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Mystery is solved! I was milking tonight and saw the wasp come back and what it actually did was grab a fly feeding on the raw spot! I had seen it fly away with a chunk of something the other day and assumed it was from the cow but it must have been a fly. Smart wasp, lol

I was looking at some photos of wasps to try to figure out what kind it was and it most closely resembles a bald faced hornet https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/stinging-insects/bald-faced-hornets/

I'll see if i can manage to get a photo tonight if it comes back. I can at least take a photo of the open skin. It seems like a strange location to me because it's not a rub spot, as far as I can tell. Idk what he read but my partner is reluctant to use blue kote on it so I'll try your other...

My cow has had a patch of skin near her udder that has been open and weepy for a while. I don't even know how long. I thought initially she injured herself on something and perhaps the constant flies haven't allowed it to fully heal? Usually my partner does the milking but his schedule has...

What are her strengths that don't have to do with things she was born with, like being a woman or her ethnicity? I haven't looked at her approval rating recently but I didn't think she ever had a lot of approval/support. And her word salad speeches are insufferable. my partner was watching a...

About time.

I feel that im making a good effort so that has added to my sadness and frustration. Plus I love my animals. I don't want them to do poorly or die. Yes, thanks! I had to switch dewomers in the past for that reason.

His skin is awfully flaky, though

It's patches. It's his neck and shoulder area. No raw or oozy. I checked for external bugs but don't see any. He does scratch himself on the fence but it's comparable to how often the rest of the goats do it so I don't think he's itchier than normal. His hair is pretty coarse so I would lean...

I'm so discouraged with goat keeping. Just lost that sweet doeling and my buck (whom I've made a thread about in the past) has been a constant struggle to keep healthy. Now he has patches of hair just coming off him now. Seems like I can't catch a break. 🥲

She took a turn for the worst last night and found her dead this morning.

She's still here and seems better! More perky, anyway. I dewormed her and the other goats all based on weight with ivermectin.

Thanks!

WORMS Just went out to feed my animals and one of the doelings (not the one with excessive diarrhea, interestingly) has white eyelids, bottle jaw, and is grinding her teeth. 😭 it may be too late at this point but I'm trying to save her. I dewormed her and looking for what else to give her for...

I had a list with me at the store that would work for cocci and saw corid is usually the not the best but that was all i could get. 😔

I only deworm as needed so they haven't had that yet. They're about 4 months old now. I did the 5 day treatment of corid.

They get pasture and hay and loose mineral on a daily basis. I don't give them feed or treats.

I have a couple goats kids with diarrhea. We had one who had some one evening and passed away very quickly...found him dead the next day. We did a treatment for coccidiosis on all the other kids and diarrhea cleared up. But within the same week, the two female kids have had the diarrhea return...

I wasn't sure where to put this so my apologies if it should be moved elsewhere. We had our sheep and goats give birth all in the same 3 week window... about 2 months ago now. It occurred to me yesterday that the lambs are far bigger than our goat kids. I'm sure breed has something to do with it...