Until the kids have a place of their own, I'd at least stop having chicken food in the chicken house. Pull the kids and then feed the chickens. Pull all food before the kids go back in.
seem full or feel full?
Feel them when they are done feeding and see if they feel full.
Place a couple of fingers on their belly in front of the hip bones. They should feel full and firm, not hard and not squishy.
If she is 4.5 pounds and he is a bit over 7.5 pounds, they shouldn't be drinking the same amount.
I think she is being overfed. Him too most likely.
She weighs 72oz
He weighs 120oz
What I've seen with my goat research says 10-11% of their body weight divided by 4 feedings a day. Not sure how...
this was the list -
Clover
Cocklebur
Downy Broome Grass
Sand Bur
Squirrel Tail Grass
Inkberry
Poke Weed
Pine Trees
Ponderosa Pine Needles
Baneberry
Buttercups
Crowfoot
Ground Ivy
Lobelia
Snakeberry
Spurge
White Cohosh
Pine Tree is listed under this section:
These plants all have different properties that make them toxic in their own way. They may not even kill the goats, but they cause mechanical injury or problems with resins. So for all others, here is the list:
The cornell list has pine trees as poisonous.
That's what my yard is - pines with an oak tree here and there or some other random tree. But mostly pine with scrub brush.
Just had a guy out to look at cutting about 30 pines close to the house - he asked why we don't have goats yet.