I have to rave...and thank Deborah:
I was struggled with my new neglected doe who was anemic among other things, and after several weeks of Red Cell her color was still pitiful. So Deborah suggested black strap molasses.
Side note first: my oth
Read more…Received a big package from Jeffers yesterday. I believe my kids think I have went into drug distribution after seeing me with cow pills and lots of empty capsules. One of them actually asked what would happen if the police saw what I was doing. I of
Read more…I looked on line at some pics and it appears to be normal for the poop to be real messy and is the correct mustardy color, problem is mom does not seem to notice that they are getting it all over them! Or just doesn't care, or whatever. So when this
Read more…How do you control flies?
We moved our goats out of their usual house because there was poop all around it, but even out in the field there's flies. One goat in particular has flies all over her and she doesn't even seem to care! She's got a big bla
Read more…Hello. I am new to NDDG and only 1 year into owning my little guys. We started out with 2 wethers to keep our horse company and then added 2 does a few months later with the intension to breed them. When we bought our wethers we bought them from a N
Read more…I have a brand new baby...she is one week old today and I want to get her disbudded. Problem is that there are virtually no vets in the area that work with goats. I am going to have to drive at least an hour and they want to sedate her and give her C
Read more…Anyone use Cylence to treat lice? I need to know how and how much. I think it goes down their back but wanted to be sure. And can I use it on kids?
Read more…I can tell that it is going to be a BAD year for ticks here...I've already found two on two different goats. How do you treat goats for ticks? (one is about a week out from kidding, BTW).
Thanks for any advice.
Read more…HI..we have a nigerian dwarf doe who had a cough for awhile and then about three months ago she lost her voice. She has no lumps or bumps anywhere, she's about five years old, doesn't seem sick at all. The cough went away and was replaced by the no v
Read more…Hej from Sweden,
My Frida who we think is between 8-10 yrs old, has started breathing rapidly. She was out with the other goats playing in the stable this evening, the usual, running and just having fun. When I put everyone back in thier boxes, I wen
Read more…I have a question about my doeling. My goat had triplets on 2/22/2012. They are just over a week old now and I am concerned about the smallest doeling. When they were born these were their weights. The 1st doeling (the one I'm concerned about) weighe
Read more…This afternoon, I noticed Capri who delivered a single doeling late Monday night has bloody discharge. Is this normal? Since this is my first kidding (her second), I have no idea about any of this.
I had noticed what seemed to be blood on the side
Read more…If I gave my doe her cd&t vaccination a month before kidding do the kids need it again when they are disbudded??? When I called to make appt at the vet the girl said they would need it again. I was under the impression they have immunity now then th
Read more…Hello again.
My goat Iris has been displaying what I thought might be “buckish” characteristics. In the last two-three months she has become increasingly unfriendly. She has always been skittish despite being held, handled and loved since birth. For
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I supplement my does with monthly doses of Sel/Vit E Gel. It's easier than the BoSe injections for me. My one doe now has 3 week old kids, when do I need to start thinking about giving them this supplement? They are already eating the do
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I am putting a deposit on a buckling who is just about 10 days old right now. She told me she is going to put him on coccidia prevention but would not do it if I prefered she not. She also said she was going to deworm him with something
Read more…I found my doeling writhing on her side in pain around 10:30 last night. I brought her in and she grew worse during the night. Right when I brought her in I gave her nutridrench, she perked up for a bit, but then declined again. I tried to bottle fee
Read more…After 8months with us, our goats showed a "light load" in their fecal count...So now we have to give them some Ivemec...I picked up the pre-loaded syringes from my local vet office (my large animal vet was good enough to leave them for me since I had
Read more…As usual, I never know exactly where to put my posts. Anyway...how much grain should three 9 week old kids be eating (combined)? Two are bucklings and are weaned (sold their mama three days ago) and one is the single doe of a FF. They eat hay and th
Read more…Deborah,
I saw an old post of yours where you are talking about feeding kelp free choice. I have a horse who may or may not have a htyroid problem and I have read up on kelp to possibly help him and one thing I kept seeing in the horse info was ne
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