Kid Goat Bottle Feeding Schedule. On the day of its birth a kid will need several small meals. Kids should be eating with the herd.
The babies are finally weaned and the bottles go up for another year. Through the years of bottle feeding and talking with fellow breeders i came up with a bottle feeding schedule and i try to stick close to it the following schedule courtesy of louise goudge from tlc boer goats is how we feed when we have bottle babies. I thought it might be helpful for other new parents of goats to have a feeding schedule.
A kid is best kept with its mother for the best natural nutrition and nurturing until it is eating solid food at a minimum of 10 weeks.
If i m feeling good about my bottle babies growth i ll go down to 2 bottles a day in early week 6 at 8a and 8p. Goat kid feeding schedule day 1. 6 ounces colostrum every 4 hours. Bottle feeding baby goats is an obligation that some goat owners don t want to take on unless necessary.