Wow just kidded! but I have a concern. advice plz.

[jason_mazzy]

Momma won't drink mollasses water, but she will eat oatmeal with mollasses in it. also the baby will not bottle feed, but mom WILL!!! LOL

So instead of wasting the 3 ounces of colostrum I let mom drink it. hopefully that will put her nutrients back.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Is the kid with the doe? Then, I wouldn't worry about bottle feeding unless the kid is not getting enough milk.

I've never heard of giving a doe molasses water. She doesn't look thin from the pictures, but if she needs some extra energy stop by the feed store and get a bottle of nutridench and a denching gun (if the bottle doesn't have a pump top). That will restore her energy. You can also give some to the kid. Just make sure she has good clean water available at all times along with some goat pellet and hay. That should be sufficient for her needs as she is nursing.

We feed ours calf manna, also. It is a supplement that helps them keep in better condition while they have kids.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

I've never heard of giving a doe molasses water. She doesn't look thin from the pictures, but if she needs some extra energy stop by the feed store and get a bottle of nutridench and a denching gun (if the bottle doesn't have a pump top). That will restore her energy.

This is a quick energy/iron mix that can be made at home when a goat is off or needed it er and cannot run to feed store. Very common.

1 part Corn Oil (do not substitute with canola or vegetable oil)
1 part Molasses
1 part Corn Syrup

I add molasses to water during deliveries and after all the time..again very common. Provides quick energy for them.

I will also mix molasses and baking soda when they are having rumen issues...

So its very common to use molasses with goats.

Glad to hear shes enjoying it with oatmeal!!

 

[jason_mazzy]

Yeah I was surprisd when she turned her nose at the water. but the chickens and ducks loved it!!!

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Yeah I was surprisd when she turned her nose at the water. but the chickens and ducks loved it!!!

Those chickens had a party with the goats molasses water and afterbirth!!! Big party for them!!!

yuk yuk yuk

Crazy birds!!!!

 

[glenolam]

Was the molasses water (how bad is it that I always spell it MOLEasses!) warm or cold?

I woudn't worry if she doesn't drink it, but sometimes if it's warmer it helps. My doe loved the molasses water warmed right after kidding.

 

[jason_mazzy]

Warm for sure. She just prefers fresh water. I have had troublewith her and mollasses before. But it seems warm oatmeal with it and a lil colostrum worked.

 

[lasergrl]

The mom goat is spotted, so that is where the piebald is coming from. Look at moms poll and nose, right side on her belly, and right armpit. White spotting can be expressed in many ways, even a tiny spot on the tip of the tail. The offspring can inherit the spotting in a more drastic way and I think that is what is being seen here.

 

[PattySh]

Congrats on the pretty little doeling!

 

[jason_mazzy]

mom is heavy black agouti, but I am finding her ears and rump seem to be brown. They have carmel in them so I am wondeirng if she is a black carmel agouti, which would account for the almost white in her. Thus making the child of the carmel buck have a real light carmel and black agouti.