in our home until his is finished being built whch should be in the next few weeks. and how do i keep him from messing on my floor

 

[countrygirl911]

My nubie babies got 12 ounces three times a day - some feed up to 20 ounces 3x daily - you want to aim for at least 6 hours between feedings to give their tummy time to digest, any sooner and you can set yourself up for problems. You can start with 10 or 12 ounces and build from there. If the breeder is bottle feeding them already you should ask what their routine is and start with it before changing it up right away. Moving can be stressful on them so you'll want to start with what they've been doing and gradually shift to your schedule and milk.

the first fed days she feed him by bottle but for the last 2 days he has been eating off mom since the owner had to be gone for a while during the day and would not be there to feed him his mid day snack. is that ok will it be hard to start feeding him on a bottle again since he had only been off of it for 2 days while the owner was gone. he is only a week to week and a half old. also do i use just a regular baby bottle

 

[20kidsonhill]

a pelleted goat feed with ammonia chloride in it, since it is a male.
You can start offernig some at around 3 weeks in a bowel. they will just look at it at first, mouth it a little, normally around 6 weeks is when they start showing more interest and by 8 weeks they now for sure what it is.

For a growing kid a good rule of thumb is 3% of their body weight when they are weaned and off the milk, but just good quality tender hay and good pasture will do a lot of them. We wean at 8 weeks, but we have them on a lot of grain, weaning at 12 weeks would be better if you aren't offering all that grain.

Talk to your vet about the time they recommend for castrating. I know this is going to be a special pet, so I recommend doing it later, like as in 6 months of age. But that will be up to you and your vet. Most people recommend 8 to 12 weeks, but that has a lot to do with the concerns of doing to get it done as late as possible, but not ending up with does accidently bred. It is harder on them the older they are, especially the banding, but the vet can do surgery on the older bucks instead of banding.

a 16% pelleted goat grower or developer is what you are looking for.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

I kept our new additions in the kitchen in a very big dog crate on top of a towel (sometimes they peed a little outside the crate and this helped to catch it). Our son, however, got a great idea for keeping the kitchen floor clean and asked to have on of my old cookie sheets. He lined it with paper towel and whenever he had the kids out to play, he'd snatch them up and put them on the sheet if they started to pee-after a few times, they were doing it on their own (not pooping though just urinating-not sure if you can break them from dropping berries whenever).

Best of luck!

 

[countrygirl911]

well i am home with him will post pictures in a few but the woman lied when we got home he will not eat out of a bottle he was in the pasture with the other goats she gave me a bottle that is plastic and has a hard pointed nipple and she told me to squeeze it in his mouth a little at a time she sait the first 5 day he ate on bottle but the last 2 days he ate off of mom will he eat. she also wearmed him and gave him some shot that part has to do with tetnes was that safe at this age

 

[Bedste]

When the triplets where born, I got pritchert nipples from Tractor Supply and three 20 oz bottles of Dr.Pepper and Sprite... (these work best)
Save-A-Kid powder formula is what I used along with milk from the mama. If the kids get mama milk the first few days they will get the Cholosterum that they need.
First 3 days kids were fed 5 times a day..(about 3 oz each feeding )... then 3 times a day for two weeks ( 8-10 oz each feeding) and then twice a day after that (16-20oz each feeding)

Kids started eating grass/weeds first week also..... their mother showed them how.

The 5 feedings a day was really not a problem and it was only for the first few days. Have fun... I had a blast and really miss the triplets.... all about 4 months old and doing great.

 

[countrygirl911]

will he eat the lady was not sure when he last ate is it ok that he is not wanting the bottle he has nibbled on a little grass and is now trying to eat a blanket