Raising Dairy Goats : Caring For Goat Kids
Newborn goats need colostrum, fresh, yellowy milk, to build antibodies that will last all their lives. Learn to raise newborn dairy goats from an organic farmer in this free dairy farming video. Expert: Daniel Botkin Bio: Daniel Botkin is an avid organic gardener, micro-farmer and permaculture advocate who recognizes the timeliness of backyard agriculture and permaculture-style food gardens. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
15 Responses to Raising Dairy Goats : Caring For Goat Kids
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how do you feed the kids after that? do you let them nurse from the mother? or bottle feed? if you bottle feet how much? how often?
zombieinajar
March 22, 2012 at 4:18 pm
do you need to milk the collstrul out or what ever its called to pervent infection or let them suck it out sorry im new
mynameispoable
March 22, 2012 at 4:33 pm
@Mirlim i agree 100%.. but I live in such a rural area, the farmers get away with a lot of shit.. I try to rescue as many as I can afford to feed and rehome them..but sometimes I don’t even get that chance.. so I try to avoid arguing with them since it won’t do any good anyways.
SassyMustang1980
March 22, 2012 at 4:42 pm
@SassyMustang1980 uh… yeah I am kind of against that whole mega farming thing. ~shrug~ If you don’t care about each one of your animals then you have too many.
Mirlim
March 22, 2012 at 5:11 pm
@Mirlim and I don’t doubt that.. most dairy farmers here don’t care.. they have too many to care.. we saved one last year.. he is a la mancha so naturally hornless..
SassyMustang1980
March 22, 2012 at 5:25 pm
@SassyMustang1980 if the goat died they were fagtards.
Mirlim
March 22, 2012 at 5:56 pm
@Mirlim not in Colorado.. we have shows here and they don’t have to be dis-buded.. idiot learn more facts each fair, show, etc is different.. and I’ve seen some people dis-bud that its so stressful for the goats they die.. so yeah i’m against it..
SassyMustang1980
March 22, 2012 at 6:35 pm
@SassyMustang1980 You are a moron. The horns can get tangles in fencing and brush, they can accidentally skewer themselves swatting at flies and hurt each other playing or establishing pecking order. Dis-budding, or not dis-budding is a question of preference not cruelty. The nerve ending are killed by the iron, done correctly it’s as human as such a process can be.
Also, in dairy competitions you must dis-bud to compete.
Mirlim
March 22, 2012 at 6:41 pm
As a guy, I wonder how you find dehorning cruel, but castrating ok????
rshaffer4267
March 22, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Hi, My doe just had a kid this morning, and I haven’t seen him suck yet. Is there a good way to coax the kid into sucking? at this posting the kid is only 4 hours old. Thank you, I need all the help I can get.
gandaulf2000
March 22, 2012 at 8:05 pm
hi. im 12 years old but i want to get goats.
i dont get all the stuff i need to know…
please help….
UnknownPrincessx
March 22, 2012 at 8:56 pm
I would never disbud my goat.. that’s an american cruelty.. they don’t do that in Germany.. and I won’t do it either.. you raise a goat right you dont have to worry about them putting thier horns in you.
SassyMustang1980
March 22, 2012 at 9:34 pm
you get a horn in the eye ball and you will see the importance of disbudding! Besides, horns are just ugly!
Sixfoot3nNC
March 22, 2012 at 9:52 pm
So disbudding is cruel but castrating is okay. I guess that makes sense…
somethingstupid999
March 22, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Um…your question is kind of hard to understand…
Katriania
March 22, 2012 at 10:58 pm