Posted by Helene on April 14, 2002 at 07:06:09:
In Reply to: Care of Doe After Kidding posted by Leah on April 13, 2002 at 19:45:51:
Leah:
I can tell you what we did last spring when our 3 does kidded. I am not sure it is the right way to do it, but it worked for us.
We kept all 3 does and their kids in a seperate pen, leaving the kids to feed on the dams for 5 days. We did this because we were getting rid of the does, and wanted to keep the kids. The does were not tame, but we wanted the kids to be. So we started bottle feeding the kids after the 5 days. Now one of the kids would not take the bottle at all..so we put him back on his mom, and kept her until he was weaned, but the other kids were fine.