Can your goat feed quads? How much milk is needed to feed newborn quads?  My decision to pull
Channel: The Heavenly Homestead
Date: 2022-12-16

Can your goat feed quads? How much milk is needed to feed newborn quads?  My decision to pull

The chart I mentioned in this video you can find it in this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165612361185393&set=gm.5368085346564888

00:00 - 01:09  Why I'm bottle feeding baby goats Intro 
01:10 -01:59  2 Sets of quads in  the spring 2022 and the challenge 
02:00 - 03:15  how much to feed a newborn baby in the first 24 hours  and example 
03:16 - 04:11  How much milk does a baby goat need per bottle/day 15% VS 20% 
04:12 -04:35  When they reach 10 pounds each baby goat needs 24oz per day ( If feeding 15% of their weight) so that means she needs to produce 24X4 = 96 oz or a gallon and a half. 
04:37 -6:09  I'm bottle feeding only if...How many kids are still ok for mom to raise?
06:10 - 08:07 This is the big change and I blame this goat that I kept and why.
08:08 -  09:29 This is what I did WRONG, she can't produce a GALLON AND A HALF a day TO feed 4 kids
09:30:  10:58 I won't pull the babies at birth ONLY IF  and I have a plan.
10:59 - 11:40 Chart of how much and when to feed baby goats & detailed plan and video coming soon
11:41 - 12:00 I don't mean to offend people that raise quads with mom, I raised 2 sets of quads with mom, and they survived but not thrived so that is why I'm making a change.
12:00  13:30 For mom to feed quads and have them all same size mom would have to be a top milk producer. 
13:31 - 14:58 I'm planning VlogMarch for the month of march & more announcements
14:59 - 15:53 I hope it wasn't confusing & ending 


Last year we had 2 sets of quads, one of the moms was 5 years old, the other was 2 years old. This video shares my experience, how much the smaller quad struggled to survive and also my plan so that never happens again.  Bottle feeding is a 2+ month commitment, but you can setup a goat that otherwise wouldn't stand a chance of being healthy and happy. 
Here I share all the numbers based on actual data with the hopes that you can understand why I'm willing to pull the babies at birth if they happen to be a quad. I hope this helps! 

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