Newborn to 2-day-old

Colostrum for the first 24–48 hours

5 times/day, via bottle or stomach tube

30–40 mL/kg

2–7 days old

Milk replacer, lamb’s milk replacer, goat’s milk.

4 times/day

Gradually increasing to 50 mL/kg

8–14 days old

Milk replacer, lamb’s milk replacer, goat’s milk.

3 times/day

Up to 300 mL

2–4 weeks

Milk replacer, lamb’s milk replacer, goat’s milk;

Add solid food (eg, goat chow, calf manna, and alfalfa hay).

Indigenous natural browse should always be available

3 times/day

Gradually increasing to 460 mL

7 weeks

Solid food (eg, goat chow, calf manna, and alfalfa hay).

Milk replacer, lamb’s milk replacer, goat’s milk;

Indigenous natural browse should always be available

Once a day

480 mL

8–10 weeks

Solid food exclusively (eg, goat chow, calf manna, and alfalfa hay).

Indigenous natural browse should always be available

N/A

N/A