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
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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
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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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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
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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
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