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antibiotic diarrhea?

Hello all! I' m new to goats and have recently bought two 7 week old kids. My dos started having runny eyes and nose with yellow and light green mucus, so we went to the vet. He gave them both a shot and some oral antibiotics, ammoxicilin I think. We

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Farm cheese

I have made yogurt last year but this year I finally have enough milk for farm cheese as well as ice cream. I added garlic, salt and parsley to my cheese and it tasted great on crackers. However I need some ideas for other additions. Help!

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Post enterotoxemia

So my family and I went on vacation several weeks ago and my mom, who lives on a ranch several hours away, watched them for me. We have done this before and the goats graze happily on pasture that is much better than mine. Several days before I came

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Little Goat Delemma

 I have a question and I'm not sure how to start. So I guess if you can bear with me I'll start at the beginning.

I women I work with got a baby goat, actually her daughter brought it home. They live in a trailer park, so the mother ( a co-worker ) w

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Newbie

Hi everyone.  My husband and I are just getting ready to get a couple of ND's.  We want to be more self-sufficient and besides that they are just so darn cute.  We have 16 chickens (1 happy rooster and 15 hens) and will be building a goat barn and pa

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Breeding Behavior

Howdy everyone,

 

I brought in a buck tonite for my doe who I think is in heat.  She is the herd boss and is definitely putting him in his place.  He is not giving in, but I want to make sure this is normal behavior for mating.  He definitely is inte

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