URGENT!!! Really skinny dairy goat needs to gain weight

[Southern by choice]

We were posting at the same time...

I will cull my meat goat in about a week though so it is not like I am too sissy to do it. No offence, but please do not suggest that anymore thank you for understanding.

Keep in mind when people suggest culling they are not saying killing.
We are not a politically correct forum but we do try to be sensitive.

 

[Hens and Roos]

I agree with the others!
Have you checked to see how much the vet charges for a fecal? The natural wormers are better as a preventive. Once the goat has a high worm load most of these "herbal wormers" don't do the job.
I you cannot have your vet run a fecal, you can mail a sample to the link below. I believe it is only $5 a sample and can possible save your goats life.
http://www.midamericaagresearch.net/instructions.php

As the others said, increase her grain! Look and see if you can get a few bales of Alfalfa or Chaffhaye. You need to be careful with the Chaffhaye though, as it tends to mold and needs to be used up quickly.

If you order the Ivemectin from jeffers, you can get the Normectin. The Normectin is less $ than the "name brand" Ivomec. They are both 1% ivermectin.
https://www.jefferspet.com/products/noromectin-injection

that's a great link to have regarding the fecal samples- thanks for sharing. I will be reading it.

Welcome to BYH, glad you joined us!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oops - need to welcome you too! Hope you get this gal fixed up and hang around. What other goats/animals do you have?

 

[Feo]

Oh wait, Beekissed did you mean the dictionary definition of culling (separating from the herd) or buccaneering her? Where I live, culling is what some people say when they mean butchering. But apparently the real meaning is just to separate from the herd. sorry if I was wrong

 

[Feo]

Oh wait, Beekissed did you mean the dictionary definition of culling (separating from the herd) or buccaneering her? Where I live, culling is what some people say when they mean butchering. But apparently the real meaning is just to separate from the herd. sorry if I was wrong

Oops, i was autocorreted and this says buccaneering her. I meant butchering. sorry I had to edit my apology.

 

[Feo]

Thanks Southern By Choice, frustratedearmother and Hens And Roos!! Never been welcomed to a site... I own 2 mini rex rabbits, named Ace and Kit. Kit is about to give birth. The goat I posted about is my registered Saanen girl, named Willow. Another one I have is a Pygmy goat dibbed Angel. She is the exact opposite of an angel though LOL. My meat goat (who has no name) is going to be butchered soon. I have a duckling named Miracle (there is a reason she has that name, I'll tell you sometime) , one bantam chicken named Sunny, and the best horse in the world named Pippi Longstocking. I used to own more goats, but I sold them a couple month ago.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Would love to see pictures of your critters

 

[Latestarter]

To cull an animal, like you said, technically means to remove it from the herd. How that's done is up to the herd owner... they could simply separate it so it is no longer part of the general breeding populace, they could sell it to permanently remove it from breeding stock and make it someone's pet, or they could sell it at auction or privately or use it themselves as a meat animal for butcher/processing. No problem for you keeping her as a pet

 

[Beekissed]

No offense taken...but when you ask for advice on a public forum, you'll get many suggestions and many of them a valid point that may or may not be to your personal taste or liking.

I'd not be likely to suggest culling her once again after reading the sentence "I would never dream of culling her", so no need to ask me not to suggest it again.

 

[Feo]

Would love to see pictures of your critters