Although it is a fairly common practice for goat owners to treat anemic animals with Red Cell after deworming, there had not been any research on whether it was helpful — until now.
I am new on here. I reside in Bulgaria and am looking at adding goats to our current selection of small animals/birds and the Nigerian dwarf is one we are considering though they are not easy to find here. Knowing nothing about goats I here to fin
Although some animals are not as susceptible to tetanus, such as dogs and cats, goats can get tetanus. Like humans, which have been protected by the vaccine since the first world war, goats can also
Good morning ya'll - I have a first freshener doe, 5 weeks post partum who is nursing three babies. I have been milking mom since kids were 3 weeks old. In the last two days, I noticed one or two "milk clots" coming out when I milked. The teat woul
Not only is a goat placenta very different from a human or horse placenta but how it functions is also different, as well as how it should be managed after birth.
Although I had heard of two people co-owning a goat before, I had never heard of four until I met today's guests when we were recording last week's episode on Pygmy goats.
I have a three month old Nigerian dwarf goat that I've had for about a month and she has had dog log the whole time I've had her. She does not have a fever, her weight seems fine, although I've never had goats before to know that for sure, her eyelid
Meat goats are a relatively new addition to the United States. Although you can eat any goat, you will get more meat from goat breeds bred for meat production. We’ve listed 9 options below, starting with
As a Nigerian dwarf breeder myself, I am acutely aware of how many people think that “pygmy” is a size, not a breed of goat. In this episode, we are talking to four National Champion Pygmy breeders about w
Hi all, I am new to the group and have read up on the shedding inquiries that have already been posted. I was hoping for an additional reassurance regarding the incredible shedding my 3 year old Nigerian Dwarf, Apollo is currently undergoing.
Hello everyone I am Kellie and I have a small farm in NH. We have 6 Nigerians (it was 3 at the beginning of 2022, you know how that works) ,12 chickens and very large lap dog named Max. Our plans are to raise goats for milk, chickens for eggs and sta
Hello, I am looking for advice on what everyone is using for sanitizing teats before and after milking . I have a couple examples given to me but am not sure what is most cost effective and what works best for our little goats. If using an iodine di
Miniature dairy goats are a hybrid that starts with a Nigerian dwarf buck and a standard size dairy goat, such as a Nubian, LaMancha, Saanen, or any of the standard dairy goat breeds.
If you don’t have a veterinarian in your area who sees goats, you can take them to a veterinary teaching hospital. Many people don’t realize they are open to the public and even have
If you had a doe with a mastitis, a kid with stiff joints, and another kid with pneumonia, would you ever assume that all three were infected with the same diseases? If mycoplasma is in your herd,
Drying up a dairy goat is as simple as not milking and not letting kids nurse. When you stop milking, and there are no kids nursing, the udder fills up and tells the body that there is no de
If you have a worm problem with your goats, and rotational grazing is not an option, we now have a new tool that can be helpful in breaking the life cycle of the worms. BioWorma came on the market in the U.S.
We have a lot of episodes on various diseases that can be prevented by vaccines, but rather than tell you to listen to all of those episodes to figure out which vaccines your goats might need, we de
