My girls are all due within a few days, and we're having record high temps. No heat lamps, but is there anything I should be doing for newborns with temps at 100° give or take a few degrees?
Read more…I vaccinated 6 kids 3 weeks ago for CD&T. I checked their sites a couple times the next week, no problems, they each had a small lump at the injection site that I understand is normal.. I Checked the injection sites again a couple days ago --they h
Read more…i am new to the game.
i have only had my goats since jan 2015
my question is what vaccines do i need to give my goats ?
i know off the cd&t. but what else are there? do others combine vaccines?
what about worming ? i heard you can use crushed up pump
Read more…I am bathing my does for the first time and am looking for soap recommendation. In the archives I read that some people use goat milk soap. Any particular brand recommended? I see a few references to Dawn, but I prefer to stay away from that. Can
Read more…Thank you to Deborah for the informative webinar this morning! You mentioned a free choice "Selenium Bucket". I could not find it through Caprine Supply or Hoeggar?? Where can it be purchased?
Read more…We have been using a block as the mineral supplements for our goats. Since the discussions here suggest that loose minerals are preferable to a block, we have used a chisel and hammer to knock off chunks from the block. We then pulverise the chunk, u
Read more…my 6 year old doe kidded on april 14 2015. about a week ago i noticed hair loss. she was wormed on jan 8 with safeguard, 2.5 mls.
i wasn't sure if it was winter coat coming out. when i got her she was in a very small enclosure it was about 3'x2'x6' l
Read more…I am looking to get some copper oxide wire particles. I found the brand "ultracruz" for $19.99 with free shipping on amazon. At Jeffers, Caprice, and Valley Vet, it appears the brands are all "copasure". If anyone has used the Ultracruz brands, ca
Read more…Hi all,
I have a 7 year old doe, 10 weeks fresh, who has had clumpy poo for a couple of days. I did a fecal yesterday and again today and found only ONE egg that looks like it could be a brown stomach worm, an actual worm too, and some coccidia (abou
Read more…Hello. I'm new to goats but read a lot online and books before I started with two pregnant does. Both mommies are doing great. One buck born on May 23rd has been wethered and is doing great. Twins, one buck, one doe, born on June 9th, were doing
Read more…I vaxxed my girls around June 3rd, and from what I'm told, I needed to do it again in 28 days, only I missed that date. Is it too late to do the 2nd vax or would I need to start all over again? Is it fine for me to do it tomorrow? The vax I gave was
Read more…I'm concerned about one of my goats. She is 2 years old, was a first freshener this year and is pretty thin. She was small when we bought her in April, but I assumed she would start gaining by now. I was looking at a link (can't remember where I sa
Read more…Back again with an old question. I recently purchased minerals that were mixed for our general area and is offered free choice in the barn. There may have been a selenium deficiency issue for settling and retaining pregnancy this past year (actuall
Read more…Went out to feed my bottle babies and couldn't find Mischif. When I did I noticed immediately that his eye was all gunky. My 2 bottle babies have been coughing and having gunky noses so I just figured Mischief had a bit of that. I cleaned it off and
Read more…I have two kids and a doe that I have sold. I want to make sure I do everything I can to make the transition easiest for them. The kids (soon to be wethers) will be leaving a week after they are banded and the doe won't be leaving until September.
Read more…What are the best scissors for trimming the goats feet? I've left them far to long and they have overgrown. The garden snips don't work.
Read more…Me again in Nigeria with another weird and wonderful! Just back from 3 weeks away to find my male kid, 7 months old, with bad sores around the mouth, and his mother starting. Most sores at the back of the mouth, they are both still eating, although
Read more…For those of you interested in natural remedies, check out this study on pine bark:
http://www.wormx.info/#!pinebark/coo1
Read more…What kind of percentage are we talking about when you pen your goats with chickens and a duck together?
Read more…Hi all! I'm new here and learning a BUNCH reading as many of the posts as I can... One question I have is on Selenium. I've been reading about it and the other minerals and am about to make my order of Sweetlix and Selenium. However, the store tha
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