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
Read more…One of my goats (and occasionally the other, but not as frequently.) Rolls her head over her shoulders a lot. I've checked her for external parasites, and also checked to see if her ears looked like they had mites, but she doesn't seem to have them t
Read more…Finally we are starting to get springlike weather! Getting ready for some shows soon at the end of May. I have a 10 month old doeling I would like to show but I notice that she is losing hair and has scaly skin at the base of the ears and around the
Read more…Okay, I find out tonight from my son that he saw one of the goats grazing, drop on his back and screams for a while. What is up with that? Is this normal, I can not find anything about this behavior?
Read more…I have a Q about minerals... Mainly for you, Deb.
What EXACTLY to do you give your goats for minerals?
I have loose mineral.
I plan to bolus for copper today.
I have a pregnant doe that I will be adding Purina Goat Mix grains to her diet two week
Read more…I posted this weekend about my goats needing antibiotics and my wether getting diarrhea after starting them. The doe and wether are both about 7 weeks old. My wether is now pooping what looks like pudding. He is eating good and drinking, I weighed hi
Read more…I have the 00 size gel caps. would filling them halfway be an appropriate size for 8 week old kids? Oviedo is starting to look a tad on the blonde side.
Read more…Hi
Where can I find a small amount of COWP? I only have 2 does.Thanks
Read more…When it rains, it pours ... My rent a buck ( rab) was moved in with my buck who lost his companion (the wether who died) and he (rab) got out and got into my compost pile for up to an hour. I gave him a baking soda drench and burped him several tim
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