RE: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?

 

Milk her more often and clean her out each time---then slowly milk more and more, but slowly.  That builds her milk supply---which she will need to support these kids.    If you can milk her thoroughly 3 times per day---and be sure she has AMPLE food, you can through demand, build her milk supply up.  That is what happens naturally when they all nurse and there is not enough.  One baby goes away hungry and then comes back a little while later to complete the meal. 

 

She will have a supply past which it will not increase---but at only week one, she can build a greater supply than she now has.

 

Good luck.  Enjoy those kids while they are cute!!!

 

Allison

 

Allison E. Moss-Fritch

New Moon Alpacas

350 Cloquallum Rd.

Elma, WA 98541

 

360 861-8584

 

 

 

From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of alpacameadows@aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 6:34 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] what to use?

 

 

My first timer nubian goat, had triplets, she did reject them, but i'm milking her 2 times a day, and feeding the  kids. She only gives about 1/2 gal. of milk per day,  which i mix with some frozen milk, I had last year, from another goat.  BUT now i'm running out of the frozen milk. And wondering what I  can mix with  moms milk, so there is enough, for each day.  the kids are  a week old, and doing very good,  i'm feeding them at 8:00 12:30, 5:30 and the last feeding at 10:00 at night.  That has been working pretty good.  Should I mix moms milk with kid replacer? I sure hate to change things (formula). But when you run out, you have to do something!  any suggestions?

                                                         Carolyn

 

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