One of my does is in heat today, so I left her and a buck alone outside while I did chores this morning.
When I put her back with the other girls, I saw that her vulva was COVERED in mud. There was also a bit of white discharge, so, knowing the buc
Read more…I was wondering if anyone has ever tried giving goats the water left over from cooking vegetables. If I don't save it for stock later, I always pour this water into the compost pile or directly on plants. But it just struck me that if a goat likes be
Read more…Maverick is my young buck, about 1 year and 4 months old. Here's the timeline:
- Wednesday evening - I went down to feed, and Maverick didn't come to meet me like usual. He walked over slowly, and lay down halfway there. I called him, and he got up a
Read more…I was reading an article about giving Copasure capsules, and the writer recommends removing food for 6 hours before bolus, and continuing to withhold food for at least 3 hours after bolus. The reasoning was that if food is in the rumen, it could tend
Read more…Hi all! I have a Nigerian that is a bit over one year old and he started acting weird this morning. He kept laying down and then every once in a while he would stretch out while laying down. We moved him from our 3 acres where we let them roam into t
Hello, On the package of Copasure 2g it says to give one capsule for animals over 25lbs bodyweight. However, I'm so sure I read somewhere that Deborah recommended giving 1 capsule per 20lbs, but I can't seem to find that now to double check. Could yo
Read more…Hi. It's been awhile since I've had goats. I would like the dosage/schedule for CD&T and BoSe. I do live in a selenium deficient area. Thank you.
Read more…Food for thought here.
http://healthyfamiliesforgod.com/cae-goats-all-wrong/
Read more…Looking for benign reasons for blood in my Ginger's urine.
I took a sample to the vet but have not heard back. When I first noticed it, it was more bright red. I followed her around to get a sample which was more brown. This is Day 17 from kidding (lo
I recently had my herd tested and everyone was fine except for a borderline test result on two goats for toxoplasmosis. We retested again this month and again those two tested borderline for toxoplasmosis. So now I'm looking at a third month of tes
Read more…There are several videos on this page from the University of Rhode Island on parasite management, FAMACHA, and fecal testing.
http://web.uri.edu/sheepngoat/video/
Read more…Hi All,
Maple kidded last Thursday, 5 May with triplets. This is her 2nd freshening, and she's 3 years old. I was initially worried about the fact that kids were only staying on the teat for about 5 seconds at a time, but they are starting to increas
Read more…Thanks for adding me!! I am desperate to find out what is happening to one of my 6 month old doeling. I will try to put photos on my page so you can see exactly what we are dealing with because I'm so overwhelmed with the "could be's"... Came on very
Read more…I recently (1 week ago) took in a 6 year old doe that needed a new home ASAP. The people I got her from seemed very caring and had a clean, well-equipped area for their goats. And while this doe, whose name is Daphne, doesn't look bad, she just doesn
Read more…Willow is around 86-87 days pregnant and she is due for her copper bolus. Should I wait to give it to her, or is it fine to give right now?
Read more…Hello,
After a very traumatic season last year with vaccinations, abscesses, and one with a very bad reaction to the vaccine we would like to no longer vaccinate. I know that many people do not vaccinate, but I hope we're making the right decision. W
Read more…If I suspect zinc deficiency in one goat (some hair loss around face, ears, and hind legs), should I suspect it in the other goat as well? Their diets are exactly alike.
Also, for those of you who think BOSS is a good dietary supplement for this, do
Read more…Okay, folks, I made a rookie mistake today and didn't brace the barn door so the goats couldn't go through the bar to where I had the hens loose - and the door to the pen open. I went out to ascertain the hens were headed to the roost. Lo and behol
Read more…Hi everyone,
I just got my first two NDG does on Saturday (two days ago), and the one has very flaky skin w/lots of dandruff. I've read this is common, and the breeder just copper bolused and gave them both a selenium/vit E shot before I picked t
Read more…The opportunity has come my way to purchase a case of organically grown beets. While I like beets, that many is not in the "should do" portion of my mind. However, can we dehydrate beets to feed to our girls later? My logic says that would work gr
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