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What are the signs of too much colostrum in baby goats?

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A kid is born without a functioning immune system, so every protection that it has against organisms that can make it sick or kill it comes from the antibodies present in its dam's colostrum and milk. read more

A mother goat, doe, produces colostrum in the exact amount for her kids. There are instances where she can produce too little, that would be a different question though. Occassionally, kids will slow down their eating on day 2, due to the fact that colostrum is much thicker than normal milk, it takes a little longer to digest. read more

the importance of colostrum to newborn goat kids Newborn kids must have sufficient colostrum to get their bodies' digestive and immune systems up and running. A kid's chance of survival is almost zero if it doesn't receive colostrum in adequate amounts and during the required timeframe from its dam. read more

A baby goat needs ALL of the colostrum the mother goat produces. If there are two or more kids in one birthing, the colostrum should be divided evenly amongst all the kids from that birthing. If you are providing replacement colostrum then the directions are on the packaging of the product. read more

Continue to feed colostrum-laden milk during the second twelve hours after birth, but recognize that the dam's milk will have a declining concentration of colostrum as the hours after kidding pass. This is normal. The first two to four hours after birth is the most critical time in which newborns require colostrum. read more

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