Famacha Scoring of your mature Goat can lead to better health by determining the frequency which you must deworm your goat. This is a Purdue Extension video ...
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You have to attend a FAMACHA workshop. Check with your local extension office or maybe a local or state goat group. Our state dairy goat association hosted one a few years ago.
I thought the same thing too Deborah about collecting a poop sample. My goats wouldn't just stand there like this one did for that sort of thing.....lol......neither would I......lol :)
Thanks for posting this! The FAMACHA info is great, and I think it's helpful for people to be able to see how it's done. I hope everyone knows, however, that they don't have to go to such extreme measures to get a sample of poop. If you just go out there with a dixie cup at feeding time, you can catch them in the cup when the goat poops. Much easier and less stressful than the method they show in here.
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I'd jump at the chance to attend a FAMACHA workshop. I'll look around and see if there is one in AR.
You have to attend a FAMACHA workshop. Check with your local extension office or maybe a local or state goat group. Our state dairy goat association hosted one a few years ago.
Does anyone know where to get one of those famacha charts? Looks very useful.
I thought the same thing too Deborah about collecting a poop sample. My goats wouldn't just stand there like this one did for that sort of thing.....lol......neither would I......lol :)
Thanks for posting this! The FAMACHA info is great, and I think it's helpful for people to be able to see how it's done. I hope everyone knows, however, that they don't have to go to such extreme measures to get a sample of poop. If you just go out there with a dixie cup at feeding time, you can catch them in the cup when the goat poops. Much easier and less stressful than the method they show in here.
Your welcome Glenna. :)
Thank you, Debbie, for posting this. I finally took the time to watch it and found it very informative.