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<blockquote data-quote="Ann Bledsoe" data-source="post: 22561" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>Hi Elllie</p><p></p><p>Just because you see them nursing doesn't necessarily mean that they're getting enough nutrition. And some does are real bad about only letting one kid at a time nurse so the first-born, or stronger, kid gets the lion's share, and sometimes there's just not enough left for the other one. When I had goats I didn't let them dam-raise -- first off I wanted the extra milk (diary goats -- alpines and la manchas), and secondly by milking and bottlefeeding the kids, I knew exactly how much they were getting AND I could make sure that the kids got the richest milk and best colostrum from the best producing does.</p><p>Kids are real prone to hypoglaucemia. Cold night + not quite enough milk = dead kid. Friend of mine lost one last year to hypoglaucemia -- kid seemed fine at bedtime and was dead the next morning. Doe was bred too young but appeared to be milking fine and her single kid was nursing -- but the doe's milk was of very poor quality which wasn't discovered until the kid was dead and the owner started milking the doe. Her milk was like water, this year as a second year freshener, she's giving good milk and her kids are doing fine.</p><p>One of mine spent a whole day and night on my couch being spoonfed -- chilly, damp night, kid was almost dead in the morning, at least we did pull that one through.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, hopefully you won't lose anymore -- it is heartbreaking to lose one. So far we've done real well around here, never lost a kid and out of 30+ bottle calves, we've only lost 1 and he had an excuse, he was a salebarn calf that didn't get colostrum.</p><p></p><p>Ann B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ann Bledsoe, post: 22561, member: 60"] Hi Elllie Just because you see them nursing doesn't necessarily mean that they're getting enough nutrition. And some does are real bad about only letting one kid at a time nurse so the first-born, or stronger, kid gets the lion's share, and sometimes there's just not enough left for the other one. When I had goats I didn't let them dam-raise -- first off I wanted the extra milk (diary goats -- alpines and la manchas), and secondly by milking and bottlefeeding the kids, I knew exactly how much they were getting AND I could make sure that the kids got the richest milk and best colostrum from the best producing does. Kids are real prone to hypoglaucemia. Cold night + not quite enough milk = dead kid. Friend of mine lost one last year to hypoglaucemia -- kid seemed fine at bedtime and was dead the next morning. Doe was bred too young but appeared to be milking fine and her single kid was nursing -- but the doe's milk was of very poor quality which wasn't discovered until the kid was dead and the owner started milking the doe. Her milk was like water, this year as a second year freshener, she's giving good milk and her kids are doing fine. One of mine spent a whole day and night on my couch being spoonfed -- chilly, damp night, kid was almost dead in the morning, at least we did pull that one through. Good luck, hopefully you won't lose anymore -- it is heartbreaking to lose one. So far we've done real well around here, never lost a kid and out of 30+ bottle calves, we've only lost 1 and he had an excuse, he was a salebarn calf that didn't get colostrum. Ann B [/QUOTE]
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