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I have a 2 year old fainter girl with 2 golf ball size lumps on either side of her neck. They are not directly under her chin or down by her front "shoulders". She wears a neck collar and they are just above that, so about half way between chin and shoulders. She's acting fine, eating fine etc...

It's very cold here right now(-35f) and I'm giving my goats this power punch every day & wondering if my alpaca can have it. I dont see copper in it. I'm in & out of the house doing chores now so thought I'd just post here & someone might know.

Hi all, I posted earlier this week about possible bloat in a fainter we sold. He doesn't have bloat now, We drove to see him yesterday and his belly is squishy on both sides. He's still lethargic and nothing like he was when he left here(he was my favorite little guy and I almost kept him but I...

Hi all! The new owner of one of my fainter babies called last night. The little guy had a swollen belly and wasn't acting right. It had been warm here(high 80's) and he was eating all day and owner was concerned he was starting to suffer with bloat.(He's still alive this morning). They had been...

Hi all. We had twin fainters born a couple days ago in the cold/wet weather. Both were fine, and mama is nursing and caring for them. Last night, though, I noticed little boy's ears had flopped quite a bit. Googled it to see what it meant, thinking i'd read it can be a sign he's not well. Went...

Apologies in advance. Posting on phone while holding baby goats. Two weeks ago today I heard screaming from pen & saw wet baby goat alone. Surprise baby! Both parents are fainters. Baby was 2lbs (since had another surprise baby that is 1/2 fainter 1/2 pygmy & she is much bigger!) Tried to get...

Hi all, Some of you were kind enough to help me with this little abandoned goat and his goat lice a week or two ago, much appreciated! But now I have an entirely different problem! He's in the house with me right now. Background-5 week old pygmy dwarf from neighbours farm rejected by mama. I...

Hi all, I've recently inherited a 3(now 4 week as of today) old baby dwarf pygmy that was rejected by his mama at birth. His previous owner had him inside, but is no longer able to keep up with the feedings because of work, so now he lives here. BUT today...I found what looks like eggs....and...

We had our Holstein steer weighed (well, we had the truck and trailer weighed, then came home and picked up the steer and had the truck trailer AND steer weighed) at the co-op. I don't think the weight can possibly be right?! But then it's the co-op, surely they are checked often?! My question...

Hi all, We have sheep mineral out for other animals and was wondering if it's ok for the cows to have access to it. ( I know that Sheep cannot have Cow mineral-I'm talking about cows having sheep mineral). Just went to check the bag of mineral for specific ingredients and there's no tag on the...

Hi all. After talking with the vet re-our calf with the bad back leg she mentioned that if his forehead was also round he likely had a genetic defect. We only talked on the phone, she was already pretty certain that a calf born 6 weeks early and with a bad back leg was not going to survive...

Hi all. I'd like to show a photo of what I'm talking about but can't figure out how to upload it :( Here's the deal. Calf was born 6 weeks early on a neighbors dairy farm. They kept him for the first 3-4 weeks and offered him to me so I took him. The night I got him home(only a 3 mile drive)...

Hi all. We have a breeding pair of jersey woolies. mama had a kit of 4 3 weeks ago. We separated the male from her, but would like to put them back in the same cage again(with babies if possible). They're his babies, but not sure if that makes a difference. Do I need to worry that he'll kill...

Hi all, In addition to farming and working I make pottery. Every once in a while, usually after a kiln opening, I try and give a piece or two away. Right now I'm giving away this mug that I made: To enter to win you will need to like the facebook page at www.facebook.com/theaspiringpotter...

:/ Hi all. We bucket feed 3 of our calves and, sometimes while I'm making the buckets up, the kittens will dip their heads in and try and drink the milk replacer. I'm just wondering if/how harmful this is. To be honest it's not easy to make buckets up AND fight off little kittens but if...

We have a 9 week old jersey calf who's eating hay, grass and grain. Going to start weaning him off of the bottle and was just wondering how everyone here does it. I've been looking on line and there are lots of different ways it seems. Some say to still do 2 bottles but cut the milk out so it's...

As I'm unsure what a coccidiosis poo looks like I thought, heck-technology is a great tool-use it! =) So I'm able to share my cow's poo with you! :) Aren't you lucky. Believe it or not this actually looks better than yesterday-yesterday was just runny runny runny-sank right into the hay. :(...

Hi all, sorry to be so troublesome :( I think my first two calves had me a bit spoiled, now I'm paying for it with these 3. They've all been scouring since I got them a week ago. 1 had pneumonia and was VERY sick-has bounced back from that but still has scours. The other two(whom I've...

I know I know-it's a risk you take when you buy sale barn calves... :( One of the calves we brought home monday has pneumonia. I knew by monday night that it was sick-called vet/neighbour down an she confirmed that it was pneumonia. She gave him a ($15!!) shot of draxxin and his fever was gone...

Hi all! We currently have 3 different areas on the farm with calves right now. One(calf-in 1 area) we got from a farm 5 weeks ago, one calf(kept in barn) we got from sale barn 2 weeks ago and 3 calves(kept on different side of barn) we purchased this past monday from a different sale barn. The...