Hello all,
I am new to goats, and we started with 2 does that were bred in March. Only 1 of the 2 got pregnant and she gave us 2 beautiful doe kids. The doe mom is polled and I checked the kids at 1 week and could not see or feel anything.
Now the
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Read more…My three year old doe passed a pink, slimy looking "thing" in her berries this morning. It had small yellow looking seed like things all around it. My first guess is worms. So since I have owned goats for one week, and have NO experience with the
Read more…Hi,
I'm new here, so I hope I'm posting this question in the right place...
Okay, here is the story,
I have a first freshener doe that had triplets 2 weeks ago.
She was a very bad mama (rejected the 2 bucklings), so we sold 3 kids as bottle babies.
I was wondering if anyone has ever used the marshmellow method when giving copasure. Basically I was told to split a marshmellow in half, put the copasure in the middle than sandwich back together and then feed it to the goats.
I have tried finding
Read more…So incase your not aware, FL is getting a little rain...and I think it is not just the humans that have cabin fever....I just came home from running errands in town and my wether Boots is standing out in the pouring rain happily grazing away....I che
Read more…I am brand new and no very little about goats. My human kids are in 4H and wanted goats. We purchased 3 wethers about who are about 5 months old. The first two months were so easy and now worms! Tapeworm in their stool which is diharrea. I am worming
Read more…I'm feeling much better about our big trip to get the girls home, but now I would like to line up a vet in our area who is good with goats for emergencies. I live near Moscow, Idaho and we use two vets, both who serve livestock. One is Moscow for t
Read more…Does anybody want to share their knowledge about parasites? This is the first time I've done fecals and found anything much. I'm in northeastern MN, where all the flooding just happened, and it's been a wet spring anyway. I'm really struggling to
Read more…Okay, folks, I know that some herbs are good for goats and goats will eat what is good for them when they need it. So, what herbs would be good to plant in the goat area? In the extended pen, there is a concrete bordered flower bed next to the fenc
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Read more…We are clearing 1/2 an acre for an additional pasture, and I am wondering what type(s) of grass to plant. I think I remember reading either on here or somewhere else on the web that there are three types of grasses that are best to plant to give the
Read more…Monday evening I went out and gave all the babies their CD&T shots. About 30 minutes later one of my babies had a swollen left eye.. The eye was almost completely closed with some white discharge. I got on the phone with my goat expert friend and she
Read more…Okay, I know I have heard "don't buy dewormer resistance"
I am researching & questioning local and semi local breeders for my next goat purchases. Without any more detail as to which one this is because I don't want to air anyone's business, one o
Read more…Hey guys,
I have an almost 6 month old ND doeling that is always bloated, I guess. She started doing this when she was only a few weeks old and I thought it was just a nice built rumen and she would deflate herself at night, but I have noticed that s
Read more…They are about 1/4" & 1/2" long and look just like little boiled shrimp. It seems like I only see them after it rains a lot. They are always in the bottom of the water buckets and appear to be dead. Sorry they didn't come out better but they really
Read more…7 wk old doeling having "doggie" poops, took in sample for fecal & vet came out asking "is this goat still alive" my heart sank! We got her (and 2 others) 8/25. Per vet giving dose of pancur for next 3 days,as well as albon for 10 days. He said to
Read more…Ivermectin or safeguard?
I used Ivermectin, but I really think it should have been a white wormer.
Ideas?
Thanks
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Read more…In the past I've used Safeguard, but now I am looking for a wormer with little or no milk withdrawal time. I am wondering what has worked for others here. I am in Massachusetts.
Thanks
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