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ok so from my research, it looks like my ewe lamb (4 month old katahdin/dorper) has large lungworm. She has rapid breathing, sullen look and isn't eating with everyone else. I had wormed her as a baby (valbazen) and I also just gave her another dose of valbazen, but does anyone know how long it...

hi all! I am looking into getting started on DHIR, I have Nigis and will be purchasing an MDGA minimancha doeling soon. Now that MDGA recognizes Nigis, I'm thinking it would be best to have all the does on MDGA's program since ADGA doesnt recognize the minis. Wouldn't this save duplicate fees...

Great success yesterday! I got 12 ounces (these are fluid, sorry), double what I had been. I think I've got my technique down.

oh ok good to know when the peak is, I've heard it refered to, but not when it happens!

oh ok! the kid is almost 3 weeks old.

hello! I was just wondering if I'm getting what I should from my doe, I've milked her 3 times, I'm doing it once a day, after separating her single kid for 6-8 hours. The first day I got 4 ounces, the next 2 days was 6 ounces each. And this really seems to be all she will give, when I "bump" her...

Just fyi the Ohio Sheep Improvement Association, OSU Sheep Team and OSU Extension have been taping webinars for sheep and goat management: http://ohiosheep.org/webex.html Not sure when the last ones will be posted? thx:)

thanks:) Yes I think I'm going to try and send tests next week, I just got my stanchion done so I can do that now- and the one I am pretty sure is prego is like you say (huge) the other is very noticably less so, and they are only a few weeks apart in due date. Could be she's only got a...

Just wondering if anyone might have input on this, I bought a bred doe, due in April per the seller, that looks thinner compared to my other doe, who I had bred, due end of March. The thin one's teats are also smaller and where her bag would be is less swollen in comparison. Does this sound like...

lol thats the ram lamb:) not sure if we are going to name him:idunnohes 75% dorper 25% katahdin

Thanks for the info...all the older ones have tags in their ears so I guess I just tag the babies myself and then write down the info for the older ones?

my new sheep herd:)

Great replies thanks so much! yes they've had the iodine dip, I think I will be tattooing instead of tagging, I have it for the goats, or is the tag for the scrapie thing? I havent done much reading on the program yet.

Hello all! I just adopted a mom ewe and twin 1 week old lambs (I am new to sheep, have had goats for 2 years), they are katahdin/dorper cross. The farm they came from had them in a barn nursery with heat lamps, I have them in a bedded, tarped hoop house with open door to outside. I have been...

We are due mid-March (hopefully), my first doe is an 18-mo old ND, had her and brother wether since they were 3 months old. Her sire was a Buttin'heads goat and the prospective future sire of her babies was one as well. Her name is The BMC What are u looking at (should have been "BHC" but the...

They ARE super cute, black and white with blue eyes, we love 'em! Call me crazy but I actually like their "goaty" smell:)

Thanks I am feeling more relieved:) Yesterday they wolfed down the sweet feed, they must be growing;)

hi! I am a new goat owner of 2 sibling NDs, they are currently 18 weeks old. I wormed them a few days ago and their weights are ~9 pounds for the girl and ~12 for the boy. They act and look perfectly healthy aside from an occasional cough, which the breeder said should go away when the seasonal...

Very good point about the taxes, something I had in the back of my mind since I have become very familiar with my zoning regs since acquiring livestock. I know ours say that ag buildings are by a matter of law exempt from zoning requirements (I take that to mean inspections). And good point...