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
Read more…Okay. So I heard a rumor once that dried cornstalks and leaves are good for goats because of they provide fiber. Can anyone verify this? I am thinking this is just story someone told me, but since we have this discussion forum, I thought I'd use it!
Read more…Does anyone have a list of vaccinations and what ages to give them? When to give boosters?
Read more…I have been looking for a timed feeder that will hold and distribute grain at a time that you can set. We have an auto feeder- without a timer- but don't use it since our picky little goats will not eat anything that sits out. I feed grain twice pe
Read more…What types of hay- single or mixes- are the most nutritional for the Nigerian's diet?
Read more…It has been so wet here in eastern NC. I would even call it soggy. We have had several inches of rain in the course of a couple of days. We saw this type of soaking about a month ago as well. I have noticed- both times- that worms (tiny, white on
Read more…Ok- I have put a call into the vet and am waiting for a return call. One of the older goats still has the golf ball size- what I assume is an abscess. I also found scour in the house- again. This time it had tiny (1-2 mm) white- I assume- worms separ
Read more…Hello all, I need some input. One of my older goats- born on July 20- was band casterated. All went well and the part fell off a few weeks ago as was supposed to. However this week, my husband noticed a white substance in the goat house and that one
Read more…Okay, so I am looking for some experinced goat people! - or novice! I have a goat who has a white back and every year she sunsburns really really bad. We have not shade out here, besides the shade her spools provide, and even when there is shade fro
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