I have two month old kids that I noticed this morning have runny noses. One of them the snot is green the other is not. They are acting normal. Running playing and eating. Took there temp and it is normal one temp is 102.8 and the other kids temp is
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I know it's been a long time since I've been on this site, but setting up a farm is some hard work and we had an exceptionally wicked Winter.. ANYWHOO, one of my does just gave birth yesterday and I'm in a pickle!! My doe had three kids..
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I'm bringing home 4 bucklings tomorrow - 3 of whom were imported from the US about 3 weeks ago to another farm in Canada. The 4th was one I'd sold who is now returning with these 3 due to owner's health.
Any suggestions on how to quarantine
Read more…I have a male goat that had his horns burnt by a vet at 1 week old and will be 5 weeks old on Saturday. I noticed today that one of his horns looks like it is growing back but the horn almost looks pink. The original burn scab has not fallen off, i
Read more…She is not doing well. She does not suck and mom isn't really interested in her. She is three days old. I gave her coffee and pedialite yesterday. She probably took less than an ounce. Then I took her temp . 100.1. I warmed her with rice bags in her
Read more…One of me Nigerian/pygmy mix doe is starting to go bald. She is under a bit of stress because we lost our pygmy doe due to enterotoxemia . We had to completely take all the grain away and now she is only getting hay and alfalfa cubes, along with a
Read more…According to my dad, one of our goats has fleas.
What do you think is the best way to get rid of them?
Read more…HI..I have a one year old Nigerian Dwarf that has recently lost is two bottom front teeth..is this normal or does anyone know what can cause this? Any help would be great..
Read more…Hey guys, I am hoping someone here can give me a heads up on what may be going on with some of my goats.
I have 2 almost 2 month olds that have developed loose stool. I wormed them on 4-8 using panacur and I gave them 3ml each per my vet's instruct
Read more…we have a bottle baby who is now 2 1/2wks old. almost dead, tongue hanging out on day 1. raised body temp-took 6 hrs. began syringe feeding mother's milk, 1 oz at a time. by 4 days old she was drinking from a pritchard teat. by 6 days old, she was wa
Read more…I was feeding my doe, Spot, some brazil nuts this morning, and she dropped two of them while trying to chew. She's being syringe-fed "grain porridge" and there seems to be a lot more grinding noise than I would expect for soft food, so I looked (wit
Read more…My doe, Spot, kidded with triplets three months ago. She had gotten thin during her pregnancy and had some digestive imbalance right after kidding, but that cleared up with probiotics. We've been slowly increasing her grain ration, and now she's up
Read more…This is a picture of my doe Cupcake's bald spot. She's had this spot for a while (I'd say 6 weeks). There are no other bald spots, and no fishtail. It's just this spot, and it isn't getting any bigger. My hubby thinks it's from her butting heads
Read more…Hey guys...this is the first time I have had Penny in full milk. I have weaned the buckling, the doeling is still on her during the day. At night, the udder is completely empty on one side and super full on the other. Obviously the girl prefers th
Read more…My Queen Tilly has developed a limp and after examining her I discovered she has split her little front hoof on the outside from the bottom up. The split goes pretty much to the top of her hoof. Does not seem to be swelling or infected. Any advice
Read more…I'm wondering what others are using as a daily feeding program?
I just got my first doe, from reading the forum I think she needs some copper suppliments... Her coat is coarse. She is a cream and white but mostly she just looks like a dirty white goa
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This is a theoretical question. I have 3 does and 2 bucks now. I would like to test them- was thinking of running the WADDL biosecurity screen (CAE, CL, Johnes and Brucellosis) on them all. I don't suspect any of them of being sick, t
Read more…I have a doe with very bad lice. Can I bathe her in flea and tick shampoo? Active ingredients are Piperonyl butoxide and pyrethrins
Shaving is not an option--I can go get Ivomec tomorrow but everything is closed today.
Read more…One of my bucklings has the runs. I don't have the money to take in fecals for a float... so I'm going to assume it's coccidia.
Nothing has been changed as far as feed goes, other than I remembered I dosed with selenium paste the other day... I notic
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