Meconium: Black, tarry poops - Usually seen between 0 and 48 hours
old. Totally normal. This is the first poops baby goats will have. They are extremely
sticky and get all over everything. They are (mercifully) odorless.
Yellow, watery scours - Usually seen between 1 and 14 days old. Not normal. Watery diarrhea is caused by too much milk per feeding or milk replacer. To cure, lower the amount of milk per feeding until the scours stop. Or change the type of milk replacer. Baby goats do best on replacer made for goats, not "all stock" or cow replacer. NO medication necessary.

Yellow, pudding poops - Usually seen between 1 and 14 days old. Totally normal. Since young babies are on a diet of pure milk, their poops will be yellow in color and the consistency of thick pudding. Be sure to clean the anal area of dried poop so not to cause blockage. This stuff is very sticky and smells like soured milk (probably because it is soured milk!).
Smelly, green diarrhea - Occurs at 21 -30 days old. Very common, but not normal! This is the major symptom of coccidiosis infection. Coccidiosis is caused by a single-celled internal parasite that is not a worm and it is not killed by deworming medicines. You must treat immediately and aggressively with Sulmet, Di-Methox or Corid. These are sulfa-based antibiotics that will kill coccidia parasites. Kids can die quickly from coccidiosis infection and even if they don't die, they can be stunted for life due to the damage caused to their intestinal lining. The best treatment is to treat kids preventatively for coccidiosis by giving them a sulfa-based antibiotic at exactly 21 days old. Coccidia have a 21 day life cycle and killing them before they mature and cause massive damage is essential.
Smelly, green scours - Usually follows the green diarrhea of coccidiosis but can occur alone. Not normal. EXTREMELY FATAL. Very watery, very smelly greenish or brownish scours signals massive digestive system damage. Enterotoxemia is a likely cause. Enterotoxemia is caused by a bacterium called Clostridium perfingens. C. perfingens is found in the soil and does not normally colonize the digestive system of a healthy goat. If the kid is already sick from coccidiosis or bloat, enterotoxemia can occur due to C. perfingens taking advantage of an unhealthy rumen. The best treatment is large doses of CD Antitoxin, orally. This will help to neutralize the toxins produced by the bacteria. Give 10 - 20 cc orally every 4 hours until the kid improves. Vaccinating your pregnant goats with CDT toxoid at 4 weeks before kidding and vaccinating kids at 4 weeks old can help build immunity to enterotoxemia.
Brown berries - Usually seen at 2-4 weeks old or older. Normal. Yay! You made it! Miniature brown berries are the endpoint of a long road to adult goat pooping.
We're getting goats in the Spring. I appreciate the info!
ReplyDeletevery helpful! thank you!
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU!!
ReplyDeleteVery helpful. We are 3 days old an momma passed away so they are getting bottle milk. We are at the pudding stage and it scared me. I'm good now
ReplyDeleteMy boys are 3 weeks old and I have introduced them to grain as of wendsday, and hay as of last week. They are acting normal and eating and drinking normally. But as of this morning I noticed that their poop was green and soft. I wouldn't call it diarrhea but it was brown pellets. As of now I am assuming it is just from a change in their food (grain&hay are green=green poop, soft due to adjusting to new food) Is this normal or should I be concerned?
ReplyDeleteSounds normal for a feed change like that. I would only get concerned if it was green and very liquidy.
DeleteHonestly some of the best information I've gotten yet!
ReplyDeleteGreat info and love the pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! My 5 day old kid who is bottle fed since birth is having the second picture problem. Got scared. Now I know I'm just over feeding him. Usually is by demand and not too often but I guess it has been. We have been milking the mom and feeding the kid... we Will correct. Thank you
ReplyDeleteHey there how is your baby doing since you corrected? How did you correct? I have a four day old and I think I overfed her between yesterday and this morning and she had watery this morning but now back to pudding consistency. I am going to cut back as well, but looking at other articles (until I found this one) everyone has been saying they need electrolyte treatment and so on. Did cutting back help your kid? Hope to hear from you!
