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He didn't cry and carry on?

We have a small suburban lot and our goat enclosure is really only set up to be one enclosure. Our doeling is 4 weeks old and I would like to start getting more milk. I've heard to separate her at night. I only have 2 does and 1 baby. First, she wouldn't have anyone with her at night and second...

Thanks, I'm kinda hoping to not have to spend a ton of money to find out, so a sonogram is probably out of the question anyway. Maybe a blood test. Or maybe I will just send her back to the buck and see what happens. *sigh

We have a ND doe that we brought home about 3 weeks ago. We actually picked her out and left her at the breeder and they put her in with a buck for about a week. We ended up with our second doe and she needed a friend so we went and picked up our ND. The breeder never saw her go into heat...

Here are a couple of pictures of Finley's eye color. In some light they look blue, but up close they have brown (but it's really light brown) in them. What color would you call this?

Thanks. That puts my mind at ease. :) And, I might pick up some beet pulp to see if that will put some weight on her.

Thanks. If there is nothing other than showing then I won't worry about it. :)

Our doe gave birth over a week ago (10 days) and is still bleeding slightly. ?? I notice it mainly when she is active she will drip a little. Not much, but maybe 1/2 teaspoon or so. Otherwise she is acting better than ever. We got her about 10 days before she delivered, so we are seeing a whole...

I have a question about udder attachment. Our goat, Bella (1/2 ND, 1/4 Nubian, 1/4 Lamancha) has a pocket in the front of her udder where it attaches to her belly. I'm thinking that I heard somewhere that that is not good. I checked her when she was pretty empty though. Will that make a...

I did give her wormer the day she kidded and dipped the kid's cord in iodine. She has access to hay, sunshine, and water. I will try the probios and maybe some red cell. Thanks. :)

My doe delivered Sunday with a rough delivery. She is still bleeding just a little bit. It's not much, and I think I read somewhere that this is normal. But, I wanted to double check with people that have been around a doe post-delivery. ?? Also, she isn't eating a ton. We have only had her for...

Thanks for the reassurance!

I dosed one of my does (not pregnant) with Ivermectin today and in the struggle to do it the lock came off of the tube and she ended up getting 3x more than she needed. Is this a problem?

Thanks everyone. The calm and knowledge come from 30 years with horses. Goats seem like a breeze! :) I am totally enjoying my first baby goat. :weee

Ok, so we just did our first delivery and the kid got stuck so I had to go in and help. The advice I was seeing is to do a round of antibiotics if you have to go in at all. So, my vet gave me penicillin. I really, really want to move toward a much more organic/holistic approach. What does...

Can I use it even though she is on a round of penicillin?

Here is my blog post for Bella's delivery! *with lots of pics http://washingtonmama.blogspot.com/2012/06/finley.html I'm assuming it's ok to post the link, if not I can cut and paste the whole thing to here.

Bella is producing way more than her 1 baby can eat. When will she switch over from producing colostrum to actual milk. I think I'm going to need to start milking her. I am currently just milking out into the bedding and want to start actually keeping the milk for our use since she is producing...

Mom is mini lamancha/nubian bred to a nigerian dwarf. So, baby is 3/4 Nigerian Dwarf, 1/8 Nubian, and 1/8 Lamancha. She's a keeper. :)

Thanks! 1 day down, 4 more to go...