What can baby goats eat?

Answer 1

Kids-

from birth to-

2 weeks old

• Colostrum (from their mother) ASAP after birth. Always within 20 minutes.
• Milk (from their own mother) available at all times.
• Have hay available at all times, from the moment of birth. The kids don't usually really eat it until they are about a week old or so, but do start nibbling and getting used to it.
• Start offering grain and minerals at 5 days old. The kids don't usually really eat the grain it until they are about 2 weeks old or so, but do start nibbling and getting used to it. They will start nibbling the minerals within a week or so.
• Probios (5 grams) is given at 3-5 days days old to help activate rumen.
• Kids should be allowed outside during the day to play, "eat dirt" and start learning to graze with their moms as they show they are ready.

Kids-

2 weeks to-

2 months

• If milking the mother, the kids should be locked up with the other kids at night. They should be offered free choice grain, minerals, Diamond V Yeast Culture, hay and fresh water. Then milk the mother in the morning and then allow the kids to be with their mothers on the pasture all day. This mean the kids take care of the evening milking for you.
• If you are not milking the mother, the kid should be offered grain with a little Diamond V Yeast Culture, in the morning (as much as they want to eat). Pasture, minerals, water and hay free choice at all times.

Kids-

does, bucks & wethers

2 months to-

one year

• The mothers will naturally wean their kids as they feel it necessary, on their own at about 7 months (when they are bred again).
• Buck kids should always be removed from their mothers and the rest of the girls when they are 2 months old to avoid premature breedings.
• Each day the kid should be fed:
  • up to 1 pound of grain (approx. 3 cups) a day
  • 1/2 - 1 Tbls Diamond V Yeast Culture
  • 1/2 - 1 tsp. Herbal Dietary Supplements (if it is there, they will eat it)
• Hay: twice a day in winter/ once a day in summer. (How often you will need to feed hay depends on your particular situation)
• Pasture/browse, minerals and water free choice at all times.

• Bucks & Wethers can be fed 1/4 tsp. Ammonium Chloride per 50 pounds or so to help prevent Unrinari Calculi

Answer 2

Toxic plants and anything that has had contact with meat or has meat by-products in it

Answer 3

gingers