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DavidandCollette

  • Joined Dec 2012
Milk replacer for goat kids
« on: April 09, 2017, 11:16:39 am »
Just reading Tim Tynes book with regard to feeding kids. Does anyone use a goat milk replacer, if so, which one please?

angie

  • Joined Jul 2016
Re: Milk replacer for goat kids
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2017, 12:38:56 pm »
Vet advised me to use lamlac, I needed to use it when I couldn't make up a complete feed requirement from milking my dam. I just made up the short fall and mixed the two together.
Was told not to get a generic milk replacer as it would have less of the nutritious requirements needed

Angie

Talana

  • Joined Mar 2014
Re: Milk replacer for goat kids
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2017, 12:50:39 pm »
If you don't have goat milk the only goat milk replacer is caprilac from goat nutrition, but it is expensive. http://www.gnltd.co.uk/goat-nutrition/nutrition/920232-caprilac-10kg.html
 A lot of people use lamb milk replacer  but made more dilute- Normally on bag it says to mix up for lambs 200g of powder to litre of warm water with goat kids it is best to make it more dilute at ¾ strength for kids that’s 150g per litre of warm water.

 

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