I really want to buy this book but every time I go to the site it wants to sell me both of Cheryl's books. I already own the other one. Am I missing something? Would rather order it from her site and not Amazon....
Read more…We have had 4 straight days of rain and I put some straw down last Friday and new straw down this morning with some sweet pdz on top of their old bedding. I know I need to clean out their barn but it is pretty dry in there and doesn't smell too badl
Read more…I'm a bit confused on this point. Are there breeders/herds 'certified cae free'? Or is that just the term applied if they have been tested and get negative results. I hear both terms used, and wondering if some people just test and others have herds
Read more…Hello everyone, I have a little guy who is 7 weeks and has diarrhea. When he is out during the day it doesn't seem to be as bad, but when he is locked up at night he is just covered in the morning. I have to give him a bath almost every morning for
Read more…Just found this on alternative dewormers:
http://www.scsrpc.org/SCSRPC/Publications/part5.htm
The thing I found most interesting is the study about wormwood reducing fecal egg count by 50% when they fed a POUND of it to goats every day for four days.
Read more…I have goats that are coughing The two girls started a few weeks ago. They are still all running around and eating. They have a runny nose and it was very hot today and I could hear them breathing and it sounded a little congested. Any suggestion
Read more…So I checked eyelids this AM...have not even had the goats a week yet...and of the three I could get hold of, two were white pale and one was faintly pink. The buck that I couldn't catch at the time has clumpy poo, so I'm sure he's wormy too. Valley
Read more…I have tried to find how many times to worm my goats in the forums but can't. I thought I read that you worm them 3 days in a row but don't know where I saw that. I also had a question on the dosage. My vet said to give them 1cc but that seemed like
Read more…I'm new to the group and have learned so much already reading through forum discussions! I have had three ND goats since April--a doe and her two yearlings. That number has increased to 5, as the doe freshened July 2, adding another doeling and buckl
Read more…I've often mentioned using copper oxide wire particles for copper deficiency, although they can also be used as a natural way to control stomach worms in goats and sheep. This article summarizes most of the research done in this area:
Read more…I have a doe that is 35 days fresh. I started milking her 5 days ago. Today she had a small hard lump in one of her teats and I could not get milk out. I noticed I could move it up into her udder. Could this be mastitis or something else? She is a s
Read more…I'm doing final edits on my book, which means checking references, so I'm coming across all the stuff I've read. Here is the abstract of the research article on top dressing vs bolusing copper oxide wire particles:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Read more…As some may know from reading my post I have been feeding Sweetlix meat maker minerals, baking soda and separate salt all the time, and 2-3 days a week my herd gets Onyx cattle minerals. For a while now I have noticed that I have had to waste more of
Read more…Thanks to an idea put forth on this list by Rachel Whetzel (thanks Rachel!) I soaked some raisins overnight, then put them in the chopper, added the individual doses of COWP and voila...5 out of 7 goats ate it up. I had tried molasses before with ver
Read more…I just bought a couple garden hoses and realized that they contain LEAD! In fact, ALL my hoses did... and because leafy vegis especially will retain this lead, and realized I needed to replace the hoses that will be watering our food... and then it o
Read more…Has anyone ever used frontline on their goats and if so, what dose and how did it go for you?
I am asking because I DID--I used it for lice, I used a large dog (89 lb) size. One doe has had no side effects. .the other doe is losing her hair. :(
C
Read more…Hi guys
I noticed this morning that Penny's tale was crusty so I picked it up to see what was going on and there is greenish mucous discharge from her vagina. What does that mean? What do I do?
Thanks
Juliana
Read more…Before I got these 2 baby goats I never expected to become so concerned about poo. LOL. But here I am everyday looking at the goat's poo, wondering what is ok.
So I know that little seperate berries is what you want. And log's are bad. But what about
Read more…Hi all...
I have a 3 mos old doeling that I need to treat ASAP for Cocci...
I have a packet of Di-Methox powder (107 gr)---do I mix the entire pkg w/ 1 gallon of water?
(That's the recommendation for cattle)
And, if so, can I not just use 1/2 the pack
Read more…I am making a list of things I would like to get from Hoeggers to have on hand and there are several things that look similar to me. Could anyone tell me if you would need all of these or would one suffice? If you need all of them, how would you us
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