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:plbb Funniest pictures...Anyone else have any photos of their Favorite "Itchy Spot"? :celebrate And his favorite Lil`Rooster "Cowboy" lends a hand when Im busy!

Can anyone please tell me the uses for "Red Cell" and how to administer it? Amounts and causes for use...just askin`, cuz I bought some to keep in my Goat Medicine Cabinet...just in case :idunno As with anything in this cabinet, I hope I never need it! :fl Thanks in advance Ya`ll! :thumbsup

WHAT??!! You cant see "Chico`s" face over his BIG...FAT...BELLY??!! :ep Vet said he had the healthiest rumen he`s ever seen.... Ya Riiiight!:lau I told him he`s just the laziest Wether ever born! ( Yes...I said Wether...No hes NOT preggo) But... I love him...Poofyness and all! :love

Ooookkk.... Its official! I have become "THAT LADY"...you know the one...every neighborhood has one! I dont wear the floppy hats (yet), I dont wear the Mod Clothes (yet), and I dont walk around talking to myself (much :P)... BUT.... I DID make my Goats... WINTER COATS!:celebrate Oh I know...I...

Thank you all for the laughs and the wise wisdom! I ordered a halter today from Jeffers :fl...we shall see who`s victorious in this battle!!:plbb In the mean time when he did the same thing tonight, I sat at the picnic table just watching Mr. Chubkins- smarty-pants...looking all accomplished...

I agree on the "having me trained" part...TOTALLY! But....how does one pull gently on a BIG, FAT PEICE OF DEAD WEIGHT!!!??? Im not joking on this one...He litterally is laying down, legs flayelled out behind him (wheres a camera when i need it!? :he) I even went so far as to put a bucket of...

O.K. heres my "issue" nowwwww....(geez, do they ever end?) My Wether "Chico"...a.k.a. "Butthead" :rant.... Has done beautiful on a lead for months now, that is up untill yesterday. I placed him on his lead and we began to walk, me looking smart with my big ol` goat waddling begind me as...

Once AGAIN cmjust0 you are my Guardian-Goat-God! :bow Apricot leaves are now OFF-LIMITS!You have saved my goat babies more times than I can count from this "newbie mama" with all of your knowledgable information :old.... Thanks again!

My 3 spoiled Nubian brats were all hand/bottle raised since birth, so I have litterally had to show them how to be goats! (Ya...Im a goat mama) I had to bring in a neighbors doe to show them how to eat leaves! Before that...they never even gave them a second glance! Weirdos...

Sad, but Interesting story :( http://www.nwcn.com/news/Mountain-goat-suspected-in-death-of-Olympic-Natl-Park-hiker-105138334.html Hmmm... I wonder if its one of "Chicos" long, lost relatives? :ep

Lots of great articles and interesting information here! :caf http://www.goatworld.com/articles/urinarycalculi/

Nope, Both were totally castrated at the Vet when they were 6 and 8 weeks old... "smooth as a babys bottom" down there... so to speak ;)

Once again Chico and Bob are giving me a run for my money... My Horned Nubian princess Doe, "Violet" has come into heat and her brother "Chico" and my LaMancha "Bob" who are BOTH horned wethers are acting very aggresive to each other. They beat the tar outta each other latley where they...

Very Handsome Buck! How about: OPTIMUS PRIME! :thumbsup

This was my concern :idunno The Vet just left me a phone message saying he ordered the "Meds" and they will be here tommorrow, and it is Corid, 5 day treatment for all 3 goats, and yes... I will be administering them. Let me tell you how he came to the "all 3" diagnosis. Took fecal samples...

CHICO UPDATE (*With Pictures!*): Final diagnosis (via: Fecal float...Coccidiosis) On one hand Im relived... on the other...well, you know...nobody wants to have sick babies. :hit He wants to treat all 3 goats even though Chico was the only positive test. Is Cocci contagious? And is that the...

Quick update... Vet Changed the appointment to Friday morning after he called to check on Chico this morning and I told him he now has "soft-green" pellets... NO MORE SCOURS!!! :celebrate I wonder if that dose of Sulmet is what stopped it? Pepto/Pro-biotics combo with no grain? Who...

O.K. heres the latest on Chico... Still has scours...but its Brown now, not dark but not tan...just brown...not watery anymore but more like yogurt consistency (too discriptive?:hu) Still eating and drinking great. I am giving him pepto 3x a day, pro-biotics 3x a day, and witholding grain (hes...

Can you give Sulmet to goats for scours? The label says for cattle and calfs,swine, turkeys, chickens and other fowl with scours...but nothing about goats for scours. Its an Antibacterial drinking water solution. My local feedstore does not carry Scour-Halt and she reccomended Sulmet...BUT...

Thanks so much for the fast replies! :clap It all makes sense too...We haven`t had rain in over 65 days here, so DRY is an appropriate word for it...and dusty too. And speaking of Dusty...I forgot to mention that my goats share a very large pen with 13 chickens and a duck (who thinks shes a...