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I have to add - when I told my father in law I was buying goats he laughed. I asked him what was so funny. He replied "when you can keep water in a fence, you'll keep goats in a fence". I've heard from local goat farmers that bottle fed are horrible about this, and also ones that have been...

My 2 male goats are a mix of Boer and Milk. I'm wondering - I believe the one which is much thicker, to have favored more of the Boer. And the one that is a bit slender has favored the Milk? I don't have a picture handy... But, is that how those two breeds would run? Boer - stocky and large...

Good to know! Thanks!!!

I think that would be good. Even though you can try and prevent them from transmitting feces into their food, it may just happen sometimes. Prevention I think is key. Also, no a few bucks wont hurt to know for sure what I'm dealing with. It'd be worth it to keep them healthy.

I have a question about the alfalfa pellets. at Tractor Supply they have these, but it's listed for Horses, is it still ok? I'm new to this as well....and still learning about this feeding thing. And I'm feeding Dumar pellets with a small bit of sweet for desert in the evenings. Should I just...

I spoke with a local large animal vet here (I'm in Roxboro, north Carolina). They recommend Corid w/ an injection of B1 to prevent the Polio. Also mentioned that I would not be able to visibly see eggs from this in their feces. So what I saw that looked like I can run a fecal w/ their office...

Already called my husband and told him we're going to Tractor Supply as soon as I get off work to go get that Corid medication. Now my goats are friendly, but they are not too fond of being held or restrained. Any tips on giving the goats this oral medication?

I've read the article you gave, thank you! I will start treating them today! What a scary thing. :fl

My 2 boys are now probably 6 months old. They recently have started having diarrhea. I've wormed them, and given them some electrolytes in their water. They feed off the 1 acre of land and I give them a scoop of sweet feed a day. Their water is changed daily. This is my first try at goats...

Us too. We sadly attemped about 6 months ago and brough home a baby nigerian dwarf, but a stray dog got him when he ended up getting out of the fence. We have since re done the fencing, and hoping that these bigger boer goats and the fact we have 2 will make it much better! So far the pair are...

I think we will be going with Smokey and Bandit :weee But the kids did enjoy looking at all the options, got some good laughs on some of them. They really liked the Pete and Re-Pete one. HA. Thanks guys! They are doing well. This is really my first run with goats. WISH ME LUCK!!!!

We've purchased 2 new baby goats, about 4 months old, and need some help in naming them. Both boys :)

Did you have litters die?

What I'll do is take some pictures and post them.

I've tried swapping out the Does, no such luck. And by brother in law lives next to us, and i gave him 2 that I couldn't get pregnant, and wham bam thank y ou ma'am...they both just had litters for him, and great moms. My husband also looks at is as a learning experience. He's much more...

So, I've been trying to raise meat rabbits for about a year now. And I've only had 2 successful litters so far. and several failed litters. I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. Others that have started that I know are thriving with this...But I can't seen to get anything right. We have...

He ended up dieing :( But now I have another almost acting the same. I will try the droos. They are not using the bathroom much.

New update...3 of the 4 are doing wonderful. There is 1that can't seem to get around and his belly is very enlarged. We've been stimulating to go pee, and I've been peed on too many times lol But since this morning this 1 little guy doesn't look so good. Any ideas?