Posted by Vicki McGaugh on March 28, 2001 at 16:30:12:
In Reply to: Now What ? posted by cibele on March 28, 2001 at 16:00:44:
Just like with your infant children, enjoy him he will grow up soon enough :) My kids start slowly nibbeling grain at about 6 to 8 weeks, I would now at 10 weeks say they are really eating. I do have grass hay out for them but they eat very little, mostly want their bottles (lambar) eat their grain and nibble at the grass and leaves. How far north are you? We worm our kids monthly until they are nearly 8 months old. Then start fecal sampling and worming like we do their adult mom's and dad's. Which really is around every 3 months. You can carry black oil sunflower seeds for birds in your pocket and he may learn to like those as much as the adult goats do. So for now make sure and redo his vaccination, cocci and worm every 3 weeks, cocci until they are eating their grain really good and worm until they are about 80 pounds. Least ways that is how I do it. Vicki remember though we live in the hot south