That's so strange, I've always read and been told that goats can't stand to be wet.
Was it raining lightly? sometimes when the rain is light, mine will go and eat their hay or browse, but for the most part, they won't leave their shelter when it's raining. They'll probably come out if I put...
LOL, you'll probably never take my advice again, but here goes :P
I would put that buck in with the bottle baby calf :P I did that for a while, and they got to be best friends :P Then you can put that bottle baby goat in with the wethers *and see how they act* before deciding you want another...
I apologize, sometimes I forget we all have different setups and I skipped over the buck part. My bucks are usually all separated from my doesn, so my original advice didn't include the buck. I'm sorry, I made a mistake :( the other posters are right, you shouldn't put her in with a buck.
The...
I go by how they look. Can you post a picture of her? How is she acting?
If she's lethargic and not growing well, I'd give her more. If she's energetic, acting normal, and growing well, I'd keep her where she is so she can start drinking water and grazing. The more milk you give, the less...
They should be fine. Well, I've had kids and very young babies in the same area together and they got along fine. Of course mom was there, but they still played and slept together. Why not try and put baby outside with them and stay a while to supervise?
If she's not going to be an inside goat...
I use a submergeable heater for the cows. But for the goats, I carry out a bucket of hot water for each pen, twice a day, and also bust the ice on top of their regular water container. The nubians will drink it hot, they actually like it on really cold mornings, especially kids. It was...
In this warm weather I wouldn't even consider keeping a bottle baby in the house. But that's just me, I realize that. Even in the winter, I'd be very hard pressed to keep her in the house. They do pretty well as long as they have a good shelter that will keep them out of the wind and rain, and...
My chickens visit my goats in their pen all the time. I never see them on the waterers, but I see them drinking out of the waterers. I guess it's at the right height :)
I was taught that you're supposed to withhold calcium for two months prior to kidding, and then after kidding, add back the calcium.
So while my goats always had mineral blocks, I didn't give ready-to-kid does any alfalfa hay or alfalfa pellets until after they kidded.
Also, have a tube of...
I have two bucks penned together, and they get along fine. One is a bit bigger than the other. Both don't have horns. I wouldn't mix a horned with a hornless goat.
I don't keep one buck because IMOHO a lonely buck is an unhappy and troublesome buck. I keep two for that reason.
I'd get some labels from cow blocks and see if you can find something comparable with copper in it. Or provide a copper suppement.
To answer your original question: I keep out a loose mineral for goats, and no salt block.