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Newborn goats arrived now ive got some questions?

 
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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.
 
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Do you want milk or is it just for the young 'uns?
 
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I intend to keep milking them for myself after the kids are weaned but for the time i wanted to try and start bottle feeding them just some to help tame them but i wont be able to bottle feed them fully when im working i saw a video where someone was trying to bottle feed them once a day to help get them more people friendly but still letting them dam feed. I plan to sell the kids when they are weaned and would like ot make sure they are good with people.
 
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I don't know enough to advise about "carrying on milking once the kids are weaned".  What I do know is that baby goats are generally highly inquisitive and most of them love cuddles.  If you go and sit in the pen quietly for some time each day, they will soon come and investigate you, clamber on you, chew your coat etc.  I worked on a place where none of the goats were bottle fed, but most of the babies could not resist all coming and piling on any human who went and sat in the pens.  They were like cats.  Another place I worked we bottle fed huge numbers of kids and lambs as a visitor attraction, and those goats would come pelting out for their bottles but were not much interested in cuddles, once the milk was gone they legged it back home.
 
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Hester is absolutely right about how baby goats love cuddles. So you are better off focusing on getting the milk stand set up for when you do want to wean the kids and start milking your doe. The milk stand is also an excellent tool for safely restraining any goat when you have to trim hooves, vaccinate ,groom and check for ticks or cuts etc. Are the two kids both doelings? Their new owners will appreciate future milkers that are already trained to the stand! Also you want a place that your first time freshener can feel safe while she is eating those extra treats to help keep her milk flowing. If the stand is  built wide enough there will be room for her and both kids while they are still small . Set the time (s) of day or evening that you will consistently be milking her and have that be treat time.
 
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I think it's important to check the mother goat's udder in those early days, sometimes they make more milk than their babies can drink and it can lead to problems if they're not milked.

Every morning from the day of the birth onwards I bring the mother goats to the stand to be milked once a day, I don't take all the milk, but I make sure they're not over-full. From 3 weeks after birth I start separating the mothers and babies overnight, I take the morning milk, and the babies get all the milk during the day.

I agree with the above posts that spending lots of time with the babies will get them used to people. There are some risks and annoying aspects of bottle feeding, so I prefer other approaches.
 
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