I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this but since I'm a newbie I figured 101 was appropriate. I have three does who have kidded recently...two on Friday the 6th and one on Saturday the 7th. The FF had a single doe, and the other two had twins and trips. Yesterday morning the FF was "off"...standing in the corner, gently pressing her head into the wall. No fever. So I gave her some Nutridrench and some oral CMPK and she perked up. The other two does appear to be OK. But no one seems to be eating as much as I would expect. All have constant access to warm water, fresh alfalfa/grass hay, bagged straight alfalfa and alfalfa pellets. They get grain twice a day, which I had slowly increased in the last few weeks of their pregnancies until they were each at about 1/3 to 1/2 c twice a day. So what should I expect them to be consuming now? They were all wormed after kidding with Valbazen and the FF and one of the senior does are passing clumpy poops. They actually started that about 24 hours prior to kidding. I understand that the stress of kidding brings worms out of hypobiosis/hibernation. My friend/vet wanted them to get a second dose of Valbazen 12 hours after the first dose but I missed that with two of the does so one got a second dose at 12 hours and two got a second dose at 24 hours. The FIRST dose of Valbazen for all does was at 24 hours post-kidding. I do have a lot of the Fir Meadow products but they *hate* it top-dressed so I will have to use the herbs as a drench once we get through this first week. Any thoughts? Are they OK and I'm just worrying too much?
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Don't fret over the timing of the Valbazen. I have actually never heard of a recommendation to give a second dose of a dewormer any sooner than 24 hours after the first dose. Have you checked their eyelids to see if they're anemic? Clumpy poop does usually signify worms. If the Valbazen didn't work, it means the worms are resistant to it. I wonder if there is a resistance problem in your area, which is why the vet said to do a second dose? If there is a resistance problem, though, a second dose isn't going to do anything. You need to use a different dewormer.
You can increase the grain to 1 cup twice a day. Most goat feeds recommend 1 pound of grain per 3 pounds of milk produced, which all of your does should be doing. The one with triplets might need more. Do you know how much alfalfa they're getting? I wouldn't expect three does to eat more than 5-6 flakes a day, and they'd be fine with less than that. Unfortunately flake size varies from one baler to the next, so that's just a general guideline.