Can someone tell me what to do for a goat that has eaten too much bread?? We have Nubian goats and over fed them with bread. They seemed to enjoy it...
I save the first 3 days for future emergencies, in breast milk baggies (left over from my lactation!) You should always try to have some colostrum in teh...
How do you know they have an upset? What are the symptoms? Right now I would just start with some baking soda, just dry in a little dish, it will help with...
I dam raise my kids. From the first day they kid, I put my does across the milkstand to monitor how they are doing. I ensure both sides stay even, and milk...
Learn about nutrition in a ruminant and how that walking about, composting vat of bacteria, protozoa work! Basics are that any feed stuff that can make a...
I always make sure I have colostrum in the fridge for all occasions, well labeled for animal, date, whether or not heat treated (CAE prevention in goats), etc....
Thank you Donna, I am learning....my husband had gotten some bread for our hogs and thought it was ok to feed the goats some. Bad choice, we lost two but the...
Cheryl, runny stool, bloated stomach, slow reactions, not able to stand, not drinking, not eating....it was a terrible 24 hours, we lost two of the older milk...
Rose, I'm sorry that you lost your milkers. Those are the hardest lessons to learn. Lots of us have had to learn that way, too. Becky (speaking mostly for...
I got a copy of this, and I agree on the pepto bismol working on mild digestive issues...My uncle in Texas told me that one last year...They used to raise...
Rose, I'm so sorry for your loss! I know how hard it is to lose an animal, especially when we look back and see that it's something that could have prevented....
I didn't have enough room to finsih my subject line (I guess I am a talker...lol..) I made some ice cream up and posted about it on my blog. It's a little on...
Hi Rose...My friend said the stuff she uses for bloat is called C&D Antitoxin. I asked my veterinarian about it yesterday and she said it is actually designed...
We have some beautiful doelings and a couple of buck kids for sale by our herd sire, Angel-Prairie Wonder Real Khan *B cream cou clair S: Willow Run...
If anybody is planning on keeping wethers and buck you should get the booklet "Diet for Wethers" from Hoeggers and read it. Wethers and buck just don't need...
If anybody is planning on keeping wethers and buck you should get the booklet "Diet for Wethers" from Hoeggers and read it. Wethers and buck just don't need...
Thanks for the information. Do you know where I can get a copy of the "Diet for Wethers". I have a feeling I won't be getting another wether for a pet, but who...
Ok now wait! and go look very closely at these two boils. Are they weeping? Do they have a hole in them, are they draining pus? The reason I ask you to make...
We will be disbudding our babies tomorrow or Monday. This is our first time doing it ourselves; in past years, a friend has come and done it for us. I don't ...
Mine never had it, but most peope do give it. ... From: Bethann Mathews To: raw_goatmilk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 10:35 PM Subject:...
Hello, No hole in them or plus coming out. The one is pretty small about penny size. The other is bigger (more redish looking also.) I'd say the bigger one is...
My goats will get the occasional crust or piece of crusty French bread or hard roll but never lots of bread. Many years ago we went through a garlic bread...
if the kid has had a CDT shot in the flap of the armpit many times it will form a sterile abcess and maybe burst, or maybe not. Sounds like it to me. The other...
Hi folks: I'm new. I'm curious of the effect of the use of Cydectin and/or Moxidectin in goats that I plan to get milk from. Are there any ill effects in the...
Years ago I had a similar situation with fresh corn. Myself and another family lived on the same farm, renting separate houses and sharing the 32 acres. The ...
