Here's a weird one for ya...

[cmjust0]

Hey CM....The mention of red clover just reminded me of something.

I had a couple young does miscarry 3 yrs ago. Had tests ran and no issues w/ disease. My vet's best guess was all the clover in our hay....seems it triggers estrogen production, and can make does abort or recycle.

Not 2 weeks later I read pretty much the same thing in goat rancher magazine. I quit feeding clover hay toot sweet after that.

Now, I'm not saying "FEED NO RED CLOVER"....but what I was feeding was nearly pure red clover (got it for a song).

Just recalled you had a doe lose her kids early in a pregnancy....
something to think about, not saying that's what it was for sure.

Ya know, now that you mention it... I've actually read a bit about the link between clover and estrogen, too.. It was something about grazing animals on clover before breeding to increase fertility, or something like that.

Never thought about it being bad for pregnancy, though..

I'm still not actually sure if anybody lost a pregnancy or not.. Since then, we've had several does -- all first timers -- come up with a little speck of blood on their vajayjays periodically. Nobody seems to have returned to heat, either, but....well, they were bred late, so they may not have returned anyway.

I may draw blood and send it off to be sure.. Or, I may just wait it out..

So much going on at work, at home...life in general...bred status in the questionable does is the furthest thing from my mind at this point*.


* -- State of mind subject to change without notice.

That's good info, though.. Worthy of research.

 

[freemotion]

Red clover blossoms are used as a powerful herbal remedy. Pregnancy is a contraindication. Never thought about it in hay.