thank you all for your input. @Ridgetop @Baymule @Mini Horses @DellaMyDarling @B&B Happy goats & @Hens and Roos and anyone i missed*
everything is well! He is super nice to her now (well, right after the night i first posted).I have been soo busy this last week , I kept meaning to reply...
Hey guys !
I brought home new goats (3 does,and a little doe kid) and a beautiful HUGE (buck) to my original other 3 does. I got the new ones all from my mom ,closed herd healthy ect. from colorado to my place in Missouri.
Everything has been great ,no health problems or anything soo far (its...
Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?
I took my does to get bred and in 2 weeks got pink eye and scabby eyes ,but the most concerning are these sores,they were worse than this picture.The sores &scabs are on their vulvas and up their tails.
My vet was kind of stumped as well, he said...
@Tatiana Blackburn hey if she is drinking water on her own ,you might try giving her a bowl/bucket of her bottle/milk ? just make sure its nice and warmed up:thumbsup
hey guys !
I've attached a photo of my little doe, when I got her she had a scab on her nose and now she doesn't have the scab but i feel like more hair in missing now on her nose.
I am pretty sure she has ear mites cause she shakes her head and had some little scab-like bumps in the ears and...
@Tatiana Blackburn I've never done the whole milk thing, but don't give her lactaid.Do you have anyone around that has regular goats milk? you can try calling the local vet and they may be able to help you locate someone nearby with a fresh goat.
i'd be scared to start her on a bottle with milk...
Thanks for the info, but what about the hay.....with grass hay can i bloat them? they eat the hell out of anything I give them. Even the straw ,they eat the heads off it all day.
Im just horrified of bloat.
also * my kids are Boer and Boer/ cross
hey guys!
I got my 2 babies (now 2+ months old) nice and healthy and happy, thanks to all who previously gave advice last month.
My husband made a fantastic shed out of tin for them that is plenty big for their futures, and i finally got them out of the house" completely"....phew!!! is it nice...
Thank you, yes I know how to disbud with the iron , just was seeing if there was another way /option.I am 10 hours from my family farm now , soo I don't have an iron to borrow(and there are few goat ppl around here)was hoping to hear good things about another method....but i just spent the last...
Has anyone ever used that dehorning paste?
What were your results?
issues? pros and cons?
Which product did you use?
any other techniques I could do?products ect. besides an iron?
*my little doe is a month old with about 1/4" buds
thanks for your input!
Just an update on my new little doe*
Her fecal test was good, no signs of parasites ect. she was over fed. I gave her electrolytes as her dinner bottle and today her poop is in a "bunch" not singles yet....but at least no more Diarrhea. I also went ahead and got her a CDT vac (cause she only...
Thank you. Yes she is 15.8 pound.She otherwise looks healthy:) I have a vet right down the road ,I'm going to go have them test her diarrhea, just to be on the safe side.
@Southern by choice I just got her today (my new kid)id say she is 10 bls ...yes i thought her feedings were alot.......but then i had to buy the milk replacer she is on and it says 2 cups 3xa day her age.....sooo.ugh.
I gave her a little less of a bottle tonight because of her diarrhea. The...
@Southern by choice
sorry for the confusion....
-my original doe (boer X) 1 mo. old- 8 oz. 4 times a day ( about to got to 3 ) and bigger bottles on moms milk
-new kid (full boer)3.5 weeks old (getting 2 cups replacement milk)3 times a day
@Goat Whisperer
thank you soo much for your response.
they were feeding her 3 bottles x3 a day of formula. ( 2 cups)...id say she is about 10lbs which is way more than I'm feeding my healthy "momma milk" baby (im giving her 8 oz. 4x day) and she is 15lbs.
the new kid has obviously had a super...
hey guys,
Long story short , I have a bottle baby that I have been raising (a month) with her mothers milk ( mom wouldn't take her.) I have been milking close to 48oz each day from her and freezing the extra.
well just some background, my in-laws had the baby( and momma) and know little on...