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Hi ya'll. :frowI still poke my head in the forums from time to time when I have a question or to use the search function. Life has just been so busy. My email is real backed up, so it's a wonder I saw this. I've got a herd of 22 goats, 1 4-H fair lamb and countless chickens. We HAD ducks, but...

Hey there, :frow@Baymule ! Good to see you too!! 😊 The lambs were born in January. She's a Hampshire. Would it be bad for her if I didn't breed her for a year or so? I'm not really well set up to keep her for more than a pet right now. We're going to send the wether to freezer camp in the fall...

Yes, she was a bit on the chubby side, as the judge let us know. 🤭 It was my daughter's first year showing a lamb and we learned a lot. We won't look to breed her anytime soon. I'm just hoping she'll bond with the goats and they won't snub her.

I came here to ask this exact question. My daughter raised a ewe lamb for the fair this year and the buyer gave her the lamb back. We raise Nigerian Dwarves and I do understand the differences in their diet and management. The companion wether lamb that we have had in with the ewe will be going...

Yeah, it turned out gross, smells meaty. I've rendered back fat from deer before and it was pure white, solid and odorless. We're hoping to raise our own pigs before long. I have a farm now, inherited my dads. It needs lots of work before we get to that point though. Wow, I never realized BYH...

We bought half of a hog off of a friend the other day and I asked the butcher to save the leaf lard for me. First time I've done it. I was expecting it to be harder than this, just taken out of the fridge. It was a bit squishy and stuck to the bag. And after rendering and cooling overnight it's...

Ok, thanks! Just wanted to be sure I didn't overdo it.

I have a question on this... My girls are now about 30 days out from kidding, but the previous owner gave them their Bar Vac the day we bought them, which was in January. Should I give them another dose so soon for the benefit of the kids, or is that going to be too much?

I've been reading through this thread and I've got some questions about gestational nutrition and how to go about changing/adding to their diet without causing bloating or diarrhea. My girl, Katie, is in her last month of pregnancy and we found out recently her mama, Julie, is pregnant also...

The Benadryl is for me. :) Liquid for kids works faster than the pills. A doc at urgent care told me I could take up to 100 mg. Not saying this is the wisest thing to do if you have a bad allergy. I broke out in hives once from a wasp and that's why they gave me the EpiPen. I hope they've got a...

We did finally get her over the bloat and her poops are normal again. Now we are still dealing with the aftermath. The vet thought her gut biome being off probably contributed to her allergic reaction to the antibiotics. She is supposed to kid in mid-May, if everything works out. We've been...

Just to update on Katie's condition after our scary episode of shock yesterday: she is perky today and out grazing, but she has had a touch of an upper respiratory infection since the bloat. I think she aspirated a little of the Therabloat when the vet dosed her because she coughed a lot after...

Thank you for the advice. This is all new to me. I had been top dressing their grain with a tsp of loose minerals and baking soda. I have mixed 12% sweet feed with a goat ration 50/50 and they get one cup of that daily, which was what the folks I bought her from had fed her. They also get a...

That would be wise, seeing as how you never know when you might stumble upon a hornets' nest. :confused: I thought my doctor was just paranoid, so I got tired of carrying mine, and the hundreds of dollars to buy a new one each year. I do carry Benadryl on me though. The dose on my EpiPen was...

I went back and looked at the label later. The expiration date was August 2013! :eek: It is a total miracle that it even worked. The fluid was still clear. I had always kept it in a dark cabinet. I knew it was life or death to try.

This happened to me this evening! Katie was on her 6th antibiotic shot and right after she was wobbling around like a drunk with her eyes closed and 10 minutes later dropped. I had read about the possibility of shock, but didn't think it would happen on a shot she'd had before. I had EpiPens on...

She had no froth from her mouth and I knew it was grain she had gotten into. Our grass is not lush or growing yet either. Tapping her side made a hollow drum sound too. The probiotics the vet gave her are really helping. It is a thick, cheese-like paste. Not sure of the brand. It just said...

A Nigerian would probably be half, two-thirds then maybe? She's looking perkier and less rotund this morning. She had a large bowel movement overnight, mushy, but at least not runny. I had wondered if I should start her on electrolytes. You guys have been so helpful. Thank you!

We were all outside working in the garden and the chicken yard for hours while the goats meandered about within view. I did catch her in the chicken feed while I was right there. I didn't think she got much, but you know how fast those little lips can move when they think they've got something...

So sad about the twisted gut. I am reading it is not common, but not much can be done for it either. :(