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I heard my name taken in vain. o_O Seriously, there can be some pretty bad years, IMO. Last year, I would've said "no way would I buy from a herd that lost that many kids." Now, having experienced bizarre weirdness in my own herd, I have to at least ask "what did each one die of?" That seems...

One of the things that has been keeping me busy lately besides weird kid deaths :rolleyes: has been the Small Product Lab. Basically, we're to come up with an idea and create, market it, and bring it to full production in 10 days. I had been meaning to write a goat book for some time (I am a...

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Thanks everyone. This year has just been the year of "stuff happens." Sometimes I think we like to have a reason we can point to and say, "See, if I did this differently, the animal might have been alive." We don't like feeling helpless. But sometimes it's our turn in the bucket. :idunno...

It was as I suspected: a run of bad luck. I had been having good luck with kids, so this year is just a reminder stuff can happen at any time.:barnie

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Well, I at least didn't need to ship. Basically, the vet did the gross necropsy and then sent the work to the state. (The state's lab people mentioned her as one of the vets who sends stuff into them.) Basically I paid extra for interpretation of results (probably could've figured it out as I...

Well, it tells me I'm doing everything right. Just sometimes bad things happen. :caf

Well, I had a nasty feeling that was the case. This is the LAST TIME I have late kiddings, if I can help it. Of course, dealing with cold is horrible, but at least I know what might have killed them.

Well, we got the final necropsy results back. :caf And the answer is: we had a perfectly healthy dead doeling. Yes, that's what the state reported back. She did have a small bit of cirrhosis that was caused by maybe eating a bad plant some time ago, but it wasn't enough to kill her. She was...

Be patient. Get them used to you feeding them grain at certain times of the day. It doesn't have to be a lot, just some times. If you want, you can dry lot them and feed them hay so that they look to you for food. That bonds animals more quickly than anything else. Don't chase them or make...

Before I had my stand, I would tie the goat off to a fence so she was parallel to the fence. I would set a bucket of grain in front of her and milk her. I lost several pails before we both finally got the routine down but she ended up being a great goat to milk when I did get the stanchion.

1. Hay and a small amount of grain. Minerals such as goat minerals or trace minerals with selenium. Do not use goat minerals if you have sheep with the goats. 2. CD&T, maybe rabies. 3. Yes, but if your sheep get scrapies so will your goats. You will have register both for scrapies tags...

Sounds normal. Congrats on the goat baby!! :welcome

Well, we ruled out trauma and stomach/rumen issues. The stomach/rumen problems were with the first three, albeit different problems. And I found out that Nutmeg had lice, albeit not a lot. Probably brought in with either the new llama or maybe Skittles when we got him. So, everyone got...

Thanks. I've been racking my brain on this and right now we don't have anything that makes sense as to why she died. The preliminary results of the necropsy is "I've got nothing." So until we have the pathology back, we just don't know.

Well, the vet called us this morning with results from the necropsy. Basically a healthy kid who is dead. Rumen in good shape -- she had even eaten and no signs of gas or bloat. No signs of trauma. No visual signs of: "Well, there's your problem." The veterinarian is sending the samples into...

I drove about 35-40 miles one way to get the baby to the veterinarian. SMH This is one of the few goat vets nearby. I had a choice of two. This one did call back and asked a lot of questions. The other vet basically is busy but I could drop off the carcass and wait for word. So, I chose the...

Thanks. I managed to find a large animal vet who does necropsies closer. We just found Nutmeg out in the yard dead and with no warning, no bloat, no nothing. She is 4 months and she was healthy and had her vaccinations. So, now we're rushing dead critters to the vet. I only have 2 baby...