I got Minnie when she was about 8 months only and only 35 pounds. Her mother had not had enough milk and she was runted and immunocompromised . She commonly had severe gastrointestinal infections and would loose extreme amounts of weight. She had to move away from her mom and herd so she could be in a cleaner environment away from pathogens and so I took her home where my old Nubian goat was her nanny. About a year later I moved the animals to a larger property and was able to adopt her mom (Chip Cheery). 

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Chip Cheery had been very successful as a show animal and has gorgeous fiber quality. Her first baby died and at the time they did not know she was not producing enough milk. Minnie was her second baby and it was noticed at that time that she didn't produce enough milk to support Minnie's nutritional needs. So Minnie was supplemented with milk from a bucket but she developed obsessive behaviors to suck on objects and often would do this instead of eating.