Tonight when I was feeding my little orphan - she bit off and swallowed part of the nipple. Has anyone had experience with something foreign like that getting swallowed. She is several months old so not a little tiny thing.
I am so worried but sh
Read more…I am hoping there some folks on this morning who can give us advice. This was our first year to disbud ND kids. Kitty, the doeling we retained, was the smallest. We disbudded her brothers at 1 week old. She was around 2 weeks old when we did hers. Sh
Read more…I had some experienced goat people tell me today that since my buckling only seems to have 1 testicule that I had 3 choices: 1) Put him down, 2) wait til Feb. & take him to our University Teaching Vet school for a free surgery 3) Call a vet when he's
Read more…One of the does I just acquired seems to show signs of copper deficiency (fishtail, black hair has red tint, patchy hair on bridge of nose, rough coat and milk tastes a little bitter, especially compared to my other doe's milk who has lovely sweet mi
Read more…My goats need a lot of copper and I copper bolus. My does recently got done and needed it - I was behind in their needs as I think they increased their needs due to pregnancy and lactation.
One baby in particular was much darker when he was younger
Read more…One of my kids, just over 2 months old now, woke with a runny hind end this morning and I'm wondering what type of action I should take. She is a bottle baby and came here with mom. I've kept her with mom and I think she may still try to nurse thou
Read more…Has anyone here used Pyrantel Paste (labeled for horses)? A guy in one of my FB groups is recommending it as a good dewormer, but I don't really know anything about it nor could I find much in the forum. Has anyone else used it? Would you triple t
Read more…I'm wondering if anyone can tell me their experience of double/triple dosing dewormers? I know levasole isn't one you want to mess with but what about regular Ivermectin, Ivo+, Doramectin, Cydectin, Valbazen....?
I think I am going to have to do so
Read more…I have two Dorper lambs that I'm going to be raising in a pen separate from the rest of the flock, and I'd like to also get a couple of NDDG for milking. Goats need copper and it will build to toxic levels in sheep, so they can share the same mineral
Read more…I found her this morning with a gash in the middle of her side. It's fairly shallow, but as long as my thumb and somewhat wider. All the skin is gone, so it's open.
I have no idea what happened. Everybody else is fine.
Called my husband at work and h
Read more…A few days ago I noticed my doe had a watery, cloudy looking eye and after a closer look I seen the tip of a cheat grass sticking out. So I pulled it out but she still had a cloudy looking eye. I figured it would go away within a day or two after rem
Read more…so is it ok to leave the free choice minerals out where the babies will be able to eat all they want?
Read more…My doe just Kidded two BIG, bouncey, baby, boys on friday night. Everything seemed to go over well.. But the next day she had really bad diarrhea. I was quick to clean it all up so the babies wouldn't get it and she wouldn't get any in her very swoll
Read more…HELP! I have a 5 week old kid with diarrhea. He had it for 1 day last week and it cleared up on its own. Now we are on day 2 of this episode. He is still active, eating, and playing normally. What should I do?
Read more…So I have started feeding my girls lespedeza as a preventative measure, and it's just another part of their daily ration currently. I was wondering if there is a minimum amount they have to ingest to be beneficial? Can I feed it with their alfalfa/
Read more…I recently purchased a doe and she has been sick since I got her. The breeder transported her to a show she was attending the night before I picked her up and before I got there the next day she had scours from the stress of leaving home and being at
Read more…We are newbies to owning NDG's. We brought our first two goats home on 6/24. I'm going to try to give as much info as possible to hopefully help you give me some good advice.
On 5/19 we moved to a 14 acre farm from the "big city". The farm already h
Hello everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone has encountered this before. Yesterday morning I saw that one of my does was standing off to the side , which is normal for her at feeding time she kind of a diva and like to make a big entrance up to th
Read more…Hi everyone, I have read about using Diat. Earth in chickens food as a natural wormer and also heard another goat breeder sprinkles it on her goats backs for lice/fleas. Have any of you experienced any of this yourself? Any suggestions? Comments?
Read more…First my little wether got it. Two weeks later a doeling, then about the time she was through the meds, another doeling got it. I have feeders off the floor and "steps" for them to stand on so they will not stand in the bowls but it doesn't help! I'l
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