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
Read more…My doe had triplets 3 days ago-- ALL girls. But one baby who was born first and butt first breech was terribly weak at birth and try as we might we couldn't get her going. She just didn't seem to have the strength to breathe. The other two were fine
Read more…I have two sets of triplets born two weeks ago. All have seemed very healthy until yesterday. One Doelling has a very rapid heart rate with very rapid breathing. She is up and moving about but not with as much energy as the others. Last night I check
Read more…I got some new selenium/vitamin E which I ordered on Amazon. It has added Zinc too and I was worried about my goats being zinc deficient as well. Well I got it today and they went CRAZY for it!! They all fought over it like it was candy. Really it wa
Read more…One of the members of one of the facebook goat groups has three goats in extreme distress. The vet was able to get there in spite of a storm and it looks like they are going to be okay; thankfully she called. It turns out they have Enterotoxemia wh
Read more…Okay, I've always had the boys wethered and have not kept them because of my limitations (City code). I have two bucklings, born mid-April, that are too thin. It is winter which is undoubtedly why. Sister to one is not, but is a little tubby but i
Read more…I disbudded my two doelings yesterday and they were fine all day yesterday and even this morning but this afternoon, one of them is having a lot of pain and has puss on one side. She and the other doeling both have one swollen eyelid as well. They we
Read more…Our doe Chloe, now 2 years old and a first freshener as of first week of August (2 kids), has a strange to us hair loss on her face. We didn't notice this last year and don't know if it is associated with her new role as a producer of milk, or if it
Read more…Hello all!
I have a strange, scabby question.
My doe had a very small, red scratch on her side about 2 weeks ago that has grown into a quarter-sized, thin scab. Nothing about it looks particularly angry or shocking -there isn't any heat, redness,
Read more…Apparently we can't get the Selenium/E from Caprine Supply anymore. Anyone done the research to see what we can use to replace it? My bucket from CS does not say how much selenium was in it so it's very hard to compare. There are multiple brands of s
Read more…So both my does that kidded a little over 2 weeks ago now have soft hooves. Both are walking fine (and even playing) and their feet are not hot. Not sure what kind of problem, if any, I might be looking at. They are not in mud (although outside is
Read more…My 3 1/2 month kids have bloat. The vet has seen them twice and given them several medications, including baking Soda, goat bloat, pro biotics nutrient supplements and more. Nothing seems to make any difference. Anyone have a suggestion?
Read more…I have two wethers who are turning there noses up to their regular grain mix of Noble Goat Grower, Black oil sunflower seeds, and beet pulp with molasses. The other two wethers are eating it like it's great. They are acting normal and eating, drinkin
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