goat

Post pics of your fav farm animal! I am a goat lover so goat pics are WELCOMED! :D :celebrate

I'm sure all of my questions could be answered by surfing through the other threads on this site more deeply, but I'm pretty new around here and still feeling my way around. Anyway, my Rosie-girl (two year old Alpine) is pregnant! Her due date is April 17th, and as the time is getting closer...

This goat was rejected by his mother and was about to die without interventions. After getting his body temperature up and giving him colostrum for the first day, he seems to be having problems with his front legs. I'm not sure what it means or if it's normal of far from it. I hope to find the...

Newton as of this afternoon has taken to sitting in her she'd and yelling at anyone and everything including our chickens. Her utter has developed nicely her stomach has dropped and her hips (under her 3 inches of hair) are protruding. And there is signs of something dried on the end of her...

I have only seen slight movement when my doe is on her side. She's about two to three weeks away from having her baby. And I'm probably just over thinking things. Over a few posts I've read people are saying how their FF'S babies arent as noticeable as more experienced does when it comes to...

My goat is supposedly due potentially in the next two weeks. We are only guessing. I was wondering how can you tell if her stomach has dropped? The top two pics were taken tonight and the bottom one was two days ago.

My 1 1/2 year old Nigerian Dwarf, Arrow, is having a rough time. I am hoping someone here has some advice or experience with a similar issue. Arrow was wormed with Ivermectin pour-on, per vets recommendation at the end of Sept, '16. Shortly after, I noticed flaking, dry skin on a couple does...

This morning I went outside to let him out of his pen so he could roam, and found him on the floor, unwilling to move. He's more proactive now, trying to stand up on his own, but is unable to do so. Right now he is able to stand because i have his front end propped up with a stool. I've had him...

What is in your goat medical supply kit? Why do you have what you have? What do think are the most important supplies to keep on hand?

I am curious about the different schedules based on different areas of the country. For example: Someone up north would be more apt to giving a pneumonia shot than someone in the south, where as someone in the south would be more apt to worry about worm load. Tell me, what do you vaccinate for...

We just got most of our woods cleared and want to keep our goats and maybe our horse on some of it. However, there is a big pond by it and I was wondering how far the fence should be away from it as a minimum? Thanks!

Morning! I thought I would share with y'all our new recycled loafing sheds. The cattle panels were originally purchased three years ago. We have tons of them lying around, and tons of hog panels. The wire that was used to the there together was baling wire off of our bales of alfalfa. For...

Hello BYH-ers! I'm looking at hay possibilities for the winter and was thinking about round bales... how many bales do you think would be needed to last from Oct-May for medium and large sized goats? About 15 goats? We have pretty cold winters here too. Thanks! BWG

Currently, the only vaccine I am giving my herd is CDT and I am looking into the pneumonia vaccine and possibly rabies. I am interested in what other people are doing - why, age you give it, and how far apart you space it from other vaccines. If you are giving a live vaccine, please specify why...

Has anyone here used Bovi Sera? Do you like it? Why or why not? Nobody I know uses it. I have been told that fortified vitamin b complex is actually a better immune booster than Bovi Sera. I have also heard that people don't want to use it because they don't know if it derived from clean...

Hello all! I got this goat bred in winter, and she kidded in January. Her condition was decent, not awesome, but not rescue either. I kept her well fed, and milked her fit several months. I noticed her getting a bit skinny, so i decided to stop milking. Overall I have noted several issues I...

So, I'm a little confused- about half of what I read says to increase calcium intake during late pregnancy with alfalfa or perennial peanut to prevent hypocalcemia, and the other half says to only feed "regular" hay during late pregnancy because their body will "forget" how to get the extra...

We got into goats a little over a year ago, and in our herd of 16, 6 (yes, 6) are bucks...:th:th:th Unfortunately, only one is a good quality, registered buck (a Saanen). AND, there are two sets of pretty much identical twins... Anyways, if I can get rid of the rest of the bucks, I can get a...

This morning, Almondine, my Saanen doe, had considerable milk reduction. She has had a cough for a couple weeks. Not sounding awful or wet, just coughing more than usual. This afternoon, she got her CDT shot. Later this afternoon, I noticed she was acting strange- wasn't very excited about the...

What is the best and quickest disbudding iron for goats? Thanks!