Lambs less than a week old will need fed four to five times a day. Allow them to drink as much as they want. As the lamb gets older, you can decrease the number of feedings to three times and then to twice a day. Bottle lambs can be weaned at 30 to 45 days. Limit older lambs to approximately 20 ounces of milk at a feeding.
Larger quantities can make a lamb sick or even kill it.
To wean lambs, decrease the number of feedings gradually and then decrease the amount of milk at each feeding until the lamb is consuming all dry feed. As lambs are born it is a good idea to dry their heads off. This helps to clear the mucous away so that the lamb can breathe more easily. During cold weather, toweling a lamb will help to get them dried off quicker, helping to preventing chilling. Weak lambs may also need a heat source so that the milk they drink is used to make them stronger and not used to keep them warm.