Chickens really- My adventure into Goats

[chickens really]

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!!

Not lice. Vet did a thorough check plus a skin scrapping. It's like something from the ground jumps up and bites them. Then jumps off. I'm trying to figure out what bugs they are and what I can use to get rid of them. I know bronco spray deters many biting insects. My friend had them one year although she didn't know what they are either? You can't see anything on the goats at all. They stomp, buck, scratch, run and then hide. It's raining here today and nothing is happening to the goats today.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I would treat their lounging areas and them with some DE powdering....it can help with many different things and will not harm any animals....I can't swear it works, but we used it with our goats and never had any issues....at least til ya get an answer and can target better.....

 

[chickens really]

I would treat their lounging areas and them with some DE powdering....it can help with many different things and will not harm any animals....I can't swear it works, but we used it with our goats and never had any issues....at least til ya get an answer and can target better.....

Thanks, I'll get the DE tomorrow when I go to town. My cousin just mentioned chiggers and No seeums again so I read up on the two bugs. Possibly is my problem? Definitely awful for my poor goats.
I'll need a few bags I suppose because it's only in the big goats yard that they act like something is biting them. Never in the nighttime pens.

 

[chickens really]

Pouring rain this morning so I had to put Levi and Pearl in the Coop again. The outside pen leaks when it rains. Thank goodness Levi can walk on a leash now and all I need to do is carry Pearl. She is a bit harder to leash train. Although I must admit I spoil her so if she gets upset I just carry her.
I am so HAPPY that I don't have anymore outside Birds..
I guess I should start calling the Coop the Goat barn? Goat shed?
Can't call it the Goat Coop!

 

[CntryBoy777]

One thing about DE....it is nuetralized when it gets wet and like sevin dust....a little can go a long way.....not sure about up there, but in Mississippi the oak tree mites were horrid....they are what got us started with DE....

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

On,y thing I definitely know about DE, and really that stuff you use to powder all the animals..wear a mask!! It’s crazy on your lungs! Also..it will make you feel soooo bad for the goalies, because they cough too..so, try to do it outside...obviously, not when it’s raining.. Our dog gets bit by the ‘chiggers’..right by his dinger...he scrat..he’s a bulldog, he’s stalky with short arms...he looks like he’s doing something dirty when he’s scratching and we all get a hoot! Now I’m blushing, three shades!!

 

[chickens really]

One thing about DE....it is nuetralized when it gets wet and like sevin dust....a little can go a long way.....not sure about up there, but in Mississippi the oak tree mites were horrid....they are what got us started with DE....

Jeepers you also have bad insects too. I wait all winter for summer and the bugs ruin everything that a person wants to do!
We get lots of rain here. I wonder if a pesticide would be better? I'll have to do more research...

 

[chickens really]

On,y thing I definitely know about DE, and really that stuff you use to powder all the animals..wear a mask!! It’s crazy on your lungs! Also..it will make you feel soooo bad for the goalies, because they cough too..so, try to do it outside...obviously, not when it’s raining.. Our dog gets bit by the ‘chiggers’..right by his dinger...he scrat..he’s a bulldog, he’s stalky with short arms...he looks like he’s doing something dirty when he’s scratching and we all get a hoot! Now I’m blushing, three shades!!

It's in their private area and in the flanks. Sometimes on the face but not as often. My horses are not bothered by these bugs.
I can just imagine you blushing!

 

[chickens really]

My Son is off work today so we will rake up the goat yard and I will spray the ground with this mite and lice spray I have left over from my chickens. I will contact UFA today and ask if they carry a pesticide that kills these types of bugs too? Although I will have to know if it harms plants and animals if used too?

 

[chickens really]

Over the last few days Levi has turned into the Gingerbread Man. He won't let me catch him. When I bought him he was like a puppy and didn't matter where he was you just picked him up. No catching him. Now he runs away. Although this morning he runs away but comes back trying to bunt me and grunts too. I'm thinking I made the right decision getting him castrated next week. He has little Man syndrome right now and thinks he is a Buck. Once caught he is a sweet boy again. Funny how a 24 hour period makes a difference with animals.