Hi everyone
I haven't been online much in the last week because we finally moved to our new TN farm! We have been crazy-busy getting an area set up for the horse and pony (who arrived this morning at 5AM!) and we have been working on goat areas. Putt
Read more…Sorry I haven't been on much lately! I will be back. =)
I just wanted to let you all know my good news! The last time I treated Clara it worked! No more swelling for over a week now! If anyone wants to know what I did, I will be happy to tell you
Read more…I have ants in the barn. I found them in the grain feeders this morning and on Fitz. In south MS we have fire ants and I'm not crazy about them biting my goats. I bought some food grade DE today and sprinkled it around the perimeter of the barn an
Read more…I rarely catch my goats peeing, especially boys... it's funny because I sort of get excited when I see them doing it because it gives me a chance to look at their stance...since its so hard to get them like that otherwise...
So today I stopped and
Read more…I know I've read somewhere that this is not a good sign, but I can't remember what it means. The buckling has had the occasional clumpy poops but most of them were normal pellets. Today I saw him poop out formed "turd" if you know what I mean, and
Read more…Hello! I have two doelings and a wether that are now 15 weeks old. For the last two weeks I've been giving them all a little grain (Goat Chow) in the mornings and then taking them out to a fenced in pasture during the day. When I first got them I was
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I have been keeping a super close eye on my herd, spending hours out there to observe who is chewing cud, to give supplements, etc. Tonite I went out right after they were fed (not by me) and noticed that there was mold
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I discovered what's the matter with my poor little goats, why they wouldn't go out and forage in their pasture. After sitting with them a few afternoons I realized that each time they head out they get swarmed by fire ants and so they j
Read more…My buck *still* has clumpy poop. He got COWP on 12 July, then a double whammy of Valbazen and morantel on 16 July. I also suspect that every Nigie except perhaps the baby buck is copper deficient. I thought their tails looked "fishy" and now that I h
Read more…I brought home my first 2 Nigerian doelings this week. Flower is 11 weeks old and doing great. Bling is 6 weeks old. The breeder gave me a gal. fresh and a gallon frozen goats milk to bottle feed to bling and reccomended that I switch her to whol
Read more…Anyone with knowledge on this stuff? I am def. going to deworm my goats. I checked them against my FAMACHA printout this AM and not one of them was in the top two colors. That info plus the fact that I don't like the looks of the buckling and my l
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We are such newbies and have so many questions! One is my 8wk.old runt kid (who is adorable) has a real bubble belly, alert and eating more hay/grain and down to 2 bottles a day. Could he be wormy and if so what should I safely do for him? Also,
Read more…Yesterday, my son noticed my wether wasn't acting "right". He seemed sleepy and didn't want to walk. Well, that evening, my other son was walking him back to the barn and he just stopped in the doorway and sat down and didn't want to get up. I wen
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I'm a new owner of 2 Nigerian doelings. One was born 3/1, the other 3/16. Although I've grown up on a farm with horses, cows, chickens, and dogs...we never had goats. So, I have animals my whole life.
This is the problem: we purchased the ki
Read more…My goats were disbudded by the breeder about a month ago, but tonight while I was sitting with them, I noticed that our wether's one bud was bleeding. I tried to take some pictures, but he kept moving. His disbudd sight has always looked a little d
Read more…I know I remember reading this somewhere, but I couldn't find it. One of my does now has bald patches on her body. The skin that is showing looks good. This is the same doe that had flaky skin and a rough coat which the rest of her still looks li
Read more…Hi all...I have these trees in the pasture I want to use for goats but I don't know what they are.
We are in SW Florida. Can anyone recognize these?
I believe my male goat may have some type of urinary problem. I have cut down on grain recently as I was advised that I was overfeeding the male goats. I noticed that today my four month old buck seem to be straining a bit to urinate. He also crie
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We are having problems with one of our bucklings eyes. It has quickly turned from slight red to blue covered. We have used tobramycin, but doesn't seem to be working very quickly. I am not sure how to determine if it is ulcerated? We have an app
Read more…Hello, long story short we have two Nigerian Dwarf goats and recently took them off of Super Goat because I heard from the vet it can cause stones in the goat (no bueno)
So I would like to have a few questions answered.
1.) Is there an oat or grain
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