Caring for Chilled or Rejected Kids

× Looking for minerals and goat supplies? Head over to our shop at GoatCare.com! If you raise goats, having a chilled and/or rejected kid is somewhat inevitable.  We select carefully for good mothering ability, but still wind up with 1-2 bottle kids every year in our 30-50 kid crop.  While the inclination seems to be to bring these kids inside and raise them up, it can create a host of problems down the road. House raised kids are psychologically completely different than kids raised with the herd.  If your goal is tightly bonded house pets that feel like a part of the family, raising them indoors can make sense, but if your eventual goal is that they will be living full time outside with other Read More