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
Read more…I used to volunteer in a vet's office and count fecal samples... so I know that part isn't HARD per say, but can those of you that do your own fecal screenings for parasite loads share what equipment you've used/recommend?
Read more…I was wondering if any one uses Python insecticide dust, Co-Ral or Diatomaceous Earth as a parasite control and which one is the best and how often should you use it? Also is the Diatomaceous Earth the same as the one used in pools (white power)?
Read more…I have a buck that started with diarrhea today. I was wondering if a change in weather could cause a almost 3 month old to start with diarrhea. The temperature went from being in the 50's to being 75 degrees today. I am also weaning him from the b
Read more…I have some pictures on my page of my goats ears and nose, but I thought at first it was copper deficiency. However, upon closer inspection yesterday, I saw clumps of eggs near the base of the ears on several of the goats. From the research I did y
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I just purchased 3 Nigerian Dwarf goats. One is a 10 day old doeling and the other 2 are 3 week old boys (soon to be wethers). We are bottle feeding them. One of the boys has had diarrhea since we brought him home a week ago. We got him on some
Read more…Yeah. We opened a new bag of food this morning and there were some large clumps in it, which isn't unusual as sometimes the molasses binder (or whatever binder it is) clumps up. I didn't think anything of it and fed the non-clumped parts to 6 of my d
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Well, got the girls all settled and will include some photos of their digs. They have been here with me for 5 days, and have settled well. They are both 8 weeks old. I have been feeding hay free choice, 1/4 cup of purina goat chow am an
Read more…Our goats arrived on Wednesday a 7month old weather and an 8 week old doe.
The weather had to be dis-budded twice by the vet as they had not done it correctly the first time We have just checked on the goats this evening and the horn has know lifted
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