I think one of my goats is biting the hair off of the others goats or maybe the hair is breaking/cut off. I don't know. They still have a very nice think undercoat but their long hair is now short. Anyone have any ideas what is going on? A few of the
Read more…Okay, thankfully, I don't have to worry about this for a long time as we don't even have out little goats yet. But a 16 year old girl in our group has been showing goats (Nubians) for several years and has participated in disbudding before (with her
Read more…I recently aquired two bucks from my mentor and they have been with me for about a week now. After all the crazy rain we have had I had to worm them today and noticed that Pecial (the older buck) has a bit of a runny nose. The mucus is clear on the
Read more…See Blog RIP Care-A-Lot's 'Pecial for background
I hate seeing a goat laying on the ground and I have really begun to dread going out to do morning chores because...Today I lost the other buck that came with Pecial. He was much younger. I decided n
Read more…well, I thought I did so good with my 3/4" x 22 ga needles. Now, 3 weeks later, I notice a nice lump at the injection site. It was CD&T - did I inject too fast?
And I have noticed my doe due to kid is pooping alot and it is a darker green and wet
Read more…My oldest (and I'm pretty sure pregnant) doe lost all her winter undercoat pretty suddenly.
Along with her lost undercoat, she seems to be more bony than my younger doe. She has also started shivering... I live in Oregon. She and the younger goat are
Read more…Hi all! When we got Buckwheat at 4 wks old...he had a cyst on his cheek which the vet lanced and flushed and drained. He's been on antibiotics for 2 wks now and it's gone. However...last night, I discovered another one on his side up top near the
Read more…I annually use my vet to test for CAE but this is starting to get a bit expensive. I would like to start doing this myself and would like to know where you would get the supplies. My vet sends the blood tests to Washington State, I believe. Also, how
Read more…How common is it to have problems with CAE with Nigerians? I will bring home my first Doe this spring. I have 2 Nubian weathers at home who were bottle fed. I had blood samples sent to Purdue last week to test my weathers for CAE and Johnes --I wan
Read more…I bought this from Hoeggers, it said 1/2 t. on feed helps to prevent mastitis. I thought extra calcium might be good, doe is pregnant. But now, not so sure. There is nothing else in this, dont want to throw off any balance with her due in 3 weeks.
Read more…One of my neighbors has an Alpine that is losing clumps of hair and has bald spots from the neck down to mid back. She is acting fine as far as eating and sleeping, just the skin irritations. He has researched, she gets a good mineral supplement with
Read more…I use Hoegger's Golden Blend minerals and my goats are really gobbling it up. For 2 adult and 2 9 months old goats, they are eating nearly 2 cups in a week. Is this ok? Is it possible for them to overdose on the minerals?
I have always left my m
Read more…I was wondering if anyone else has seen this or heard of this. I'm very new to goats.
My question is , both my goats seem to have twitchy legs. All of a sudden , it's almost like they have a invisible fly buzzing around them. Does anyone know what mi
Read more…I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum, but I would love some advice from those who have been there, done that.
We are raising our first bottle babies (Background: 3 bred does kidded this week - B/G twins 2/1, B/B/G triplets 2/4 and G single
Read more…My littles doeling, who is about 9 months old is shivering and doesn't want to stand this morning. It is 8º, but was below zero last night. I gave them all some grain before we shut them up for the night to help them stay warm. WHen we fed them, s
Read more…If it is not one thing then it is another.
Brought PeeWee in for weight (1.75) and measurements (8 inches) and found that he has lice, so do all the other babies. I am sure my does and buck do also. I cleaned the bedding out two nights ago and will
Read more…One of my does was disbudded a week ago. The vet put cotton in the 'holes' and told me to take them out after a few days - we did that yesterday and there was some fresh bleeding. I gave her a shot of penicillin and also slathered polysporin on it.
Read more…Does anyone know of a website or other way I can find out where these workshops are? I searched google and found stuff from 2004 but nothing for 2010-2011...
I know I cannot use white wormers on pregnant does, can I use the pellet wormer? What is it called, and How much? Do I just mix that with the regular feed? or give it instead of the regular feed? If I can't use the pellets, what are my choices? I jus
Read more…This happened sometime in the 5 hours I was gone to work... I have attached pictures!
Background: This morning David let the goats out, and let the chickens out and left the chicken tractor open. When I woke up around 6:30 the goats were in the chicke
