I have an 8 year doe, Clover, she is one of my first two goats and has a special spot in my heart.
3.5 years ago she contracted meningeal worm, the parasite attacked her spinal cord. At her worst her back legs were paralyzed, but with an outstanding
Read more…My three boys hit the two year mark two weeks ago. The first year was pretty straight forward but this past year we seem to be struggling with what might be copper deficiency but not sure.
1. Vinny - my brown one has gone tan and lost hair around his
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I have a small herd of 3 does and a wether. One doe was born here and the other 2 does and wether were purchased from breeders who health test and had clean herds. About a month ago my wether seemed a little quieter than usual, but was still
Read more…Not sure of my post went through before... basically it was talking about how we lost a one-year-old weathered male, to urinary calculi a.k.a. kidney stones… My vet said she is beyond frustrated at how many people are told to feed grain to Goats… The
Read more…Hi, I have some nigerian dwarf goats I got in the spring of last year. They did terrific on pasture and hay supplement during the summer. This winter I started to notice that they were getting little spots where hair wasn't growing. I have been givin
Read more…Can anyone tell me the best thing for fleas on goats? My boy was scratching and I found a few on him. I looked it up, but have read many different things. Thanks, Haley
Read more…One of my does, dry since August of 2016, has now developed something of an udder. She has had only one set of kids, born in 2015. I sent this pic to my vet (who is normally pretty knowledgeable about goats) and he said that sometimes does who have k
Read more…Posting for a friend. Her goat is losing her hair in huge clumps. She is eating, happy goat but has lost about 30% of her coat. They called a vet and they have wormed her and are using an anti fungal on her skin does anyone have any idea what it coul
Read more…Because of some unforseen things my tiny herd had to be moved to another farm. We are ready to bring them home now, but are told they have mites. What is the best things I can do for mites. It has me worried.
Read more…Hello, I am Joanna and I have 4 NDG’s. I am new to goats and have only had them since September ‘17. I need advise about a doe with a rectal prolapse. The doe was pregnant and developed the prolapse about a week before freshening. I took her to the V
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I'm hoping some of you can help me figure out what's wrong with my young doe. I have two mini lamanchas (75% nigerian) and one has been battling skin problems since last winter. It started off with hair loss around her nose which I ori
Read more…My doe is bleeding from her back side. I cant tell if it’s feom her anus or vulva. This isn’t the first time she’s had some blood but it’s the worst time and seems more out of place. There also seems to be a swollen red bump. She is a rescue and came
Read more…To make a long story short we've been getting a ton of rain. My 2.5 year old LGD female had a litter of pups July 26th 2018. In the last week we have lost three pups. We started out with a total of 11 and now we're down to 4. The pups get lethargic a
Read more…One doe isolates herself, she does not eat well like others and she gets thinner with time. Suggestions on how to help her will be mostly appreciated.
Read more…Doe that is thin. I can feel readily her spine. Her sides are fairly sunken in. Unusually...
I feed orchard grass. She has been wormed, fecal done, came back ok, did three b12 injections 3 days apart.
she was hollering last night, heat, so wonde
Hi, I am new to the forum .
I am in PA and have 3 alpine/ sanaan cross does and a Nigerian/Boar cross Billy goat. They where all born march . About 3 weeks after vaccinations, I noticed the does had swollen lymph nodes on the left side and some h
Read more…I have a 11 month old Nigerian doe who has had a hacking cough for a few days now. I grew concerned yesterday (I should have been concerned earlier I know) and took her temperature and in the morning it was 104.9. By the evening it had risen to 105.4
Read more…As a first time goat owner, I have come to the conclusion that I should have bought older does, not 3 day old bottle babies! My boys had a hard first 2 weeks of life due to my lack of knowledge and I probably starved them for a few more weeks for fe
Read more…Has anyone ever had a goat with a heart murmur?
I just had our vet out yesterday to do our yearly CAE-J-CL testing, and had the vet check the lungs of one of our yearling does, "Gumdrop" ...who has had an on/off cough through the winter (but has al
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