We just brought home 4 (4month old) doelings and a 4month old buck. One of the does has loose stools somewhere in between unformed (some balls, some soft poop) and then runny poop. The breeder we got them from said some of their goats have had a bit
Read more…I'm sure there is already a good discussion about this somewhere on here, but when I searched for one, nothing helpful came up. So, if you know of one, just give me the title or paste the link, please.
Anyway, I'd really like to see more weight on my
Read more…For those of you who are not aware of the heartache that is happening at Antiquity Oaks, please be sure to send prayers for Deborah and her sweet animals. You can read on her blog what is happening. This is absolutely heartbreaking.
Read more…Okay all. I have probably talked about this doe enough, but I need some opinions again. Starlight, my 4.5 yr. old doe, is really hard to figure out. Her history...I got her 2.5 years ago, and she had an occasional cough then. That has never chang
Read more…My goats did have their hooves trimmed by their previous owner, but they are still so wild with me. While I am trying to get them to trust me so that it is not a completely traumatic experience, would putting a pile of rock amongst their toys help w
Read more…I am selling my first goat in an hour. He is a weather and I was printing a goat info paper to send with him to his new home when I noticed that it said that weathers do not need sodium bi carb. Is this true? I thought all goats needed it free choice
Read more…On Tuesday I noticed my 2-yr-old doe had diarrhea. I gave her 5g of Probios Tuesday night and didn't feed her. Wednesday she still had it so I did the same thing morning and evening. I didn't milk her on Wednesday and didn't give her any grain. She h
Read more…My little ones have an acre of weeds to graze on and I do mean weeds. I keep them in a pen at night and have been feeding them coastal hay. Should I be feeding some alfalfa to up the nutrients? East Texas sugar sand will not grow much of anything.
Read more…What does fish tail mean? I hear it on a fb forum a lot. What is it from and look like?
Read more…OK. So I don't give wormer very often, but I have one doe that I think needs to be wormed. In the past, I've used my pour on as just that, a pour on. However, I would like to try to drench this time, and I'm not sure exactly how to do that.
Can some
Read more…My doe has had a "growing" vulva for a month now. Does anyone have any insight as to what can cause this? I have my suspicions but would like some input from some experienced goat owners.
Read more…One of my bucks started doing this head rotation looking up towards the sky about a year ago. It is not continuous - but he does it often.
He sired a doe this June - guess who is head twirling - she seems to do it the most when she is stressed.
No ot
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My goats are terrified of the fireworks and I can do nothing about what is going to happen Thurs. night since so much of it will be less than 75-150 feet away. Last year on the 4th, it went on for ov
Read more…I have a buckling who was born April 15th of this year. Today at evening chores I noticed he has loose stool. I saw one pile that was clumped berries, and another that was part clumped berries, part stool that looked like dog stool, and part runny st
Read more…I posted this in pictures, but thought this might be better =) I saw this on Craigslist and wondered if anyone has an idea what might be going on with this does tail area...
I am a newbie goat owner. I have a 4-month-old wether (along with two doelings). He has obviously not been feeling well today - he is listless, lays down at odd moments, and stands "funny" sometimes - standing almost like he has bloat (based on a vid
Read more…I have been noticing my goat's poop is smaller than usual. Is this a sign of dehydration or something else.
I have two goats, one about 50 lbs, the other 55 lbs. They turned one on May 24th.
Read more…Needing wisdom on how to treat my 7 week old buckling. Took him to the vet last week because of a raspy upper respitory sound and runny nose. The vet checked him over and his lungs were ok, his trek seemed to be inflamed and that was it. The vet th
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