Dexter has had to be put in solitary confinement( this is our pygmy billy) as he was caught sucking milk from one of the Alpines! We wondered why her milk yeild was going down no matter how much food was being given to her. He was weaned off the bottle a long time ago but i suppose if it is available he would not refuse!
All of the other kids are doing well; the older ones are eating concentrate quite well now so we have cut their bottles down to 3 a day now which is 3 pints of milk per day. The Alpine kids are 2 weeks younger so they are still on 4 pints but we still cannot get the billy to suck the bottle.They are also nibbling some concentrate & hay so hopefully he will catch up.
We are busy keeping an eye on Kenya, looking for any signs of kidding. Her udder is filling up quite well but there is no sign of any discharge yet which is what you can expect to see a few days before kidding.
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