Sweetened's 2015 Kidding thread (Last arrival 2/23)

[Southern by choice]

Most of the U.S. is deficient and other soil and plant contents impact absorption as well (like sulfur, iron and molybdenum). I bet it is similar in Canada. That said, our vet isn't keen on the shots and we have only had one who had an issue (which he said was just her poor confirmation--he was in error and we treated her with gel and now she has fantastic shape that visitors even comment on). I know others will tell you the paste isn't worth its weight but it did help her.

Alot of the vets here give the Selenium shot automatically which drives me nuts... we (our county) isn't deficient yet the ones around us are. 2 of my vets are not big on the Selenium shots for goats and won't sell a bottle for anything! Cattle here always gets it though.
Glad to hear the paste works pretty good. A few years ago the kiko's had some soft legs down on their pasterns... we just did the kelp balls and in 3 days they were fine. Last year we did half dose of Selenium even though my vet was very hesitant... I think it was helpful. We have extremely high iron here and Dr. L at NC State thinks we may have a problem with the Molybdenum... it seems like we will be doing our yearly sampling of a percentage of goats for mineral analysis as long as we live here. UGH.
I think we have paste here too @Pearce Pastures ... glad you saw good results. I will check the exp date on mine in case we need it.

 

[babsbag]

We always give the BoSe shot to the dam before kidding and many times to the kids too. Minerals with Se and extra Se mineral blocks too; and even with that when we have to have a necropsy done that goats are almost always Se deficient.

I have a friend that is a 4H leader and she has 3 life sized stuffed goat kids that she will cram into a giant pickle jar and then have here 4h kids try to untangle them and identify parts without looking. It is a fun time and a good learning experience. AND HARD so you did a good job.

 

[madcow]

Congratulations Sweetened on your husbandry skills and a great outcome from a difficult birth! Difficult births are scary as h*ll and my first 2 with my pygmies (who are notorious for difficult births) had to have assistance. I lost my herd queen and her 2 bucklings last year because she didn't dilate and I hesitated to call in the vet. Thankfully all our births since that time have been unassisted and resulted in live births. Birthing is always scary to me, simply because so much can go wrong, and I'm devastated when it does, because I feel responsible in some way, even if it isn't my fault. Some goats always have problems with birthing, but for the most part most births happen without mishap. Your bucklings are just adorable and you should feel proud in how you handled the situation.

 

[Sweetened]

I guess i forgot to update days.
Gladys, day 152, a little friendlier, otherwise no change.
Flora day 148, no change
Tootsie, day 148, still has the incredible disappearing and reappearing ligament act, however is opening up and showing signs of discharge.

 

[HoneyDreameMomma]

Wow - I missed some excitement! So glad everything worked out so well. Congrats on two beautiful boys - they are cuties!

 

[Sweetened]

Gladys day 153, no change.
Flora and tootsie, day 149, no change.

 

[Sweetened]

Gladys is kind of standing and marching in place, appears to have a little discharge but nothing significant, udder hasnt grown and ligs are still there. Her genitals look like... maybe pelvic floor exercises are going on in there? I think i saw this with agnes last year but cant remember.

Tomorrow is day 154 for her and 150 for the others and OF COURSE i have to work. I have friends coming at 10:30 and 3:30 to do checks and i will come back at lunch for a check. If they could just wait until im home after work, thatd be wonderful (but you just watch!!!). My friends are great people but have no experience with this at all.

 

[Sweetened]

Gladys, day 154, seems to be putting more in her bag, otherwise no more changes, back to her old self.

Tootsie and flora, day 150, no changes.

And it just needs to stay that way until 5pm my time tonight.

 

[Hens and Roos]

hope she waits for you!

 

[luvmypets]