Do goats need to have a salt lick available to them? Right now all I have is a loose mineral and baking soda. Do I need anything else available to them?
Read more…This is for 3 pregnant and one open, dry doe. They go out on a big pasture with plenty of grazing and browse (not a lot of variety browse, just scrub oak and pepper trees, neither of which is terribly nutritious I don't think). Aprox 10.5 hours a d
Read more…As all goat owners know, looking at how we manage our herds in the way of health and well being for our animals can be a challenge. We all live in different areas and environments, which influences the nutritional needs of our animals.
Knowing what
Read more…Just wanted to share with you my experience on buying dairy hay yesterday. For the first time I had to buy alfalfa hay from another provider other than my parents who grow their own for the beef cattle. It is terribly dry in my area and we didnt have
Read more…A recent study done in New Zealand and published in the Journal of Veterinary Parasitology shows that oral administration of moxidectin (sold as Cydectin) is much more effective in goats as either injectable or pour-on. Pour-on was 51% effective, in
Read more…I called and asked my vet clinic about getting a health certificate for goats going over to different states. The lady I talked to was quiet and it sounded like the certificate is only valid for 10 days? The vet who does goats was out so she had to l
Read more…My buck shamrock has a strange scaly, scabby area at the very bottom of his scrotum. I have no idea what it is or if I should do something about it. Here are a few photos of it. He wouldn't stand still, of course, so they're not great.
Anyone have
Read more…Do goats require a rabies shot? I have never heard of it, and don't think they do but would like to just double check.
Read more…I have a wether with a lump on the side of his jaw. Based on the location and the fact that it's not hurting him, my guess is that it's a salivary cyst, but if it's an abcess my understanding is that it's usually CL. I don't really have an area whe
Read more…My buck Bliss was thin when I bought him Sept 12th. Prev owner fed him what seemed to be a pretty extraordinary amount of grain- 3/4 of a plastic solo cup twice a day plus timothy pellets. Anyway, the most I've ever had to feed Miyagi was a handful
Read more…Ok everyone, I need some advice. I recently got an entire herd of goats. All most all of them were bred when I got them. I have a couple that have developed coughs. I am still very new to having Nigerians and I am worried about pneumonia. Since the t
Read more…I need some info about miscarriages!
Does anyone know of any reason that multiple does would be bleeding besides a miscarriage...
any reasons for multiple does to miscarry besides copper deficiencies...
do I need to do anything... antibiotic shots o
Read more…Double checking our herds feeding plan and supplements. I thought I read a thread on here, and now I can't find it, indicating that a nigerian needs about a tablespoon of black oil sunflower seeds a day. I know more can be fed if a doe is in milk.
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I have a 5 month old doeling who has developed an udder. I about fell over when I discovered it. After a lot of research, I found that its a legitimate issue that can happen to young, unbred Juniors--esp if they come from a high production milk
Read more…I opened a brand new Ivomec Plus but only had one goat to deworm.
Should a refigerate the remainder? Room temp? Anyone know?
Read more…Out of wormer and needed my husband to pick up some for us to do the goats that need it this weekend. He bought Ivomec (ivermectin) Injection for cattle/swine 1% sterile solution that is in a 50ml bottler by Merial. Normally we use Safeguard, they w
Read more…Here are some studies that talk about transmission of CAE during AI and breeding:
http://www.smallruminantresearch.com/article/S0921-4488%2812%2900354-9/abstract
http://www.theriojournal.com/article/S0093-691X%2811%2900662-5/abstract
Read more…So it has been very wet were we live and Monday I went to to trim hoofs and found that a few of the goats have hoof rot. It has only been 2 months since I last trimmed them and did not expect there hoofs to be so bad. They were not even that over gro
Read more…1- Is the cluster of poop an indication of worms or parasites, and if so what type is it usually? -- or is it from food or browse?
2- If safe guard for goats kills worms, what about parasites?
3- How to you administer in a syringe the safe guard- d
This past spring, I had a terrible time with thread worms. I used really good, holistic practices for parasite control, not putting the goats out on wet pasture, rotating their pen every day or two at most, and not going back to a space until it had
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