Bottle Feeding Baby Goats Chart

Frequency of bottle feeding a baby goat.

Bottle feeding baby goats chart.

Grain hay 1 week. You can add 1 2 tablespoon of electrolytes to the milk for diarrhea. In ounces follow below chart for babies appearing weak add 1 pump of goat nutri drench to the first bottle of the day. Frequency of bottle feeding baby goats.

Written by administrator gl sunday 10 february 2008 feeding bottle baby goats. Feeding baby goats goat grain or pelleted feed. You will find as many tables charts rations andplans for bottle feeding baby goats as there are experts. Feed every 4 hours can go 6 hours without feeding during the night hay or grass should be available at all times from here on.

Feed every 5 hours can go 8 hours without feeding during the night. For example if the kid weighs 20 pounds it should have two pounds or32 ounces per day. The official pygmy goat breed society in great britain for pygmy goat owners breeders and anyone interested in pygmy goats. Feed every 4 hours can go 6 hours without feeding during the night hay or grass should be available at all times from here on.

A basicrule of thumb to go by is 10 to 12 per cent of body weight per day. 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. Guideline for bottle baby pygmy and nigerian goats. Divided by three feedings per day for example means that the 20 pound kid will get an 11 ounce bottle three times aday.

Feed every 2 4 hours as needed 1 2 weeks.