I have a goat that has really dry flaky skin. She's lost a lot of hair on her face as well. I don't see any bugs and she doesn't act itchy. I thot maybe it was a copper problem so I gave her copasure in Oct. Would it be a Zinc deficiency? Or somethin
Read more…I was looking at the different types of kelp you all use. For a couple years now I've used a lovely Atlantic kelp from Maine - my goats loved it. And do love it. It is approved for organic growers and is straight kelp.
My feed store got in some Th
Read more…I have much experience banding my bucklings. I have also had help with someone holding them. Now I have to do it myself. Does anyone know of a DIY/trick how to restrain him so I can band him myself? I'm trying to find something I can make..
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Read more…Hi everyone, my goats are doing well, but missing the vegetation that is around in the Spring and Summer. Question for you all: my four wethers are healthy and just got their deworming and immunizations. We found one lice on Frankie, but the rest we
Read more…I wanted to ask everyone what their thoughts were on feeding spent brewers grain. We are fortunate to have an artisan brewer as our neighbor who is happy to offload a seemingly endless fresh supply. In June I started regularly feeding them various
Read more…These are my 3 bucks who are living together-- ages 7 mo, 10 mo, and 14 mo. They all have lost the hair on the tips of their scrotum and one has a pretty nasty-looking sore on his. The one with the sore I have been putting tea tree oil on it for a we
Read more…I've been reading what has been posted about meningeal worm and fear that I now have my second case of this nasty worm on my hands. I have 7 goats. Eve, our doe 2 years ago, 4 months after her first kidding showed all signs on meningeal worm. We trea
Read more…Help! I'm wondering if I need to be worried, but the right side of Cocoa's bag is a bit firm, which is not usual, and she seems a bit sensitive during milking the past few days. Today was the first day I noticed a difference in her bag. Milk is fi
Read more…Hi everyone.
I was hoping someone could help me figure out what is wrong with my almost 4 year old buck. All of the sudden he has a thin clear discharge coming from his penis all the time. His belly is always wet. I immediately thought of urinary
Read more…My 10 day old doeling, Glimmer started coughing last night and has a bit of a runny nose. She is eating, peeing and pooping fine. She isnt coughing constantly just right after she eats. What could this be and what can i do to help her?
Read more…Hi all! I've been feeding some of the same hay all late summer but of course the goats have had browse all this time. They all looked great! Since leaves have dropped and we are banned from walking fields due to hunting, they are stuck in a 3 acre a
Read more…I've been (slowly) getting better at recognizing when my goats need copper, although it's still difficult for me to tell until I see fading coats. Anyway, a few of my does are starting to look just a bit faded. Should I give them COWP now, or is ther
Read more…Does anyone have approximate weights that NDs should be at different ages? Like 2 mos, 4 mos, 6 mos, 8 mos, 10 mos, 1 yr, 1 1/2 yr, 2 yr, etc? For bucks and does? Thanks!
Read more…Does anyone have any thoughts on what might cause trembling in a goat?
A little background. We have 4 does, 1 buck and 1 wether. The goat that is trembling is my youngest and weakest goat. She is the bottom of the pecking order, always has been, a
Read more…Hi folks,
begging your wisdom again - is Oxytetracycline ok for pregnant goats?
Thanks!
Katharine
Read more…I've read through some of the older posts and I just want to make sure that I know all of my options here. I am adopting a 3 year old doe (who was disbudded as a kid) and her two kids (a buckling and a doeling) who are 9 weeks old and have not been d
Read more…I have a doe who is 2 weeks from kidding and has come down with some severe diarrhea. She was fine one day then the next we had some major weather change with a lot of rain and when I went to check on everyone she had poop everywhere. It is really ru
Read more…Ok here we go What do you use for a 9 week old goat that has a few worms in his poop pellets? I see that there are various products out there But not surewhich one would be the best Seems to be 3 or 4 different ones at tractor supply The worms look a
Read more…I have a question from a family who bought two doelings from me last summer. One of them is having some trouble. Please read this conversation between us, and if you can think of anything I haven't, please respond. I"m sending them the link to thi
Read more…Disaster last night, my beloved goats got into some poison as I was herding them to their barn house for the night. I've read up on what to do and antidotes on this forum and Fiasco Farm website to prepare myself to deal with it today. But I have n
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