Do they look ok weight wise?

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Yeah my computer is not wanting to work so I'm stuck with just iphone pics.

My vet won't do fecals so either I need to find another vet or I need to learn to do them myself. Probably both. I saw what I thought were worms in one's feces. So I dewormed 3 of them with quest plus horse dewormer (per one of the breeders recomendations) 3 x the normal amount for horses (the nigerian dwarf kid had recently been wormed with cydectin so I skipped him). Then again 3 days later. This was less than a month ago.
 

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It was only one goat I saw with that but I figured that since they live in very close quarters and browse in the same fields that it would be good to get all three.
 

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Flat small and like rice- segments? More than likely tapeworm.
Have you looked at their eyelids and checked color?
You can pull up online the FAMACHA card- they won't be precise in color this way but may help you to see where they are as far as possible parasite loads.

Tapes are not a big concern unless they are really loaded and basically the affects of the tapeworm are that it does rob them of nutrients, but they are not bloodsuckers like barberpole or flukes.
 

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Well the wormer I gave was for many reasons. I saw the white bits, the feces was clumped instead of berries. I thought it looked like tape worm but I know next to nothing. And honestly, their eyelids, even after worming still only look pink to me, not red or a good bright pink. To me it is more pale pink. Maybe it is the lighting in the barn. Natural but not sunny.

They had a pretty heavy stress load from moving to be with me at my place, meeting a couple of new goat buddies, being tied out in the woods throughout the day, different browse offered, the nubian was attacked by my dogs (didn't break skin and I caught it very early), the lamancha was attacked by yellow jackets and obviously stressed, and the alpine was bitten by a copperhead.

But I think they are all ok now. Esp if you all say the weights are looking ok. According to the tape measure method about 3 weeks ago, lamancha was right around 60, alpine was around 67 and the nubian was around 110. Just maybe trying to put some weight on the nubian because I'm hoping the breeding took from a couple of weeks ago. If she is naturally thin i will have a hard time keeping her not too thin when pregnant and milking.
 
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