One of my little house babies has a cold. We brought her in last Sunday because she was standing in the pen all hunched up and looking miserable. Already had 3 in the house so she fit right in. She's doing pretty good - except for her nose. It's
Read more…My doe has been nursing fine and letting me milk her in the morning and at night. But lately she has been kicking more and tonight she would not even let me touch her. Her udder still feels soft but she is acting like it is painful for me to touch
Read more…Goats 101 again. I am still struggling with this. I still have too much hoof in depth or so it seems. How much can I safely cut off at one time? I dont seem to have enough strength in my hands to get a good bite by holding the clippers flat again
Read more…Hi again from Minnesota. Does anybody out there have experience with goats and cherry tree leaves. I know the wilted leaves are listed as poisonous to goats. I still don't have any yet but I'm making the yard for them on my small piece of property. W
Read more…How much water should 4 does (2 pregnant, 2 that are 9-months old) be drinking daily if it is about 40º during the day? They don't seem to be drinking very much, but I've never had Nigies before.
They have been here 5 days. Is there anything I sh
Read more…What are the thoughts on this? I ordered some and after getting it, it only has 23.2 mcg per 2 ml and says to dose at 4 ml - for an adult - what size adult?? doesnt say.
it says to use a sole source of selenium and dose 1x every 30 days.
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Read more…My 8 week old buckling scratched his disbudd scab off and now that it is off, he continues to scratch and it bleeds. It seems to clot fast but I can't keep him from scratching it. I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I was looking for
Read more…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
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