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
Read more…So my family and I went on vacation several weeks ago and my mom, who lives on a ranch several hours away, watched them for me. We have done this before and the goats graze happily on pasture that is much better than mine. Several days before I came
Read more…I just read the post about shedding - and given the weather is slightly - warming low 50's, I thought that may be why my ff is shedding - however, her sis has a really thick coat and I thought she was shedding all that winter down - now I see a strip
Read more…About a week and a half ago my wether had diarrhea which gradually became back to berries. My doe at that time had completely normal stool. I took both of their fecals to the vet and he said no cocci or worms for either. He suggested I was feeding to
Read more…Hello all! I' m new to goats and have recently bought two 7 week old kids. My dos started having runny eyes and nose with yellow and light green mucus, so we went to the vet. He gave them both a shot and some oral antibiotics, ammoxicilin I think. We
Read more…ok lets start at the beginning about a month ago I moved her mom and her to the barn, two weeks ago she started with diarrhea and hasn't stopped it is normal light brown no blood. She also just started her first heat. she had bova sera at the beginni
Read more…I saw Isabel stargazing again. And by now I am not totally convinced that thiamine deficiency is what is causing her to do that, however she did not do that before she kidded in February, so I am pretty sure something has to be causing it, I just don
Read more…Hello I haven't done an introduction quite yet but I have a problem first.
This is our first venture with goats. (Well livestock in general for me) We have a 6 week old doeling and an almost 4 week old doeling. The older of the two has small pieces o
Read more…Its now been about two months since my girls kidded. Indiana will be ready for breeding in June I am sure. She seems to have nearly regained her pre-kidding condition. I milk her twice a day and she has no kids on her anymore as two died short after
Read more…My oldest Dam is 4 years old and pregnant. She got a really pretty light undercoat (curly and wooly looking) this winter, and she's shedding that now. How much shedding is normal for winter coat loss, and how much might make you concerned there are o
Read more…Our 2 sets of triplets are close to 2 months old. They are with their mothers all day, have free choice hay and graze in the field for about 1/2 hour a day when we take the herd out to graze. They seem to be growing well and looked well fleshed out.
Read more…I just noticed this on Poplar today and thought others might be interested to see it. I have no idea what it means in terms of milking. I do know that she could never be shown, but I'm not interested in doing that at the moment anyways. She is bred a
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