Sorry if this is a dumb question ...
This is my first breeding season, I have alpines and nubians. Have the girls separated by breed and have been co-habitating with the respective bucks for the last 5-6 weeks. I have been gone with work a lot and seen some mounting going on, but I cannot...
I brought a very healthy looking 4 month old buck Monday. He has been acclimating well with my does that are about the same age. I gave them a little alfalfa to split yesterday afternoon ... don't usually give but just a little of this at the time, about 3 times a week.
Buck has diarrhea this...
One of my kids was disbudded on the day I picked her up, the other about a week before. They've scabbed over pretty well, but both have knocked the scabs loose playing, causing some minor bleeding yesterday. What do I need to do to keep the area clean/disinfected? I just wiped the area down with...
My wife just called and said the baby took 3/4 of a bottle right after lunch, pretty enthusiastically. She does have access to food, water and grass as well. She saw her urinate, but not doo-doo ... I guess we need to just keep a close eye out ...
Dumb questions again:
-I assume you mean just 'people' milk of magnesia, syringe fed orally?
-I don't know what PO and SQ mean
-How do you make a baking soda ball?
Thanks so much for the thought and responses so quickly on this ... I'm ready to get on it.
Hello,
I am new to goats. I bought 2 alpines and 1 nubian kid this week and all seem to be doing well. The nubian is a little over 2 weeks old and still on the bottle. She has wiped them out pretty good (mix of goat milk and AllNurse) and pretty fast until this morning. She did not seem...