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What is everyone using to host photos now that photobucket is not an option?I built a headgate today, worked great but he could just not figure out how to make them real teats work. So he is being bottle fed again.
DO NOT FEED POWDERED MILK REPLACERS/FORMULA!Milk Replacers Kill Baby Goats!!- Milk Replacers KILL Baby Goats!!! MILK REPLACERS KILL BABY GOATS!!!!!I know this is ridiculous to put this way BUT Please people.. Trust me.. while there may be an unusual case of milk replacers NOT killing baby goats BUT they do more than they do not Unless the breeder is able to get the scouring baby turned around before they die! I cannot stress this hard enough. Real whole milk, even raw milk from a cow, is much better for them than milk replacer , which can cause diarrhea and floppy kid syndrome. Very often, problems with bottle fed kids stem from the use of milk replacer. I cannot tell you how many emails and phone calls I get a week (sometimes so many in just a DAY) from gals who are losing kids due to kid milk replacers- Even the "best" replacers. "Even" the ones that say "kid replacer" Just don't use them. They are expensive and really not your best choice."Funny, most of the folks on the Katahdin Sheep Breeder's page say don't use whole milk from a cow, sheep milk replacer is soo much better.
Quote from: Machias on February 02, 2018, 09:59:43 PMDO NOT FEED POWDERED MILK REPLACERS/FORMULA!Milk Replacers Kill Baby Goats!!- Milk Replacers KILL Baby Goats!!! MILK REPLACERS KILL BABY GOATS!!!!!I know this is ridiculous to put this way BUT Please people.. Trust me.. while there may be an unusual case of milk replacers NOT killing baby goats BUT they do more than they do not Unless the breeder is able to get the scouring baby turned around before they die! I cannot stress this hard enough. Real whole milk, even raw milk from a cow, is much better for them than milk replacer , which can cause diarrhea and floppy kid syndrome. Very often, problems with bottle fed kids stem from the use of milk replacer. I cannot tell you how many emails and phone calls I get a week (sometimes so many in just a DAY) from gals who are losing kids due to kid milk replacers- Even the "best" replacers. "Even" the ones that say "kid replacer" Just don't use them. They are expensive and really not your best choice."Funny, most of the folks on the Katahdin Sheep Breeder's page say don't use whole milk from a cow, sheep milk replacer is soo much better. I'm going to take your advice and give whole milk a shot. I had another guy on the Katahdin Sheep Breeder's Facebook page who raises on average 100 bottle babies a year and gave the same advice as you gave. He also said he's NEVER had an issue. Many years ago when he used milk replacer he lost hundreds of babies one year. Thanks again for your advice, I appreciate it!
The bottle ram is doing outstanding. Bigdave's daughter has been feeding him for the past week and he is doing fantastic!
Quote from: Machias on February 12, 2018, 08:29:58 PMThe bottle ram is doing outstanding. Bigdave's daughter has been feeding him for the past week and he is doing fantastic!Nice to hear. He’ll follow you around forever like a dog. Just gotta keep the predators away from him, he won’t know to run from them.
