How old does a baby goat have to be to give it the tetnus toxin shot and how many mml? For the older ones it's 2mml but I don't know for a 3 month old doe?
Thanks.
Read more…Summer has a scur on her right side. I cannot tell for certain, but I think it has grown since I got her. I am very concerned about this and wonder if it may really have grown more. I seem to recall I could put my finger under it before but I migh
Read more…Hi guys...several of mine are due for a CDT shot & of course I didn't think to do it before I bred them. Pregnancies not confirmed, but assuming that it took they would be 1.5 months and 1.5 weeks along.
Can I give them CDT at this stage of preg?
Read more…So, I just wormed my entire herd 2 weeks ago with Cydectin per the vets instructions. Everything was looking good till I noticed some of my youngins with these worms in their poo. Is this what tapeworms look like?
If these are tapeworms, does Cydecti
Read more…I bought a bred doe about 3 weeks ago. I believe she is copper deficient. She has a tint of red in her black coat and I think she is anemic. She is bred and due the end of February. I have read on the internet that a tint of red in a black goats coat
Read more…Hey guys, a few of my goats woke up coughing this am. One has goopy eyes and is just feeling yucky. I gave them a vitamin b shot and have been feeding them rose hips. Is there anything else you guys do to help boost your goats immune system during
Read more…Can someone tell me where to get Famacha Cards?
You know I was thinking, not only do I really want this personally, but this would be a smart thing to send home with buyers of our goats if they are not experienced enough to know this already. Conside
Read more…We had our first known injury today. Neighbors rang my doorbell when they stopped to visit the goats. Apparently 6-month-old Ginger was running along the fence (chain link) and stopped in front of them. Barbara noticed her foot was bleeding. They
Read more…Well I think I have one of those "False Pregnancy" things going on with my 10 year old doe. She has not been around any bucks except the babies before weaning from their mother... and that was back in July.
Yesterday I noticed (giving shots) that she
Read more…We seem to be collecting ideas in various other threads on this subject and since I have this brain that likes to throw these ideas at me I thought I would start us a place to put them! If any of you have ideas or find a source for some of the things
Read more…My FF Beth was giving me 10-12 oz faithfully every morning. All of a sudden she didn't want me to touch her, barely let me milk her and I only got 6 oz from her Friday morning. Saturday morning she barely gave me 2 oz and did not want me to touch he
Read more…So my ND Piper just finished her date with the buck Beau and I noticed her back toe (what is the hard top I called it the nail) was broken and loosely attached to the flesh underneath...Not sure what to do (it is an area about the size of a human thu
Read more…We are still working on helping poor Anchovy through her injury. I REALLY want to see this little one SURVIVE and Hubby FEELS sure that she IS PREGNANT!
She has shown some improvement in a lot of areas (swelling mobility etc.), still has a wonderful
Read more…"My vet just told me I only need to test for CAE once in a lifetime not yearly like I thought. New goats without documentation would. I have been told all along this needs to be done annually and I believe most breeders require it. I am hoping to bre
Read more…I am getting ready to band my three bucklings and have been reading a lot about administering a tetanus toxoid. I am raising organically and wonder if there is anything else that can be used to stay organic or if I should just skip the tetanus toxoid
Read more…Thanks for letting me join! We have 3 does and I am trying to figure out the best way to have loose minerals and kelp available... We don't have a lot of space and I didn't really want to make a PVC feeder for each one as that would require 3... Howe
Read more…Is Ivermectin safe to use on kids under 6 months of age?
If not, what is recommended?
Thanks!
Read more…I have a yearling doe who has had creaky knees for a few months now. Her dam's knees creak occasionally, but I have never heard her sisters' knees creak. Is this a deficiency in something? I have Golden Blend minerals and baking soda out at all times
Read more…Hello all my fellow goatie people!! I have a question about my new doe Sabrina ( who I still have to post a picture of!) I wormed her 5 weeks ago with Ivomec Plus cattle injectable at 1cc per 25#. Had a fecal sample run on her last week before int
Read more…Hi guys...
I have 3 does- Penny & Annie are twin sisters, 5 y/o, Truffle is 1 y/o. Day before yesterday when I let them out in the morning, there were nasty poops in the stall- soft, long turds with no pellets in them (not clumpy pellets). Truffl
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