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09/04/13, 11:01 AM
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My new spotted Nubian buckling
I'd like to introduce you to my new future herd sire. He does not have a name yet. He is 6 weeks old, I adore this spotty boy!
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09/04/13, 11:09 AM
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Inquiring Mind
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Ugh, such a cutie!
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09/04/13, 11:13 AM
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Well, hims is just about as cute as hims can be!! Why is he standing on that dirt? You should be holding him and cuddling him. He needs to be carried to the grain barrel and hand fed his goodies while you murmer sweet nothings in hims wittle ears! Yep, that's how we raise our adorable baby boys...right up to the stink...then they are on their own! Adorable baby! Enjoy! I LOVE our boys (well, most of the time).
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09/04/13, 11:19 AM
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Thanks! If he had his way about it, I would be carrying him everywhere! He is SUCH a love!! I know that stink is coming and am NOT looking forward to it but right now he is so sweet and soft.
I am building a creep feeder for him this evening. By the time his bottle is gone, there isn't a lot of food left because my greedy older goats eat it all up. And since he's just had a bottle, he isn't really interested in grain anyway. He needs to have access to more grain. The pasture is full of wonderful browse though, and he is following the others around and learning how to be a goatie from them.
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09/04/13, 11:23 AM
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I am not one to talk to about grain...we don't even start it until 5 months...although lots of folks do and have fantastic luck. I just was being silly about lovin' on him. Both my husband and I are real believers in loving on the baby boys! They respond beautifully and we both believe that it makes them much better herd members and breeders. I'm sure there are some bucks that are just born mean, but we have only had great experiences with ours and we truly believe it is because we spend as much time with them and we do with the little doelings. Again, enjoy!
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09/04/13, 11:30 AM
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Nice looking future herd sire.
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09/04/13, 11:44 AM
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I must say.....he is SPECK-tacular....I dear I couldn't help myself.  
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09/04/13, 11:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dozedotz
I am not one to talk to about grain...we don't even start it until 5 months...although lots of folks do and have fantastic luck. I just was being silly about lovin' on him. Both my husband and I are real believers in loving on the baby boys! They respond beautifully and we both believe that it makes them much better herd members and breeders. I'm sure there are some bucks that are just born mean, but we have only had great experiences with ours and we truly believe it is because we spend as much time with them and we do with the little doelings. Again, enjoy!
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I have not bottle raised a baby in many years and don't think I have ever bottle raised a buck so I'd love to hear about how you do it. His breeder has him on two bottles a day and I have googled like crazy and found that's pretty common. Plus since I work full time, two bottles is about all I can manage anyway. But please....enlighten me! I need to know I am raising him right. Thanks!
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09/04/13, 12:02 PM
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He is pretty. how much is he getting in those two bottles? I have most of my kids down to 2 feedings a day by then because of time restrictions. But they get all they can hold at those feedings. I am sure you will do just fine with him. Remember coccidiosis prevention and wormings though.
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09/04/13, 12:13 PM
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each bottle is 16 oz. By the end of the bottle, he is playing with the nipple some, but still seems like he'd be happy with more.
should he be getting cocci prevention in his bottle? I have some cocci prevention stuff at home that I used in my chickens last year. I can check what it's called when I get home (I am pretty sure it's Corid). I sincerely appreciate the advise
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09/04/13, 01:45 PM
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Wow he sure is a looker!
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09/04/13, 02:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BarbadosSheep
each bottle is 16 oz. By the end of the bottle, he is playing with the nipple some, but still seems like he'd be happy with more.
should he be getting cocci prevention in his bottle? I have some cocci prevention stuff at home that I used in my chickens last year. I can check what it's called when I get home (I am pretty sure it's Corid). I sincerely appreciate the advise
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If he wants more milk I would let him have more. Work up to more slowly though sincehe is only used to 16 ounces. I give the ccoccidiosis prevention in their bottle. It works for me. No fighting with them is nice. Yes you can use corrid. Let us know what strength it is and we can get you a dosage.
Btw by about 6 weeks my kids are eating about half a gallon of milk and day. They are little pigs too.
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09/04/13, 02:27 PM
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Ok I am home. It's Corid, 9.6%. I got 3 gallons of goat milk from his breeder and am using it to transition him to whole cow milk.
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09/04/13, 03:33 PM
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Okay the dosage is 6.25 cc per 25 pounds. For 5 days in a row. Repeat evey 21 days until well grown.
I am guessinghim somewhere around 15 to 20 pounds. So about 5 cc's.
Sounds like you have the milk taken care of. Whole milk is best next to goat milk.
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09/04/13, 05:33 PM
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Beautiful... think you could make a trip here and let me use him as MY herd sure, too? 
Just a quick remark... his hornbuds look bad... why are they more like wounds than burnt rings?
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09/04/13, 05:56 PM
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Baby boy got 20 oz for dinner and was much more satisfied.
His horn buds were mostly heeled when I got him but I think he was bumping heads with the lambs who share that pasture. I will put come blu-kote on them just to make sure flies don't bother him.
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09/04/13, 09:51 PM
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He's gorgeous & I bet he makes some beautiful babies!
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09/05/13, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
He's gorgeous & I bet he makes some beautiful babies!
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Thanks. I bet he will too. One of my does is broken swiss marked, with some faint moon spots, so I am fairly certain that there will be some spotted kids with that breeding. My other does is very frosted, so not sure what I'll get from that. The buck I am using this year is frosted chamosee.
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09/06/13, 02:05 AM
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An Ozark Engineer
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Eye candy! You must be THRILLED with him! (*I* would be!!!)
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09/06/13, 11:27 AM
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He is a real cutie pie. But I am partial to Nubians and Boers.. 
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