I have a seemingly very healthy pregnant doe limping on one of her back legs. Otherwise she is acting normal. I’ve examined her - joints move ok, not hot, no swelling, no wounds. I’ve actually seen her several times raise her” bad” leg up to scratch
Read more…My does had thier CD/T shots on April 29, when should I give them their next shot and where is the best place to do this? My girls are 6weeks old. Thanks
Lee
Read more…I forgot to ask on my last post about giving baby aspirin to a pregnant doe. I have heard 1 baby aspirin for every 10 lbs - but not sure if that applies to preg goats!
Read more…I'm absolutely stunned...I had what seemed to be a perfectly healthy doe at 5:00. At 5:30 she was dead. What the heck?????? Here's the story: I'd had the goats out on pasture for about an hour and a half, two hours at the most. Around 5:00 we too
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My best milking doe came down with a case of mastitis. Last Friday, I should have detected it because her production on the infected side was noticeably lower. But, I was very busy, prepping for a craft market, had to go to work, and trying
Read more…A coworker got her first goat about 4.5 months ago when he was a day or two old (already disbudded and banded). She got the second one, who was dam raised and banded at 7 weeks, just over a month ago. A week and a half ago she asked me about constip
Read more…A month and a half ago, one of my does had an infection in one eye. I treated it by squirting some LA200 in the affected eye twice a day for five days. It didn't seem to improve it. As I'd read on here, it cleared up in two weeks. So now, a month a
Read more…Hi there,
First of all, thank you to Deborah and all the members here for your valuable discussions and information. This site is incredibly helpful to newbies like myself!
We have a 1.5 year old doe (unbred) who has been behaving strangely. On a cou
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I'm a little old-fashioned and still enjoy having real-live, genuine books around. Iam looking for recommendations for a "level up" reference book. I already have Raising Goats Naturally and Storey's Guide. I'm ready for something that goes a li
Read more…I've read several posts/threads about a selenium bucket, and Deborah even provided a link to it from Caprine Supply. However, most of those threads were from c. 2014, and it seems as if Caprine Supply no longer carries the selenium bucket. Any chance
Read more…I am worried about my little goat. I am feeding her rolled oats, alfalfa pellets + timothy pellets, supplemented with MannaPro Goat Balancer. I am slowly transitioning her from the oats to Dumors Sweet Goat Feed. She has some access to brush on a da
Read more…Have had goats for many years. Worked for a vet for 20 years. My goats have been dry for the last 4 years. Been fed well and no health problems. Bought 2 Nigerians recently and the issue is that normally I give Bo-Se to the herd. My bottle has recent
Read more…My neighbor has 2 does that are 2 years old (I have the Dam and Sire). One of them came down with polio. She acted fast and the vet started treatment for polio as well as M-worm. She is grinding her teeth so the vet things it is most likely polio.
Read more…I've searched high and low and I can't find a good answer. My goats have figured out that I hide copper boluses in oatmeal/peanut butter treats and they refuse them now. I tried top dressing the grain and dribbling a bit of molasses on it but that's
Read more…Does anyone have a source of Selenium/Vit E powder to order from? I am all out, and Hoeggers Farm Yard are not answering their phones so I am hesitant to place an order online. I don't see anyone else carrying it for goats online. All I see in Sel
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I have chosen this year to not vaccinate my herd but I have several people who are having kids and want the kids vaccinated with CDT. What age and dosage can I do this for the kids? I for some reason have 2 and 6 weeks in my head and t
Read more…I have a 4 year old pregnant doe. I was wondering if it's unhealthy to have a cat around her while she's pregnant. Tahoe (our cat) loves coming into the barn with me in the morning to get a saucer of milk and visit with the Girls. Has anyone had prob
Read more…Here is a good read on copper
http://www.saanendoah.com/copper1.html
Read more…Hi Folks,
We have started seeing signs of copper and zinc deficiency in our tiny herd of 3 does. We've only lived on our new farm property for a little over a year, but when we had the well water tested during the pre-purchase inspections, the test
Read more…Background:
We've got a six year old doe who freshened for the fourth time this spring. She had triplets, and all was well. She's been a wonderful mother, who two years ago, also had triplets and nursed all three. After having the triplets this year
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