Proper nutrition of kids from the first days of life lays some foundation for their future health and immunity.
If the animals were initially fed the wrong way, then it is likely that the animal will develop incorrectly, will not be able to perform the reproductive function.
Therefore, the issue of drawing up the diet of a small goat is extremely important and requires special attention.
There are 2 ways to raise a kid - under the womb or without it.
The first method is applied in the case if the goat was given birth to a non-dairy female. Kids will need to keep close to the uterus until the first age at 3 - 4 months.
If kids were born in winter, they will need to be brought to fresh air for a couple of hours, but only when they are strong enough. If the lambing is spring, then after 6 - 10 days after the birth of the kids, it is possible to place it with a uterus for grazing, if the weather favors it.
After 20 - 30 days after birth, the young need to necessarily to give mineral dressing in the form of 5 g of salt, 5-7 g of bone meal or chalk.
These rates are per diem. When animals grow to 2 to 3 months, they will need more calcium,that is, you need to allocate 10 g of calcium-containing products per head.
If kids were born weak, then they need to feed concentrates. Usually, after 1 month after birth, it becomes clear whether this animal is weak or not. So if a goat is weakened, then he needs to be given 30 - 50 g of concentrates per day.
At the age of 3 months, the kid will need to be given 200 - 300 g per day.
Keep kids near the uterus can be no longer than 3 months. Weaning the young need to gradually, over 7 - 10 days, to give access to the uterus every other day.
After the goat has been weaned, the goats can be milked.
The second way of growing kids is without a womb. This method is used in the case of breeding goats with high milkiness. The essence of this method is artificial feeding, that is, the kid needs to be drunk from a bottle with a nipple fresh or warm (38) milk.
Young animals mandatory need to give colostrum, which will clean the kidney's gastrointestinal tract from the original calories. In addition, there are compounds in colostrum that help improve the immunity of a young goat.
Before the animal reaches the age of 1 month, it should be fed 4 times a day with intervals of 4-5 hours. "Breakfast" should be at 6.00, and "dinner" - at 21.00.In winter, the first meal should be done at 7.00, and the last - at 20.00.
Kids need cereals, so it is advisable to give them boiled oatmeal every day. To do this, you need to cook, strain, add a little salt and cool.
In the diet should be present in crushed ground. Starting from the 10th day after birth you can give kids some hay, and also salt (on 4 - 6 g).
Be sure to give the animals water, and warm. You need to solder as much as the animal needs in order to get drunk.
It is important to monitor the cleanliness of the container from which you feed the kids. They can be driven for walking within 6 to 10 days after birth. Then the kids should spend in the fresh air for 2 - 5 hours.
From 3-4 weeks of age, it is already possible to transfer young animals to a full-fledged pasture range.
After 3 weeks after birth, the animals should be given concentrates in the form of bran or chalked meal, adding bone meal or crushed chalk.
If you feed the kids correctly, their monthly weight gain to six months of age will be 3-5 kg.
Already adult young (7 - 8 months) can be translated into stall. In this case, every day the animals need to be given hay (1.5 - 1.6 kg), concentrates (0.2 - 0.3 kg), silage (0.8 - 1 kg) or root crops.
With this diet, animals will develop properly.
Generally speaking, the diet of kids should be strictly regulated.
In the first hours of life, kids can only be given warm, freshly collected milk, as well as filtered colostrum. This diet should be observed up to 10 days of age.
Next, you need to enter into the diet porridge, hay, roots, as well as animal feed (bran + chalk + flattened hay).
It is necessary to transfer kids to a new feed gradually, within 10 - 12 days. For example, in order to wean the animal from milk, then this product must first be given less frequently, then - every other day, and after that you can stop soldering the milk product at all.
If the goat is fed with milk from the mother, then the goat must either be handed over before admitting the cub to it, or it is possible to reduce the allowances themselves.
If an animal eats properly, then in six months it will weigh 27-30 kg.
It is not very difficult to raise young goats, but this issue requires special attention, since the development of young animals directly depends on the diet.
