Forum

Is there a listing of Nigerian Dwarf Breeders who do NOT vaccinate?

Hi All:

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…

Food?

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…

Question about CL. :(

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…

TB Testing

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…

Doe pregnant or sick?

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…

Something so YUCKY! What??? Fly strike

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

Read more…

Feed my buck

I hear some much about the bucks getting the urinary problems.   Before I ever heard of this I had nubians and feed my buck alfalfa and grain (small amount) -and grass hay.  I sold him when he was about 7 yrs old.   Always healthy.   Everyone I knew

Read more…

Kid throws neck back, can't walk tonight

One of our 4 week old kids between noon feeding and this evening feeding has major issues.  In their very large cage (indoors in unheated garage since it's -2 right now - an extra large dog crate 4 x 5 x 4 high) one is ok, but the other's neck is hel

Read more…

Sunflower Seed-itis?

Okay, folks, I have a bizarre potential problem brought on by my own carelessness though I didn't realize it was.  The last bag of sunflower seeds I put into 3-lb. coffee cans which I put in the hay manger on the end because they fit there so well. 

Read more…

Could someone talk to me about testing for CAE/CL/etc?

So, from my research, I have learned *about* CAE, CL, and Johnes (sp?), but I haven't been able to find out what the actual procedure is for testing for these diseases. Could someone tell me? Does it involve a vet middleman, like Coggins testing with

Read more…

Scratching/shaking ear

Hi everyone, I have a Nigerian Dwarf who, in the last couple days, has been scratching her right ear and shaking her head. Just wondering who has noticed this in their friends before. Is this something to be concerned with? Also, her and my Pygmy hav

Read more…

Lungworm and Prohibit "HELP"!!!

We have a 5 month old Doeling with what we believe is lungworm...   She coughs a good bit but has no other signs of distress.   I got a 52g pkg of Prohibit (levamisole hydrochloride) for cattle and sheep and would like recommendations on dosage amoun

Read more…

Scours

Okay, here we go again. Tally, who will be ten in January, is scouring again. This has been going off and on for about 4 months. She'll scour for a week and then be fine for a while and then get all loose dog poop for a few days and then be fine and

Read more…

Listeria

Found out that a goat that I had staying with my herd for breeding wo stayed  a month and a half and went home 11 days ago is dying from listeria today. So of course her herd owner and I are on alert for symptoms in our other goats.

I have a few que

Read more…

Black Oil Sunflower Seed - with shell or without?

I seem to be the only one with goats who are not interested in the BOSS.  But I've only offered it with seed shell still on it.  What do you all do. Did your goats like it immediately.

 

They love almost all other food that I offer. Theoretically it

Read more…

Goats eating mushrooms

Hi Ya'll

I know this may have been discussed before...but I am curious if anyone has had any problems with their goats eating mushrooms?  Where we live there are all types of mushrooms and I am constantly on "Mushroom Patrol" trying to get rid of the

Read more…

tattoo pen

First kidding coming up next month and was online at Hoegger looking at tattoo kits and saw a new tattoo "pen".  Wondering if anyone has used this?

Read more…

COWP - Age requirement

Can you give a goat kid (3 month old) a COWP?  We got a buckling a week ago and he was coughing.  We got him shipped and I am sure that the stress of the trip had something to do with it.  Talked to the vet and she said that it could be worms.  She s

Read more…

Goat Polio

I had an interesting experience on Monday... It scared me soo bad!! 

Monday I woke up to nasty weather... little bit of snow blowing and freezing. I had gotten dressed and went out to feed and break all the ice on the waters. All animals were doing

Read more…

Care of older goats

So last week I had issues with my Tally girl and scours. I got that cleared up for now but I went out to the barn to let everyone out and heard her let out a distressed kind of moan. When I got to her she was on her left side, head extended up, all f

Read more…