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Ok, so I have made the oatmeal balls.. Does one 2 cup serving of oatmeal make ONE ball? Do I give the entire ball to one goat? Or split it into several? Also, how do I dose Probiotics? I have the Probios Max Gel... It says 10 gm but how do I dose that? In a drencher? Mix it with water?

Elevan- That's a good point, I dont know. She seemed fairly healthy when we bought her... Southern- We did not... We don't quite have the set up for a quarrantine area... I know that's not so good on our part, but we didn't. Wish we had the space for stuff like that! I do know that I have a...

I have had my girls 2 years now. I have wormed all of them once, and I believe two of them twice (possibly 3 times). This one that has the bottle jaw now has been wormed twice since she entered my herd in June of '12. She also is the only one that got mites last winter, and now the only one (so...

HTC umm..... Oh! HTC ONE. ha... Shows how much I know huh?

Yes I have been on the mobile site on my phone before, and it's wonderful, in a pinch, but I think an app would be more accessible. Now, I'm not very knowledgeable in technology lingo, but I'll try to explain as best I can... When I open an app on my phone, say it's... Umm... Let's say the...

Hi Moderators! I was just wondering if there has been any talk of having a BYH app for smartphones? I have been known to be on BYH for HOURS sometimes :hide and I think an app for smartphones would be awesome, and easily accessible. Is that something that would even be possible?

We have a concrete floor so we like to line the bottom with pine shavings (to catch the moisture from the urine), and then we spread straw over top of it.

Percy definitely looks like a Percy to me!:D

Adorable! Those little stinkers!

I have been using the golden blend minerals... Great... I dont have the best goat vet anyways, so that'll be a lovely conversation... I may just reworm her with ivo plus in 10 days if nothing has improved... Where can I find blackstrap molasses? I found regular molasses at Walmart... Will that...

Tiss- How long did it take for your girl to recover last year? Just so I have an idea of what I'm looking at for recovery time... Southern- What are flukes? Should we worm with ivomec plus all the time and just forget the regular ivomec then? Sea kelp... Thats a good idea I might see if I can...

I believe I have a goat that has bottle jaw, and from what I am reading, it sounds like anemia as well, due to an overload of worms. From what I understand, anemia takes a long time to get over... My little Chunk, started with a small lump under her jaw that would go away, then come back by...

Blondie- isn't meconium the first poop? The tarry stuff? If so, would it be able to hang out in her system for 3 weeks until this happened with no signs prior to this?

Fancifran- hmm... Goat polio. I'll have to look into that. Could that be an isolated case? Taylorm- it wasn't terribly cold the day he was born. It was maybe 50 with a breeze. And they were in the barn for the next two days before they were outside. It wasn't terribly cold. It didn't seem like...

I had a kid (would have been 3 weeks old tomorrow) that died on Saturday. Let me give some back story... She was out of a set of twins, she came out first, no problems. She was my "Miss Independent". Mom was always having to call to her and find her cuz she was always running off doing her own...

I usually take a baby wipe and clean off the udder before we milk. To brush off any loose hay, hairs, dirt, etc... While I am doing this I am massaging the entire udder. Not quite as forceful as the babies. But I go all over. On the teats, front, back, sides... And then once I get rid of the...

Have you tried a flashlight? Sometimes if you shine a flashlight on the backside of the ear you can see the tattoo.

:celebrate twin does!! Awesome!!

Southern- Awesome!! Thank you for showing me the pic. I didnt realize it took that long to fall off then grow back. My little one that I did first is 3 weeks old tomorrow. That gives me some reassurance. Its supposed to be 51 here today! I'm gonna disbud a few of my girls this afternoon! I'll...

Southern- no I was doing about 10-12 sec each one, giving them a break in between each bud... I guess I should do it 4 times then, with breaks in between? 5-6 sec each time? With the does, should I wait till their buds are a little bigger? With the boys, I was able to feel them pretty early...