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Cute babies!
(goat pics)
(goat pics)
ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal
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Finally. Here are the goat pics. They are not the best pics because these guys are so friendly they wanna EAT the camera 
They do not have names. We haven't decided whether we'll eat them or sell them yet.
They do not have names. We haven't decided whether we'll eat them or sell them yet.
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They are pretty guys. I like the face in that first pic.
The look older than Socrates in my very unexperienced opinion..........if your gonna eat them, I'd do it soon.
The look older than Socrates in my very unexperienced opinion..........if your gonna eat them, I'd do it soon.
I saw in RTG's journal that you were looking to see how old they are...with sheep, you can look at their teeth and tell how old they are. I'm sure you can do it with goats, too.
Here is a lamb's mouth:
Here is a yearling's mouth:
Here is a lamb's mouth:
Here is a yearling's mouth:
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Thanks. You can do the same thing with goats too. Last night it was dark and horn size was all I had to go by (and not knowing a thing about these goats).
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They're under a year. That's what their teeth say when I checked this evening 
That is after I had to extricate my fingers from their mouths since they wanted to eat them! 
The elf eared one has runny scours. I'm sure that it is due to change of diet. They are purely on hay right now (they are used to corn and grass). They've also been standing on their rear legs and eating the leaves from the black locust that is within their reach.
Eyelids are very pink, so no worries there. We'll be hitting them with their quarantine deworming tomorrow - I'm going with Cydectin and Safeguard for my choices (Safeguard since it shows some benefit against coccidia and I want to make sure that I'm pushing anything that could be problem for my herd out of them). I'll go with a coccidia prevention round as well.
Just realized that I'm gonna need 24% poultry feed tomorrow. Why couldn't I have realized that I was gonna need it this week when I was at the feed store the other day?
My staple gun is missing. I'm a little miffed about it. Gonna have to really look for it tomorrow morning as I need it to finish up a project :/
That is after I had to extricate my fingers from their mouths since they wanted to eat them! The elf eared one has runny scours. I'm sure that it is due to change of diet. They are purely on hay right now (they are used to corn and grass). They've also been standing on their rear legs and eating the leaves from the black locust that is within their reach.
Eyelids are very pink, so no worries there. We'll be hitting them with their quarantine deworming tomorrow - I'm going with Cydectin and Safeguard for my choices (Safeguard since it shows some benefit against coccidia and I want to make sure that I'm pushing anything that could be problem for my herd out of them). I'll go with a coccidia prevention round as well.
Just realized that I'm gonna need 24% poultry feed tomorrow. Why couldn't I have realized that I was gonna need it this week when I was at the feed store the other day?
My staple gun is missing. I'm a little miffed about it. Gonna have to really look for it tomorrow morning as I need it to finish up a project :/
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Oh...forgot to add...Cinnamon is broody again
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Set 25 guinea eggs today. I have no idea what I'll do with that many guineas but I just couldn't help myself!
B allowed one of the new goats to suck his finger into it's mouth and of course the goat bit him. Blood was running everywhere and it looked a lot worse than it was.
We had an Amish gentleman come out to trim the horse's hooves. I've never seen anyone trim so fast before! He had Jack done in no time. He only did the front hooves of Jessie because she was ready to kill someone whenever her back legs were touched. Her back feet are in good shape though so it's not that big of a deal.
Jack is still walking stiff and the guy told us that he seems to be foundering. I know very little about horses - no real interest in it as they have been nothing but a pain to me...but if anyone is gonna treat these animals (even the ones that aren't mine) it'll be me. So the Amish guy (his name was John) told us to tie him in the barn most of the day because he needs to be taken off of pasture because he's eating too much grass. Does that sound right? Anyone have experience with founder and want to weigh in?
We weighed the new goats. The LaMancha X is 45 pounds and the Alpine X (?) is 65 pounds. They are less than one year of age judging by their teeth but that's all I have to go on. It seems small to me...shouldn't they be larger at their size? They stand almost hip high to me at their withers (sorry I didn't measure but I'm 5' 6").
B allowed one of the new goats to suck his finger into it's mouth and of course the goat bit him. Blood was running everywhere and it looked a lot worse than it was.
We had an Amish gentleman come out to trim the horse's hooves. I've never seen anyone trim so fast before! He had Jack done in no time. He only did the front hooves of Jessie because she was ready to kill someone whenever her back legs were touched. Her back feet are in good shape though so it's not that big of a deal.
Jack is still walking stiff and the guy told us that he seems to be foundering. I know very little about horses - no real interest in it as they have been nothing but a pain to me...but if anyone is gonna treat these animals (even the ones that aren't mine) it'll be me. So the Amish guy (his name was John) told us to tie him in the barn most of the day because he needs to be taken off of pasture because he's eating too much grass. Does that sound right? Anyone have experience with founder and want to weigh in?
We weighed the new goats. The LaMancha X is 45 pounds and the Alpine X (?) is 65 pounds. They are less than one year of age judging by their teeth but that's all I have to go on. It seems small to me...shouldn't they be larger at their size? They stand almost hip high to me at their withers (sorry I didn't measure but I'm 5' 6").
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YOur guy is right, that horse will need very limited grass and needs to not have access to rich hay. If the horse is overweight, drop his weight.
dealing with it now will make things alot easier, but you need to understand that one this starts, its a life long thing alot of time. He'll need his diet monitored for the rest of his life.
dealing with it now will make things alot easier, but you need to understand that one this starts, its a life long thing alot of time. He'll need his diet monitored for the rest of his life.