DeletePer a goat vet. Baby goats should be fed 3-4 ozs per every 5lbs of body weight.
Delete0-3 weeks at every 4 hours.
3-6 weeks at every 6 hours.
6-8 or 12 weeks at every 8 hours.
12-14 or 16 weeks every 12 hours then taper down to once a day and then none. Of course depending on your goat, the time between feedings and amount can vary, but these are the general guidelines. Hope this helps! (Info cited from Goat Vet Corner, page from face book) All vets who contribute to the page have been "vetted" to insure that all have legitimate degrees.
I have a 1 week old baby that is being fed by her mom but I've noticed she is crying when she poops and is pooping white chunks that smells like soured milk. Why and how do we fix it?
ReplyDeleteSeriously the best info on goat poop! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat info. So helpful!! And I seriously LOVED the illustrations and sense of humor!
ReplyDeleteMy baby boy goat is almost 2 months old. He nibbles on grain. His poop was black and a little runny. He has been acting normal. Help?!
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem. I have never seen this in my goats before. She was wormed at 1 month old she is 6 weeks old. She is acting normal and nibbles. I gave her 3cc (from the vet) it's like humans take for diarrhea. it is black and runny. I will check her tomorrow and may re-worm her again. 2cc of Valbrazen. She is eating dry grassy hay. On Pasture grass also. She is with her mama yet. The grain I give them everyday is made by a goat nutritionist and has in the grain for Coccidiosis.
DeleteHelpful. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteHave a 20hrs old baby goat. Just finished passing the black poop and now the yellow mucus like poop now. The poop is kinda much but seem to be standing up once a while to suckle from mama. Should I be worried?
ReplyDeleteVery helpful. First time bottle baby feeder.
ReplyDeleteHave a baby female goat bottle baby. She seems to be in great condition however she has a bloody discharge, not continuous but can see several spots on pee pads. Any thoughts
ReplyDeleteThanks for your informative post.its helpful to understand it.keep blogging.Baby Feeding
ReplyDeleteI am very happy today to share this amazing testimony on how Dr. idahosa the herbal doctor was able to cure me from my HIV Virus with his herbal medicine. I have been a HIV patient for almost 8 months now and have tried different methods of treatment to ensure that I am cured of this terrible disease, but none worked for me, so I had to leave everything to God to handle as I was a Christian who had faith that one day God would intervene in my life, yet I felt so sad and desperate as I was losing almost everything due to my illness, A few months ago while I was surfing the internet I saw different recommendation about Dr idahosa on how he have been using his herbal Medicine to treat and cure people, these people advice we contact Dr. idahosa for any problem that would help immediately, I contacted Dr idahosa and I told him how I got his contact and also about my disease, after some time Dr. idahosa told me to have faith that he would prepare for me a medication of herbal herbs, he told me I would take this medicine for a few weeks and also asked my home for home address so as possible for him to submit the drug for me, so my good friends after all the process and everything Dr idahosa actually sent me the medicine, I took it as I was directed by Dr. idahosa, after a few weeks passed, while on Dr.idahosa medication I began to experience changes in my body, I had to call my doctor at the hospital for some blood test after test my hospital doctor told me that I was no longer with the Hiv virus and my blood is pretty good, I can not even believe this, Friends well today i am Hiv Free and i want everyone to know that there is a cure for Hiv for those who will contact Dr idahosa after reading my testimony, you can kindly contact Dr. idahosa in (dridahosasolutioncenter@gmail.com) or call his WhatssaAp number +2348134261542, God bless you all ...
ReplyDeleteSo if it has gone from a bright yellow to a light brown suggestions I'm doing Pedialyte with no milk but adding acidophilus to it
ReplyDeletehave a femal goat bottle baby she seems to be in good condition however she is having green poops is it normal or not plz reply
ReplyDeleteGreat info. I gave you credit with a link to your page on my farm site. Love the illustrations, lol!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing such beautiful information with us. I hope you will share some more information about constipation. Please keep sharing.
