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02/04/10, 12:07 PM
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Raising Lily
I have raised many critters before, and even raised goats off the mom after a week. But this is my first time to raise from birth.
I just want to be sure I am doing all I need to do for her.
She is 1/2 boer 1/2 saanen. This is her 4th day. I am out of colostrum now so I am giving her whole milk.
I want some yalls opinions on her condition and what I am doing. The first few days She had colostrum that I had frozen. Yesterday she had 1/2 colostrum 1/2 whole milk. Today she is on whole milk.
She is peeing and pooping, everything seems fine.
She was smaller than her brother at birth, and right now she is 13 inches tall at the shoulder and weighs 6 &1/2 lbs.
So far today she has had 19 oz whole milk in 2 feedings. She will have 2 -3 more feedings today. This is the first day she has had this much, each day she seems to be taking more.
Well here she is today. How does she look to yall?
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02/04/10, 12:19 PM
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I only have pygmies, so not sure of milk amounts, I know there is a site that tells you. as far as I can see, she looks great!
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02/04/10, 12:33 PM
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Location: Arizona
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Fiasco Farms has a great chart:
Day one- 6 oz. (per feeding) colostrum, every 4 hours.
Day two- 8 oz. (per feeding) colostrum/whole milk, 4 times a day
Day three- 10 oz. (per feeding) colostrum/whole milk, 4 times a day
Day four- 10-12 oz. (per feeding) colostrum/whole milk, 4 times a day.
For the next week- 10-12 oz. (per feeding) 4 times a day.
For the next 2 months- 10-12 oz. (per feeding) 3 times a day.
For the next 1 month- 10-12 oz. (per feeding) 2 times a day.
10-12 oz. (per feeding) once a day for two weeks.
She looks good to me!
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02/04/10, 12:35 PM
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Thank you, she sure is getting stronger and bouncier by the day.
She was so skinny when she was born, but seems to be filling out nicely. She just seems so small. I also forgot to add that I gave her a kid paste to help aid in digestion. I was told that will help her good bacteria, like probios, only this is for kids.
Also she seems to be more lively than her brother, he is on mom. Should I pull him too? He just doesnt look as good as she does.
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02/04/10, 03:10 PM
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Love My Manchas!
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She looks good, eyes bright and alert 
If you can switch him to a bottle and dont mind milking mom i would(then again i bottle feed anyways :P )
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02/04/10, 03:49 PM
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Well I am struggling with taking him from mom as she is so attentive, he is eating, maybe I should just give him a day or two and see how he does.
I am loving Lily, she is soooo cute hehehe
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02/04/10, 04:04 PM
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mostly LaManchas
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She looks so cute!
That Fiasco chart looks pretty similar to what I do.
Since 3 evenly spaced feedings is just no feasable for us, here is what I did:
bottle in the morning, then bottle when the kids get home form school, then a bottle at evening chores.
Except this part: "For the next 2 months- 10-12 oz. (per feeding) 3 times a day" I give them more durring this time. Probably 16+ ounces.
Back when my folks had the dairy, i remember feeding the older kids 2 of those glass pop bottles twice a day, think those were 12 ounce bottles? (The ones from the 1970's) And of course those kids still thought they were starved, but they did really well. We did not just have a dairy, we showed them too.
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02/04/10, 04:17 PM
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She is lovely and looks great!
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02/04/10, 07:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jBlaze
She looks so cute!
That Fiasco chart looks pretty similar to what I do.
Since 3 evenly spaced feedings is just no feasable for us, here is what I did:
bottle in the morning, then bottle when the kids get home form school, then a bottle at evening chores.
Except this part: "For the next 2 months- 10-12 oz. (per feeding) 3 times a day" I give them more durring this time. Probably 16+ ounces.
Back when my folks had the dairy, i remember feeding the older kids 2 of those glass pop bottles twice a day, think those were 12 ounce bottles? (The ones from the 1970's) And of course those kids still thought they were starved, but they did really well. We did not just have a dairy, we showed them too.
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Yes, those glass pop bottles are 12 oz. We buy them all the time here in MX.  They are the returnable kind!
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02/04/10, 07:49 PM
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What a little cutie! I can't wait til my Saanen has hers!
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02/04/10, 08:27 PM
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thanks again yall, she is something else. Oh the cuteness of baby goats lol!!
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02/04/10, 10:39 PM
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Location: Arkansas
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There is no reason to give colostrum for that long.
After 18 to 24 hours it has done all the good it will do as far as immune function.
The kid sheds the layer of cells in the gut that can absorb antibodies and this is sloughed off with a layer taking over that cannot transport to the blood stream and so further colostrum is only nutritive and not increasing immunity.
B~
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