Chickens really- My adventure into Goats

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My goodness. What a beautiful day here yesterday and my allergies were horrible!
My husband had harrowed the driveway and every allergen I think got stirred up! Then he mowed all the grass too!
I took an allergy pill and it knocked me out for half the afternoon.
I don’t take medication for that reason..
I cooked steaks and Fancy and Ozzy were bawling at me so I got them their food for bedtime and opened the gate to put them back for the night. Normally they run back into the pen excited for supper. Not yesterday. Fancy took off bounding like a deer across the lawn and started eating grass. Ozzy was confused and very impatient waiting for his supper. Meanwhile my steaks are sizzling on the BBQ! Took me three attempts to get Fancy back to the pen! Needless to say I wasn’t impressed with her
Had the kids out. They are so adorable. Pearl looks bigger than Levi in the picture but it’s just the photo.

 

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Oh my goodness I have another pet and I always forget to include him in my menagerie of animals I have.
Mr. Bird is a Cockatiel and 16 years old. Got him as a chick. He is not a big Cockatiel either. He is Bossy and hates me. Loves my husband though. He has his own radio and has to be on 80s metal music mostly. He also loves the oldtime Bluegrass hour on Sunday mornings if I remember. Dances his little legs off. He is picky about food and prefers budgie seed. Will not eat Cockatiel feed that has the fruits and nuts. Millet spray and a a bit of fresh fruit or veggies is all he likes. He sleeps covered with a sheet over his cage and you can't wake him up till he is ready or he will be cranky all day yelling his head off. He yells during commercial breaks at his radio or if he hates the song. When he is ready for bed he yells again. He is let out daily and has a big mirror to admire himself.
The house will be very quiet once he passes away. I will never get another Cockatiel though.
I will post a picture of him in a moment.

 

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When I bought Pearl I bought her Momma too. Ad said Pigmy goats.
Was close to home so went to see the goats. I didn’t expect them to start loading the goats in my crate so quickly. Momma was a big goat. Scary too. She still had another Doeling but they kept her.
The Doe I sold to my friend. Poor Mother goats hooves don’t look like they ever were trimmed.. long like slippers and way too crooked! Housing was super small without access to see outside of the pen. Zero pastures to exercise either. My friend says Momma is doing good and trimmed her once so far.
I got confirmation that Momma is a Alpine/Boer goat and my little girl Pearls Dad was a Pigmy. All I know is she is a sweetheart and a goat. Pictures of her and Momma the day I bought them.
I don’t know why people neglect hooves or proper care but get animals anyways? That's my goat housing for night time. Not the goats yard.

 

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Levi’s Momma. No picture of the Buck though. She sold him after breeding. He was a Black and white Holstein colour though. Blue eyes. I guess not everyone takes pictures?
Levi looks like his momma with his little snout though. Her husband wasn’t impressed with the money she paid for the buck so she bred and resold him quickly.
Levi isn't a true black and white. Actually a tri colour Buckling. That's what he has brown eyebrows and a bit on his legs and skirting. The brown comes from Momma.

Yes

 

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I have a bug problem and it is definitely a bad biting thing! Can’t see the bugs. Goats were treated with ivermectin as a recommended by Vet. Not actually fleas I don’t think? Jiggers/sand fleas or No Seeums?
Anyways I have sandy soil and pine trees. Something is biting my goats. They buck, stomp and run from the bugs.
I was told you can’t use Deet on goats? I can get Bronco bug spray though.

 

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Levi gets castrated next week as planned. I look forward to healing.
Not a big price and the medication afterwards either.

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

It sounds like they have lice...there is biting and sucking. I’m sure it’s just biting. That’s not as harmful, but it needs taken care of for the goats. Ivermect is the first phase...you need to thorough clean out the barn...thoroughly! Then spray it all with permethrin spray..lTS has it in the back..I bough5 the small bottle for $7...next time I’ll get the big bottle. Apparently in the hot months you can apply it topically? Running along the ridge of back? Something like that. It was always cold, so didn’t read much about it. After you spray the barn..you need to dust the goats..you get the dust at TS too..it’ll be in the same section...there are many brands...it just has to say that it kills lice....it’s a powder. Now, we put it in a sock...wrap the sock around the top of the bottle. Shake some in..you don’t need a ton! Tie it off. Then dust the goats. You and them will cough a lot...just a fact. When I say dust them..don’t need to go overboard...just get back if neck, sides, belly, etc. then repeats this in ten days to kill the eggs. This works great. But, I will warn you..in my experience..these darned things..if you don5 take great action...you’ll, find yourself, redoing it all a few months later..ugh!!

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

Levi gets castrated next week as planned. I look forward to healing.
Not a big price and the medication afterwards either.

With bands?

 

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With bands?

Yes banding. With freezing plus pain meds and slow release antibiotics.

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

We did bands with Willy..I’m glad you’re doing pain meds...poor Willy screamed and didn’t eat for 1 1/2 days...so, be prepared that Levi might not want to eat? I’m sorry you won’t have kids...but, it’s still an option, you can stud out Fancy, buy a buck, and then sell right away... to be honest..I did not want a buck at all! Ferdinand fell into our lap..blued, polled good looking NZ at a good price...that doesn’t happen...he’s not a bad buck either. The only issue is keeping him away from the girls. That’s a problem right now as the double fence isn’t set up, due to time. So, I think you’ll be happy, in the end that you don’t have to separate your goats. That’s my biggest issue. So glad to have you on here my friend!