New Calves, Feeding?

[jhm47]

Unless your goats are on milk, they are safe. Baby goats that are drinking only milk would be a different story.

 

[Hummingbird Acres]

Unless your goats are on milk, they are safe. Baby goats that are drinking only milk would be a different story.

Do you mean on the mother or if they are on replacer? All of our babies are nursing their moms.

 

[jhm47]

Most likely they are safe, since they are nursing their mothers, and I would assume that you don't handle the teats of the mothers without washing/disinfecting your hands after working with the calves. I would watch out for crypto and coccidiosis in both species. Crypto is especially nasty to eradicate in young animals, and humans can become infected. It is a parasite that spreads readily from species to species, and is often picked up in sale barns.

 

[larryj57]

http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/2966_img_6272.jpg

I hope the picture shows up

ok the calves are almost a year old here they are