I need help with my baby goat?

Question

I just bought a baby goat from a livestock auction. After I picked it up I noticed that it still has its embilical cord attached. Does anyone have any idea how old this goat might be, and what or how am I supose to feed it? I have had goats before, but never this young.

Answer 1

kitten milk and other suggestions is for small animals. No there is no law about selling day old bottle babies.

You need to go to a FARM store - Tractor Supply or another FARM store. Get a bag of milk replacer - unless you have a source of goats milk. Mix up the milk replacer as you need it according to the directions on the bag. A 25 pound bag will run you $25-30. You will also need a 20 oz soda bottle and (also from the farm store) a lamb/kid nipple. It will need a bottle at least twice a day. In a week or so offer clean hay and a cup or so of feed. It will need milk or milk replacer for about a month, maybe more. You need to get the replacer as soon as the store opens in the morning and get a bottle down that baby. While you're at the feed store get a bottle of some stuff called Goat Nutridrench - it'll be about $10. The first few feedings put a couple squirts of it in the milk bottle. If the kid gets a bit droopy give it a squirt directly in the mouth. If the cord is dry but attached it's a few days old. With any luck it got colostrum.

Answer 2

If you think it is just born it needs colostrum for two days then goats milk. Sometimes if you feed cows milk they will get the runs so you have to be careful. Here are some more sites you can look at
http://www.barnonemeatgoats.com/menu.html
http://members.psyber.com/macgoats/IndexTHREEmacgoats.htm
http://www.tripleigoats.com/helpfulhints.htm
http://www.motesclearcreekfarms.com/index.asp
http://www.amberwavespygmygoats.com/article/categories/Genetics-and-Reproduction/Kidding
Be careful when you buy from animal auctions you can pick up diseases on you feet. Make sure you keep the ones you buy far away from your healthy goats for at least 30 days. A lot of things can be carried on the feet and coats of the goats. I know from experience. I had 23 goats come down with the pink eye. I had never seen it before. It was bad....but no losses....thank goodness. Lots of luck.

Answer 3

My baby goats are almost 3 weeks old and still have their umbilical cords( dried and shriveled) and should fall off soon. Your baby needs to be bottle fed goats milk, it's in the grocery stores next to the evaporated http://www.geocities.com/goatladys_goats/ This is one of the best goat websites I've been to so far and she even has a hot-line that will help you as far as how much and how often. My babies "taste" mom's hay and feed but they still need her milk and will for another 3 or 4 months. Please check out this website I know you'll get the best answers there.

Answer 4

Listen to Jan H, she knows what she's talking about. If it hasn't eaten in a while it may get the runs (called scours), you HAVE to make sure it stays hydrated. Try a pfizer product called Resorb (Gatorade will also work). This will ONLY replenish electolites, it has no nutritional value, so don't use it long (2 days max). Good luck and thanks for taking the time to make sure this little guy doesn't suffer.... Everybody else please remember how expensive this kid has quickly gotten.... buying from livestock auctions isn't always the cheapest route, all of a sudden $50 from a breeder doesn't sound all that bad.

Answer 5

Most all mother's take care of the cord. I not sure how long it is , and if would fall off like other animals. It sounds awfully young. Call a vet or animal shelter to find info . I am shocked they are sold that young. Isn't there an age law- there should be. You would need to bottle feed it pretty often. one of the places i mentioned can tell you the formula for the baby. GOD BLESS YOU!

Answer 6

properly, if the mummy genuinely won't feed it, then (reckoning on how friendly mama is) attempt to take advantage of her and then placed that for the time of a bottle and bottle feed the baby. If the toddler hasn't nursed in any respect, it rather desires the colostrum (the 1st milk) that the mummy delivers. If that's not plausible, then merely attempt to feed it primary milk. i'm not fairly specific if there's a distinction between primary milk that folk drink and the powdered/dried milk which you would be able to get in a field it fairly is often times used for cooking, yet I raised a kitten on the dried stuff. merely shop on with the guidelines on the field to reconstitute it. you may get it at Walmart or any food market. i've got by no ability dealt with goats formerly, yet i've got had plently of journey with orphaned calves and that i understand that the 1st few hours are incredibly extreme. in case you may get some type of milk in her, she must be ok till you may get the milk replacer from the feed shop. good success!

Answer 7

i think the umblical cord refer to that it is newly born goat and this umblical cord should be removed at first
i will tell u how but if u cant do this by urself go to a vet
let about 10 cm of umblical cord and cut the rest and tie it and use iodine water as sterilizer
about nutrition
we will suppose it is newly born so we will use cows milk without fat
for two days and then use crashed grains with soya bean meal and molases and dicalcium phosphate (use this with milk)for six days
then use forage to it

Answer 8

what you need to do is give it milk as you do with permie kittens and so graded carrots the goat maybe anywhere from a month to 4 months but you can google it and that should give you some ideals

Answer 9

Definitely a newborn. Better get it to the vet or a livestock store to get the proper nutrition for it.

Answer 10

sugar baby