If Reese is a whether he doesn't need too much sweet feed, and just feeding cracked corn (from my experience) isn't so good for him either. Get some 12% protien feed, and you can mix in some of the powdered milk replacer. He looks fine to me, just don't over feed the human goodies, goats stomachs aren't made to handle that kind of processing.
You have a fine looking buddy there.

If Reese is a whether he doesn't need too much sweet feed, and just feeding cracked corn (from my experience) isn't so good for him either. Get some 12% protien feed, and you can mix in some of the powdered milk replacer. He looks fine to me, just don't over feed the human goodies, goats stomachs aren't made to handle that kind of processing.
You have a fine looking buddy there.

If he is a 40 pound pygmy, you can stop the milk replacer and cut way back on grain and sweet feed. Feed mostly good hay or browse. Goats gain fat around their kidneys (not in the meat like cattle) and that can give them trouble.

I have been lurking on the life of Reese, what a loved little goat. I agree that he doesn't need the milk replacer but having had bottle raised animals the mother baby bond is maintained with the bottle, he will always regard you as his mom with or without the bottle. Maybe molasses water in the bottle.

What a cutie!

that is true, I have a billy goat that I bottle raised and now he is a year and a half old and still when I go into the fenced area or let him out, he is right next to me and won't let anything get near me. I guess this is how he refers to me as his mother figure.

aaaawww! Really? He sounds cute. We got Reese some new kind of goat feed. We had to go to a different 'feed store' because the one we normally go to was out of the goat milk and while we were there I got a different kind of feed to try that is only for goats and Reese likes it. We gave his old goat food that he wouldn't eat to our neighbor's donkeys and they loved it! :)

yeah he is really cute, here is a pic of him back in the early spring, so he still has his thick winter coat.
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He is really pretty. What is his name?

These 2 goats were my neighbor's goats. The big one was Browny. He was well over 150 lbs! He was HUGE! But, he was a gentle giant. I really liked him.

Jackie was the little one and she was so sweet and loving. I had a really special relationship with each one of these goats. Even though they weren't mine I loved them so much! I use to spend time with them everyday. But, they got killed by coyotes. They got in the pasture one night and killed them. It was so sad! You wouldn't think that a coyote could hurt a big goat like Browny, but maybe it was a bunch of coyotes... Anyway, they were both special and they were the goats that made me want little Reese. And, I'm so glad I got Reese, because he is a lot of fun.

Browny

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Jackie

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That is so sad. I worry about something getting my babies. We have been locking them in the barn at night! Reese is a cutie!
Brenda