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    When can I put doelings with buck?

    My doe had twin girls 5 weeks ago. As soon as she started to kid I put her in the barn and she has been separated ever since. The buck is not the baby daddy and we eventually want to breed the 2 doelings with him but I obviously don’t want him mounting them quite yet as they are very small. When...
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    One day old goats ok?

    My doe had twins yesterday and I am not 100% sure they are nursing. They are super vocal and keep trying to but I have yet to see them latch. I keep checking on them but haven’t seen much but them sleeping and mom eating. I have put them on the nipple and have gotten a couple suckles from them...
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    Switching nipples

    ok so I’ve raised my lambs on 9oz dollar store baby bottles thus far. They are now ready for much bigger quantities so I got 1 quart bottles with lamb nipples and they hate them! I have to force feed them. I hate having to bringing out the extra formula and pour multiple bottles so how do I...
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    How and when to start weaning lambs

    We have two lambs we are bottle feeding. One is 4 weeks the other is almost 6 weeks. They drink water out of a bucket and nibble at grass but they still really like their bottles. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
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    Latest I can band a lambs tail? And bottlefeeding.

    Our neighbor begged us to take these sweet ewe Dorper lambs off their hands as they’ve both been turned down by their mother and they didn’t have the time to bottlefeed them anymore. One is 3 weeks and one is 4 weeks and tails are not docked. I’d like to avoid taking them to the vet to get...
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