One of my 7 week old kids has crusty stuff around her eyes and a little crusty junk in her nose. I have only heard her cough a couple of times, though. It seems like she has a cold. One of my other kids has a lot of eye mucus that runs down one side
Read more…I have four kids and the most healthy was found dead one morning last week. The day before he died at noon he was fine. He ate 7 ounces (of which I feed 4 times a day) and he was jumping around etc. At 4 he seemed a little shy or something but still
Read more…Aright,I am probably getting annoying with all these questions but... I did more reading on housing and worming and feeding and such... and just about when I think I get it... it always raises more questions!
I am still waiting on my panels, I'm goin
Question: Can DE be used for goats to elimnate parasites instead of a dewormer? I was talking to my dad about parasite problems, and he said "Why don't we just get them some DE?" Would that work? I guess I'm kind of confused by that. If you can use i
Read more…This morning was sucky. I found our 4.5 month old buckling dead in the barn. He was intended to be one of our herd sires. When we did chores last night he seemed totally fine. He had free access to hay and water. He was in with 8 adult goats who all
Read more…I'm new to the dairy goat world. We've had a pet pygmy wether for the last 10 or so years. He's been 100% healthy his whole life, never had to see the vet, gets an occasional wormer and thats that. He's just a health happy goat who loves everyone.
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One of my goats (only 2 months old) got half of a dried, but yellow leaf. I called the vet. He said that the goat should not vomit, and if it does then I will need to get medication. All of the websites I read say the goat should vomit to get rid
Read more…We are going on a four day trip next week (first in many, many years!), and it will really be only the second time I'll be leaving the goats in the hands of someone else. The people caring for the goats have really no experince with goats - mostly ho
Read more…How would you know if you had a copper deficiency? If you did, how would you treat?
Read more…My doe has started really shedding lately and I'm concerned it might be some sort of mineral deficiency. The weather was relatively warm for the past few weeks so I thought maybe it was just because of that...but her skin seems dry, like she has som
Read more…I used to use Safeguard, but realized it was not working when I would still find white eyelids. But I just read a different dosage on it and am wondering if this why it wouldn't work for me.
For my goats, I would just do 1.2 cc per 50 pounds. But t
Read more…Hi and Happy July 4th to all!! I am a proud new owner to 4 Nigerian Dwarf goats: 1 four year old doe and her 3 month old doe ling as well as two other kids: a 3 month old doe ling and a 3 month old wether. My question is...when do I wean the wether o
Read more…Okay, so after my mishap with the scale and Hansel's odd weight, I am thinking maybe he is just fat. But how does one tell? I mean his sides are big sometimes, but someone told me that is jsut a sign of a good ruminet. He looks nice when he stands ta
Read more…I have a buckling born Feb 13th, That went off feed (just for 24 hours) and started having sours on the 21st of March. I immediately started him on CoRid, and when he hadn't improved by the morning of day 4 I took him to the vet. Fecal was done, a
Read more…I use Ivermectin to deworm my goats, but last night my brother told me that out of all of the different types, Ivermectin was the one I shouldn't use because the industry experts are trying to get people to use other types so there isn't an Ivermecti
Read more…Hi ! I am bringing home 2 new baby goats this weekend and would like advice on what to feed them.
I have been reading advice online and there is A LOT of conflicting advice, includung what the breeder that I am buying from is telling me. She said to
Read more…As I posted in my blog recently, the goats are grazing near a green soybean field. Well, recently the goats have been getting closer and closer to the soybean field. I saw them over by the field today, but can't be sure if they ate any.
My question
Read more…When I went out to the barn today, I noticed lots of unmarbled poo all over the stall. After a few moments I realized that it was my wether Hansel making the messy poo. I checked the other three and they all marbled normally. He is acting normal othe
Read more…Okay, so I know this is a Nigerian Site, but I know some of the members either have sheep or know someone who does....so here goes!
We have an Aged Suffolk Ewe who is having health problems. It seems after she eats her mouth starts foaming, snot co
Read more…ASKING FOR ADVICE--OUR GOAT IS 4 MONTHS PREGNANT. SINCE FRIDAY SHE HAS BEEN SICK W/ FEVER 105+, LETHARGIC, AND SORT OF "FLAT" LOOKING. STANDING OFF UNDER THE HAY BIN BY HERSELF AND DOES NOT WANT TO BE MESSED WITH.
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