ReplyDeleteHealth Is A Life
My goat is 2 weeks and still pooping the yellow pudding stage. Is that normal? He is still on milk only with the occasional nibles on grass and hay.
ReplyDeletemy goat is 4 days and pooping yellow grape stage is this okay?
ReplyDeleteIt is a very informative and useful post thanks it is good material to read this post increases my knowledge. Green discharge
ReplyDeleteI am here to give my testimony about Dr Ebhota who helped me.. i want to inform the public how i was cured from (HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS) by salami, i visited different hospital but they gave me list of drugs like Famvir, Zovirax, and Valtrex which is very expensive to treat the symptoms and never cured me. I was browsing through the Internet searching for remedy on HERPES and i saw comment of people talking about how Dr Ehbota cured them. when i contacted him he gave me hope and send a Herbal medicine to me that i took for just 2 weeks and it seriously worked for me, my HERPES result came out negative. I am so happy as i am sharing this testimony. My advice to you all who thinks that there is no cure for herpes that is Not true just contact him and get cure from Dr Ebhota healing herbal cure of all kinds of sickness you may have like
ReplyDelete(1) CANCER,
(2) DIABETES,
(3) HIV&AIDS,
(4) URINARY TRACT INFECTION,
(5) CANCER,
(6) IMPOTENCE,
(7) BARENESS/INFERTILITY
(8) DIARRHEA
(9) ASTHMA
(10)SIMPLEX HERPES AND GENITAL
(11)COLD SORE
HERPES. he also cure my friend from cervical cancer Email: drebhotasoultion@gmail.com or whatsapp him on +2348089535482
My health was horrible before I decided to try the Protocol Of taking Dr Ebhota herbal mixture. I felt there was no hope for my health and I was doubtful to try the Protocol thinking it wouldn’t work because I have visited so many hospital but same result. However, I was convinced by my friend to try the herbal medicine because I wanted to get rid of HPV/WART. The herbal mixture that was given to me was really quick and easy to take, and since I have be taking it for less than 3 days I have less outbreak. But within one week i was fully cured from WART/HPV. The herbal medicine really work and I will like to share this great herb doctor contact with you all email him drebhotasolution@gmail.com or whatsapp +2348089535482. Pls try and help yourself out of warts completely today. he also c My health was horrible before I decided to try the Protocol Of taking Dr Ebhota herbal mixture. I felt there was no hope for my health and I was doubtful to try the Protocol thinking it wouldn’t work because I have visited so many hospital but same result. However, I was convinced by my friend to try the herbal medicine because I wanted to get rid of HPV/WART. The herbal mixture that was given to me was really quick and easy to take, and since I have be taking it for less than 3 days I have less outbreak. But within one week i was fully cured from WART/HPV. The herbal medicine really work and I will like to share this great herb doctor contact with you all email him drebhotasolution@gmail.com o r whatsapp +2348089535482. Pls try and help yourself out of warts completely today. he ure DIABETIES ULCAL CANCER etc.He also told me that he has solution for the flowing.1 Cancer cure2 Diabetes cure3 Ringing ear4 Herpes cure5 Warts cure6 HPV cure7 Get your ex back8 Pregnancy herbal medicine9 Prostate enlargement10 Hepatitis B11 Disability12 Kidney problem Etc.
ReplyDeleteHey, I just wanted to drop a line as a 2020/2021 first time bottle baby parent. Your page is still helping people, myself especially. My poor little 1 1/2 week old had some extra soft/liquidy yellow pudding today and was lethargic. I’m pretty sure we wore him out playing yesterday and just over-exerted him. He wouldn’t eat until after about 12 hours of solid rest but OH BOY did he bounce back. Crazy hungry and normal yellow poo, energy out the wazzoo. He tackled a stack of pillows on the floor and learned how to jump even higher so he’s doing a-okay. But your page really helped during my freak out earlier in the day when he had the liquidy pudding, lethargy, and lack of appetite. And I’m also going to go ahead and make sure that I have the cocci treatment ready to go at day 21 instead of waiting for symptoms of it. Thanks for the info, it’s really great. My little guy and I appreciate it!
ReplyDelete