I came home the other morning and found my doe out an about without the belly bump and quickly discovered she had 2 healthy kids already cleaned up in the shed. She didnt show any real signs of labor the days up to kidding so it was a pretty big surprise i was actually set to build a milking stand and start on a separate pen for her to stay in for kidding. Both babies are up an operated from the herd for the time and ive noticed them nursing so all seems very well. im going to make a stand an start training her on it for a first time mother im sure ill have my hands full but im more lookingto get
milk for them i want to start to bottle
feed them as they will be sold as registered goats and most people want very friendly pet goats. Im home full time now due to the state were in but when im working i was wondering how would i be able to go about bottle feeding i clealry wont be able to milk 2 times a day unless im up extra early an wont be able to feed them 3-4 times a day if i work, is it possible to just do a light milking in the evening and then bottle feed them once a day to help build that social bond with people? Im not to sure we had goats on the farm growing up but i never fed the kids the mother always did they were just farm goats they didnt need to be pets.