Bottle Feeding
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Babies being bottlefed
We do NOT recommend powdered replacer here. We have heard of too many losses of kids that got scours and sadly passed from replacer. If you can get goat milk from tested clean goats that is the best option. This is what we use if we do not have goat milk available:
Whole Milk
1 C. Cultured Buttermilk
Can of Evaporated Milk
Dump out part of the whole milk into a clean container. Add 1 cup buttermilk to the original gallon. Add one can of evaporated milk. Then add as much of the milk you dumped out back into the mixture until the gallon is full again. Put on the cap and shake. Give a gentle shake each time before feeding. We use the pritchard nipples pictured to the side that just screws to a pop bottle. We also recommend when transitioning to any new feed (from goat colostrum to cows whole milk or starting or changing grain) to also add probiotics to their bottle or their feed to give their tummies an extra boost to help them with the change.
Pritchard Nipple
Probiotics for food change
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