I weighed the babies ADG's added *2/16/12*

[RPC]

Well I am not to happy about our little Cindy. She is not doing well and I should have listened to all of you from the beginning and pulled her to bottle raise. She was the smallest but strongest from the beginning but the bigger girls were able to push her over but not with out a fight. I have been seeing her standing hunched alot but just thought she was cold. Now that it has been in the upper 40's- mid 50's the past couple days. I have noticed its because she is pretty much being starved. So now 3 times a day I pull Jasmine out and tie her up with hay in front of her then get Cindy and let her eat her fill. Its almost like bottle feeding straight from the dam LOL with less work plus she gets to stay with her mom at all times. So I weighed them all tonight because Caliber is 8 weeks old today and to see how far behind Cindy is. I must say my dam raised kids, besides Cindy, have grown way better then the bottle kids. So here are the weights.

Name Weight days old
Caliber 28.00 56
Nubian 26.11 51
Bonequiqui 26.13 28 He is bigger then Nubian and 23 days younger
Marsha 17.06 23
Jan 15.07 23
Cindy 8.12 23 only 3.01 pounds bigger then birth weight
Storm 15.10 22

I have high hopes that now that I know there is a problem and we are working on solving it that Cindy will grow and do just fine.
I also noticed is more Bonequiqui is just growing super well I did the ADG figues on the kids and besides Bonequiqui and Cindy everyone is pretty close.

ADG of the kids 2/2/12
Caliber .36
Nubian .34
Bonequiqui .61
Marsha .39
Jan .35
Cindy .13
Storm .32
So Bonequiqui is just crazy with his growth and Cindy is behind with hers, Everyone else is growing about the same. Storm might start picking up now that he is on the right tract and we are supplementing him 3 times a day.

******UPDATED PART******
2/9/12
Name Weight days old
Bonequiqui 32.07 35
Marsha 21.07 30
Jan 19.10 30
Cindy 11.00 30 Gained 2.04 pounds in 1 week, Huge success I think she will make it now.
Storm 17.06 29

As of 2/9/12 ADG
Bonequiqui .66
Marsha .43
Jan .39
Cindy .20
Storm .31

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

So what do you use to weigh them?

 

[RPC]

I have a tote bag that I put them in and I use a digital fish hanging scale that goes up to 50 pounds.

 

[ksj0225]

I have a tote bag that I put them in and I use a digital fish hanging scale that goes up to 50 pounds.

We use that method to weigh rabbits!!!

 

[20kidsonhill]

Glad it is going well. Sorry about cindy, but you still should have time for her to start to recover and put on weight.

 

[Roll farms]

I weighed the black doeling before she left, she was born Dec. 5th and weighed in at 36#.

I think goat milk makes a *huge* difference when bottle raising.

 

[neener92]

Well I am not to happy about our little Cindy. She is not doing well and I should have listened to all of you from the beginning and pulled her to bottle raise. She was the smallest but strongest from the beginning but the bigger girls were able to push her over but not with out a fight. I have been seeing her standing hunched alot but just thought she was cold. Now that it has been in the upper 40's- mid 50's the past couple days. I have noticed its because she is pretty much being starved. So now 3 times a day I pull Jasmine out and tie her up with hay in front of her then get Cindy and let her eat her fill. Its almost like bottle feeding straight from the dam LOL with less work plus she gets to stay with her mom at all times. So I weighed them all tonight because Caliber is 8 weeks old today and to see how far behind Cindy is. I must say my dam raised kids, besides Cindy, have grown way better then the bottle kids. So here are the weights.

Name Weight days old
Caliber 28.00 56
Nubian 26.11 51
Bonequiqui 26.13 28 He is bigger then Nubian and 23 days younger
Marsha 17.06 23
Jan 15.07 23
Cindy 8.12 23 only 3.01 pounds bigger then birth weight
Storm 15.10 22

I have high hopes that now that I know there is a problem and we are working on solving it that Cindy will grow and do just fine.

I've noticed that with calves and lambs I've bottle raise (and the two kids I've bottle raised), they grow slower. But, they've always caught up after they get on solid food. Just takes them a little while longer. Bonequiqui is a big boy! I agree with 20, Cindy should pull threw.

I hope I used the bold thingy right......

 

[neener92]

I weighed the black doeling before she left, she was born Dec. 5th and weighed in at 36#.

I think goat milk makes a *huge* difference when bottle raising.

I would have to agree!

 

[RPC]

I also noticed is more Bonequiqui is just growing super well I did the ADG figues on the kids and besides Bonequiqui and Cindy everyone is pretty close.
ADG of the kids
Caliber .36
Nubian .34
Bonequiqui .61
Marsha .39
Jan .35
Cindy .13
Storm .32
So Bonequiqui is just crazy with his growth and Cindy is behind with hers, Everyone else is growing about the same. Storm might start picking up now that he is on the right tract and we are supplementing him 3 times a day.

 

[RPC]

I can not believe Bonequiqui is already over 32 pounds and is only 5 weeks old today. He is a beast!!!! I updated the weights and ADG's on everyone in the 1st post except Caliber and Nubian they decided they don't want to be weighed anymore.