Bottle Feeding Goats Whole Milk

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Bottle feeding goats whole milk.

Be aware that with dairy goats their milk production is about 9 to 10 per cent of their body weight whereas a dairy cow produces 5 to 6 per cent of their body weight daily as milk. Written by administrator gl sunday 10 february 2008 feeding bottle baby goats. 1 gallon whole milk homogenized 1 can evaporated milk 1 cup buttermilk take the gallon of milk and pour out about 1 3 and set it aside pour in the 1 can of evaporated milk and the 1 cup of buttermilk into the gallon. If a goat specific milk replacer isn t available in your area then you may want to try the goat milk replacer recipe below.

If it s store bought just be sure it is whole milk. Some companies make a multi species milk replacer for horses cattle goats sheep but these are all different species with quite a variety of needs nutritionally. 1 gallon whole milk homogenized 1 can evaporated milk. If you are bottle feeding baby goats this list is very important.

We do not recommend milk replacer. We brought home two 5 week old bucklings on sunday. We were given a feeding schedule and told to start them on twice a day bottles in the morning and evening of 10 ounces at each feed. If you want milk you must feed your goat accordingly.

Goats milk is obviously the best choice to bottle feed if you have it. If you do not we recommend whole cow s milk. Try to milk the mom. The primary ingredients are protein and fat sources.

Bottle feeding goats seems like the cutest thing you can do as a goat owner. The most important thing i can stress when feeding bottle baby goats is to try and do what a natural goat mom would do the first few days goat moms allow the babies to eat many times per day but if you watch them they only eat a small amount each time as they get older mom will only stand to allow them to nurse. We switched them to whole cow s milk. If a goat specific milk replacer isn t available in your area then you may want to try the goat milk replacer recipe below.

They were being bottle fed goats milk not nursing prior to us getting them.