Looking through archives I've found several dosing recommendations for different weight ranges, the lowest being 1 gram per 20# body weight. What about kids (presently 2 wks old)? Doe has signs of deficiency, but also want to use for parasite control
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In my town - we are all on well water. My water is high in iron and sulfur. So we have a water softener and thus - water that comes out of the faucet has no smell of sulfur and doesn't make any rusty or green stains (iron).
BUT - I don't kno
Read more…Well, now I have to bottle feed a baby goat, while she's adorable, I don'y exactly want to get up every two hours. She is healthy and running around playing, she is about 1 1/2 days old. The dam walks away every time we are trying to bring the kid to
Read more…I am wondering if parasites, lice etc. from goats or sheep could be transferable to humans and if so how can this be prevented? We do not have any goats or sheep at this point but we are wanting them in the near future. Thank you for any insight on t
Read more…Butterscotch had her twins 2 weeks ago this Thursday, and today she has blood on her tail and is stomping involuntarily. Then after her twitching, she is going to various corners and laying down, which she has never done in our presence before. I d
Read more…I have a 2 year old FF doe, 4 weeks from kidding, eating well, active per her usual self, growing a large belly and udder, and seems normal in every way, but I can't seem to get her eyelid color above C/D.
I first noticed this in late January (when
Read more…I have six nubian kids all about three weeks old. Five does and one buck. All of their anal area looks irritated and are bleeding. They are all very healthy, they run and buck. They dont act like it really bothers them. Does anyone have any suggestio
Read more…Ever since having goats - 4 years now - I've not ever been able to get my goats to eat their minerals.
I announced it to the forum recently and in an email to a friend and within hours - a couple goats were eating minerals. That was 2 weeks ago or so
Read more…I am sure this is not the right place to put this, and I have been reading the other discussions to try to get this answer, but I'm running out of daylight and just need to get it done.
So, I am treating my two pregnant does (due to kid in 5 weeks)
Read more…Today my black buck, Frosty went down and he won't get up. He's was maybe a little slow yesterday but today he laid down and won't get up for anything. My husband saw him trying to walk once today when the buck peed and he sort of walked in a sitting
Read more…One of my does has an intermittent (couple days a week) eye discharge (out of both eyes)...kind of a yellow-ish discharge. This has been going on for 3-4 weeks. Every time I think she is getting better, I go out the next day and she'll have more "goo
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Question for you.
Of my 6 does - 2 have a tendency to show the cottony undercoat a lot throughout their coat and the others don't really show it at all but it is still there when you groom them. My black girl and her sister - the brown gir
Read more…We are interested in purchasing a Nigerian Dwarf doe (4 yrs old), pregnant.
We asked that she be tested for CL, CAE, & Johnes. She came back positive on the CL but has never had any symptoms of the disease. Another goat on the farm tested negative fo
Read more…Hi. I'm looking for a microscope to purchase so I can do fecals on my goats. I took a class at the ADGA conference last fall and I'm excited to try it. My question is, do I really need to get a binocular microscope or will a monocular scope be fine?
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I was thrilled to find a discussion of those of you who have moved toward less and less vaccinations. I'm also in that mode and would like to start now finding others/lines that are free of vaccines. Are there lists? I know there are email
Read more…I have not gotten my goats yet, but I will be getting them sometime soon. I plan on getting 2 wethers and 1 doeling. I have a few questions about food. First of all, can wethers and does eat the same food, or do they need different things? Secondly,
Read more…I'm a first time ND goat owner. We bought 2 goats from different farms in November and one kidded with twin doelings last Sunday. The other goat came from a small home herd that had recently acquired a Nubian goat. The goat I bought and the Nubian
Read more…Hello, I'm very new when it comes to owning goats. I just got my two does in the summer and now I'm expecting my first batch of kids at the end of march!!! I can't wait till the little kiddys are here and I get to try my hand at milking and cheese ma
Read more…Hi I live on Vancouver island in Canada. I have two 2 year ND does, one of which delivered beautiful twin doelings in June while the other did not get pregnant. This doe(lily) is impossible to tell when in heat. Only by the change in behaviour (mount
Read more…I am horrified by this post I found on another forum. Repeat: I found this on another forum. This is not my goat. I've never heard of such a thing in all my life! What would cause such a thing? Were the flies attracted by the diarrhea, which h
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