As I live in a selenium deficient area I would like to give them the Bose gel instead of getting a vet to give them an injection. Because of the lack of a knowledgable goat vet in my area and the expense every 6 months. Does anyone know the pros and
Read more…I have been reading some old discussions about does/size/weight etc. And it is beginning to scare me. We had our does delivered Feb. 29th. They were 6-11 months at that time. We were shocked when we saw them, because they were so tiny. We knew they w
Read more…I went out to check my animals for their nightly bed check at 9 and noticed my goat was very bloated... I came inside a googled her appearance... Yep, bloat. Not sure what she's gotten into. and she was fine when I checked her at 5 pm... I don't ha
Read more…We just lost a goat to what I suspect was systemic staph.
It started off with staphylococcus dermatitis on her udder. It was pretty bad, and we had her on a 10 day course of injectable antibiotics before we felt that it was under control. Her last d
Read more…We recently had a conversation about copper boluses in which a couple of people had noticed a lot of hair loss in connection with the timing of the boluses. This picture is awful but I can't seem to get it to look like it does in person. This is the
I notice this morning that one of my doelings had weepy eyes she has what looks like sleep in her eyes white with a slight yellow tint to it. This afternoon she still has it but now I have three other kids with watery weepy eyes. Is this Pinkeye and
Read more…About 18 mo. I adopted two beautiful does from an older couple. The girls belongs to the son who is off to college.
Well she was loosing her hair quite a bit and had the vet do lots of testing............told them it was either hormones or stress or
Read more…Ok my 7 week old nigerian is acting different today. He didn't want his bottle this morning and that is very unusual but I didn't think nothing of it just thought maybe he had eaten enough hay to fill him up. Well while he was out he kept acting li
Read more…I noticed this morning that one of my doelings had a terrible smell coming from her. After looking, I found that she was covered in puss. It basically is underneath her left armpit and has traveled down her left leg and across the left side of her ch
Read more…Ok so my little guy is 4 weeks old and he is itching terribly. The other day I seen some bugs on him that were a light color so I know they weren't fleas. So I am assuming it is lice. Well after doing some research ppl say to use seven dust on the
Read more…Anchovy now has very runny diarrhea, please tell me she is not going to have more serious problems but that it is a side effect of antibiotics or her only eating alfalfa and other rich stuff with no hay or water for way over 12 hours or something els
Read more…So I have had my baby for a couple weeks now. He is now 5 weeks old and he still has little horns. Now I talked to someone else and showed them the pics and they said that he wasn't disbudded right cuz he shouldn't have any horns at all. So now I
Read more…I don't even really want to write about this. So maybe I'll skip my long explaining sentences and hope ya'll understand. I don't want to write but kind of feel I should, in case of possible good advice I may need and cause I could use your prayers an
Read more…Hey guys,
My Little ND kid is four months old but he only weighs 12 pounds. Is this Okay? I've read that NDs are uasally around 30 pounds at five months. So it this okay?
He is not that small at all. he's alone right now but we are getting him a fri
Read more…One of my quad boys has scours. He is 13 days old. I have been trying to get three of them onto bottles to give mom some relief and in order to sell them. Two boys were fine and latched well. This guy thought I was killing him. I separated him and an
Read more…I have a doe that acts totally normal but after she has been laying down when she gets up she limps on one of her front legs. She is just a dry yearling. In the last couple of months her legs have gotten alot longer. After she has been up for a short
Read more…I have read that milkweed is poisonous to goats but, when we go for a walk, I have seen them grab a leaf and chew it. I've tried to take it away but then it becomes a game and I will never get it from them. They will stand a safe distance and look
Read more…I have two nigerian dwarf does that recently had one kid each. As someone new to goats, I wasn't sure they were pregnant. I thought perhaps I was overfeeding them. I had a friend check them and they didn't think they were pregnant either. To make
Read more…Hi guys,
I am selling my buckling Chico. He is about 4 months old. Weaned at 9 wks, now living in a 5 acre pasture with his father. He has been recently dewormed, a few weeks ago he had some clumpy poops (formed pellets but clumped into one big t
Read more…We are a little late at 12 days but we had to reorder the iron from another company because of a backorder.I need prayers that I did it right, hubby is afraid that I didn't burn enough. If you think of the mechanics of what you are doing and focus on
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