I have a doe whose front knees are hyper-extended and I was hoping someone here could help me figure out why. I've had so many different opinions I'm not sure what to do and I'm ready to throw the kitchen sink at her. She had it mildly before pregnan
Read more…Does this look like external parasites on my 6 month old goat? The skin is raised, dry, flaky, cracked, in 2 patches on his body. Thanks for the advice
Have an 8 week old buckling that wound up having surgery for an undescended testicle last Monday (he was sold as a wether). The surgery wound up being a little more extensive than expected as the testicle was quite high. The vet said to expect him t
Read more…I have 6 week old triplets. I gave them a preventative dose of toltrazuril at 3 weeks and intended another at 6 weeks but the day I was going to give it, they came down with diarrhea that morning. I dosed them with the toltrazuril and it seemed to st
Read more…Recently, I've noticed my buck seems to have real dry, flaky skin (especially along his top line), and some balding on the top of his head. Kind of tell tale signs of a zinc deficiency. I'm thinking it's possibly due to too much calcium in his diet.
Read more…I own a 2 year old doe that is very healthy and active. She is turned out for several hours a day on a grass and alfalfa pasture and she has free choice mineral and grass hay in her pen. The problem is that when I feel her ribs to check her weight, i
Read more…I don't know how to post a video or I would. I just bought a baby goat two days ago, I know I'm not suppose to have just one yeah I hear it all. But I will be getting another one.. anyways he won't stop moving his mouth or not sure if he's grinning h
Read more…I purchased and picked up a 7.5 week old ND doeling on Saturday. I had been told by the owner that she was scouring when she had the bottle, so she took her off of it, and "she is thriving." She's not. She's thin, and when I gave her 3/4 c of milk sh
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My daughter's doe is due to kid in a couple of weeks, and we'll start giving her some Chaffhaye along with her seeds and things in the morning.
I've been reading old threads, and see a lot of good suggestions regarding the amount of grains, e
Read more…I had stool samples checked this week and found that "Elsa" who has the heart condition is 1+ for coccidia. Because of her health condition vet recommended that I treat her with Sulfa--I started that TX yesterday.
I also had stool tested on Elsa's
Read more…I know I've seen discussions on this before, but I was unable to find anything when I searched. I have triplet bucklings from a first time doe. They each weighed 2 1/2 pounds at birth. They are currently 8 1/2 weeks old and still a bit small. I h
Read more…Hi all, I was wondering if anyone here has experience using the equine paste Ivermectin. I suspect lungworm in my two Nigerian does and would prefer to treat with the paste since it is more economical than the injectable or drench. I am having a hard
Read more…Something to add the U.C. conversation. Some bucks and wethers are subject to it while others on similar diets seem not to be. It is commonly believed grain and alfalfa are a factor so many recommend neither for them.
Now, I am going to throw someth
My 1/2 nigerian 1/2 saanen doe in milk has some funkyness on her udder. It looks like chicken pox - pustules that progress to scabs, then disappear, but there's a residual thickness for some time after. Up until tonight, it's not affecting her produc
Read more…My 5 week old doe kids have lice. The vet says they probably brought the lice with them from the breeder. He recommended Frontline dog spray. Against my better judgement I tried it on the kids where they were scratching. It seemed to help for a day a
Read more…Hi everyone---I have a question about my 4 year old doe, Memilly. I purchased her in April...she kidded in mid-May (triplet bucklings). She had a BoSe injection in April, about a month prior to kidding.
All the rest of the goats (bucks and does)
Read more…I have a four year old doe who has never kidded. She occasionally sits as a dog sits. (Front legs up, bottom down.) She is otherwise happy and normal. It just seems odd. Has anyone else ever seen this? Thanks!
Read more…I recently took possession of a 11 year old doe with a kid. She had a rough kidding on Dec 7, one live and one was hung and was eventually got out dead. The previous owner doctored her with pen g and cmpk for milk fever. With everything that went on,
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Maple kidded last Thursday, 5 May with triplets. This is her 2nd freshening, and she's 3 years old. I was initially worried about the fact that kids were only staying on the teat for about 5 seconds at a time, but they are starting to increas
Read more…There are some strange appendages growing on our 3 ½ week old buckling kid (he’ll be a wether). I first noticed them when he was almost a week old. They are on his underside in his upper rib cage area near his front right leg. The largest one is almo
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