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    Goat kid with liquid yellow poop

    The kid's body may have gotten used to the small amount of milk she was getting from mom and now a normal amount might be a lot for the kid. Bottle kids that are over fed often get milk scours which are usually yellow. That's my first thought, my second would be maybe an infection in Mama's body...
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    Hair loss in kid?

    So I think multiple things may have been going on. I did copper bolus her. And she is getting white hairs all over and she's getting moon spots 😍 dark ones and white ones. I'm pretty happy about that as it was 100% unexpected.
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    Color question

    I feel like she has really interesting eyes too. This was the day we brought her home and like the only time she's ever still.
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    Color question

    Maybe some version of bay? I have no idea, lol. I was like ok she's some shade of gold... But I'd never seen a gold with dark legs and tail or the dorsal stripe and she doesn't have that "golden" hue exactly. Then I was like maybe some weird buckskin? The brownish shade is dead on but she...
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    Color question

    I know it doesn't really matter and maybe there isn't a name for the color, but if so I was wondering what color little Butters would be. Her legs are darker and she has the same if not slightly darker color as her legs as a stripe that runs down her back. Her tail is that darker color too.
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    Getting a kid to try grain and hay?

    LOL, I'm a terrible goat mother I should be chowing down on the green stuff and leading by example. I'll have to take some wheat grass out there and show her how it's done. If she needs leading by example it stops at this, she's gotta learn the milk stand on her own :p
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    Getting a kid to try grain and hay?

    I did give it a go because she was bucket trained before, I figured it would work. I tried the pan and she happily slurped up the milk and left the grain so I tried the bottle thing and that didn't work. I did end up cutting down on her milk in the morning, mixing it with water and on warm days...
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    Getting a kid to try grain and hay?

    She has 2 "sisters" a bit older then her who she's with 24/7. She doesn't seem to pay attention to what they're doing ever, lol. Even when we go on our walks she's constantly getting left behind because she's not watching them or me, and busy getting distracted by something or other then she...
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    Getting a kid to try grain and hay?

    On to my 2nd goat problem, lol. My month and 1 week old bottle baby is not attempting to eat hay or grain. She wants the bottle and only the bottle. Her former bottle baby older sisters are eating like champs but she has zero interest in even looking at hay or grain much less trying it. If I put...
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    Hair loss in kid?

    Interesting, I had no idea curly hair could be a sign, I was aware of the fish tail, rough coat, and rust but didn't know curly hair. I'll give her and her sister one and see if we see any improvements. Thanks :)
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    Hair loss in kid?

    Thanks for the replies, Im probably going to try the spray. She actually has good hair around the eyes just that lilacish grey weird color here and there, it's around both eyes and a bigger spot on her neck. She also has a ridge of curly hair down her back which doesn't help the coat look better...
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    Hair loss in kid?

    Hi! I'm new so hopefully this is the right place to post. I have three goat kids all were bottle babies (1 still on the bottle). One of the older kids (Cookie) has been weaned for about a month, she's growing like a weed, eats like a champ, and is healthy and very very active, lol. She's...
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