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.
SOME THINGS TO KNOW:
STILL EATING TH
Came across this goat dewormer today while looking for poultry dewormer. It is WormGuard plus. It claims to be all natural, kill every type of parasite and so on. Anyone ever heard of it? Used it? It sounded a bit to good to be true to me.
Link wit
Read more…I've recently had a friend from Georgia tell me that she has seperated her pasture off, so she can lime parts of it to kill parasites. I have never heard of this and didn't think you could put anything down to kill them. Anybody heard of this?
Read more…I'm new, so I'm not quite sure the ropes yet, but I'm going to just jump right in...
Last year (Jan 2008), my husband and I purchased a doe (Jaime) and her doeling (Maggie). Little did we know, it was more of a "rescue" than a rehome. The seller
Read more…I was just wondering what kind of Ivermectin people bought for thier goats? I usually get stuff from the vet, but lately it seems to be more a of hasel to get it from him. So I wanted to just buy some for myself at TSC. Do people buy horse? I know wh
Read more…Goose Girl has a small little bump on her lip. I immediatly thought of Sore Mouth, which out sheep have had in the past (none this year). Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you think it could be that or maybe a bug bite? Any thoughts? I know if goa
Read more…I just got this "brilliant" idea today -- if I burn the pastures, that should kill the worms, right? I googled it and found this article, which said it can help:
http://www.sheep101.info/201/parasite.html
This is also just a good general-info article o
Hello everyone. After noticing excessive foot stomping and licking I have noticed that one of my does shed out heavily and now has some bald patches. I am convinced it is lice although I cant see anything. She does seem to be excessively scaley. We h
Read more…Here's an interesting website from Australia that talks about preventing resistance to chemical dewormers. If you're new to goats, "drench" is the livestock term for liquid, oral medication. So "drench resistance" just means resistance to oral liquid
Read more…I've just been browsing the Fiasco Farms site, after reading way too much complicated literature on goat worms. I think I'm going to take the plunge and give the Molly's herbal dewormer regimen a shot. Anybody tried it? Anybody know a reason not t
Read more…Hello, new here... and I didn't think my second post would be regarding parasites :( http://nigeriandwarfgoats.ning.com/forum/topics/hello-from-newcastle-on We've only had these goat kids for a couple days.
After reading a post in the Goat 101 forum w
Just got my 1st ever kids home and want to start them on Molly's herbal wormer program.I read on her site of her program of doing kids with formula 1 -- 3 days in a row then formula 2 once a week for 3 wks then back to formula 1,etc.Doing this till w
Read more…One of my older brothers has been holding one of his legs up and limping for quite a few weeks. I brought him to the vet, who stated that there was not hoof rot, sprain, or fracture. He thought that the issue was in the cartilage in the shoulder jo
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