Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

[Southern by choice]

The goat behind the green gate with pink collar looks like she may have psoroptes cuniculi- the balding and the crusty parts are the main indicators. Very few ( other than rabbit people which I know you are one ) know about this mite.

Your new addition will have weight and condition on her soon enough!

So happy for you!

 

[Hens and Roos]

The goat behind the green gate with pink collar looks like she may have psoroptes cuniculi- the balding and the crusty parts are the main indicators. Very few ( other than rabbit people which I know you are one ) know about this mite.

Your new addition will have weight and condition on her soon enough!

So happy for you!

I have to admit, I am not familiar with this one. What is the best way to treat?

 

[Southern by choice]

I have to admit, I am not familiar with this one. What is the best way to treat?

On a goat - dip cotton balls in mixed up permethrin 10% and wipe over ear after cleaning the ear, try to get scabs off if possible, usually there is a secondary ear infection that is treated with oxytet 2 shots- first shot then 72 hours later 2nd shot
Repeat the dip to ear 10 days later.

 

[Hens and Roos]

On a goat - dip cotton balls in mixed up permethrin 10% and wipe over ear after cleaning the ear, try to get scabs off if possible, usually there is a secondary ear infection that is treated with oxytet 2 shots- first shot then 72 hours later 2nd shot
Repeat the dip to ear 10 days later.

Good to know, thanks for sharing the information!

 

[samssimonsays]

I too was not familiar with it. He was stuck in the barn all winter because of he was with the others they chewed on his ears horribly. (Alpine did that to all the others....) and the other buck was very rough towards him. I will have to talk with the vet and try to figure out where to find that. Vet never caught it...

 

[samssimonsays]

She finally milked out beautifully tonight. Not a lot as she was conditioned to once a day milking and has been so difficult that I've had to stop in fear of her breaking herself or the things holding her (she has a lot of weight behind her). I have half a gallon almost from two days of trying.. But I've also been letting her drink most of it to help as well. Maybe I'm wrong in doing so but I felt it best to put what was getting taken back into her for the time being. She's gained enough this past week for me to feel ok in taking some for me now as well. That's huge. I will try to share more pics later from today.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

She finally milked out beautifully tonight. Not a lot as she was conditioned to once a day milking and has been so difficult that I've had to stop in fear of her breaking herself or the things holding her (she has a lot of weight behind her). I have half a gallon almost from two days of trying.. But I've also been letting her drink most of it to help as well. Maybe I'm wrong in doing so but I felt it best to put what was getting taken back into her for the time being. She's gained enough this past week for me to feel ok in taking some for me now as well. That's huge. I will try to share more pics later from today.

Maybe I read this wrong- are you letting her drink her own milk? Someone told me goats are lactose intolerant after weaning so drinking dairy products can be harmful to them.

 

[samssimonsays]

I've never had an issue. It is her own milk.... I was suggested it by an old time farmer so I'm not sure. She's doing great with it really. I think you have to weigh your options and she was very dangerously skinny so I felt it was best at the time.and lactose intolerant people can have goats milk in many cases so I'm not sure goats would react to their own milk.

 

[animalmom]

I've read elsewhere (Dairy Goat Journal, I think) where this woman would milk her girls and then take what she needed for her human family and then split out the balance between her goat pens. Every goat got some milk even if she had to add some water to stretch the milk out. If I remember correctly this woman has been feeding back milk to her goats (bucks, does and kids) for years and swears by it.

Sounded reasonable to me...

 

[samssimonsays]

I've read elsewhere (Dairy Goat Journal, I think) where this woman would milk her girls and then take what she needed for her human family and then split out the balance between her goat pens. Every goat got some milk even if she had to add some water to stretch the milk out. If I remember correctly this woman has been feeding back milk to her goats (bucks, does and kids) for years and swears by it.

Sounded reasonable to me...

Thank you for this! She has put weight on much quicker than if I would have continued to just take it all from her. She gives soooo much and is soooo skinny. I couldn't not try it. I hope to keep all or most of it tonight even if it is just enough to see how much I get from her and then share it back. We would like to be keeping her milk but I feel better about her having it and we have almost half a gallon from her in the fridge for me from the past two days so that will last a bit for me.