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Thanks to you all! I really appreciate the help!

Thanks guys! Will try the ivermectin injection on her. Is that the one for cows? Ivomec 1% Cattle and swine? And as for breeding...do not worry there...we definitely would not after seeing her teats. I wish I had a better photo to show. They are much closer and really awkwardly placed in...

Hi all! We recently purchased a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf does and two bucks from a local family who needed to sell because husband was in military. Most of the does were friendly (and bred) but two or three were a little wild. We were finally able to get a close inspection of one of...

Hmmm....never thought of using the dried or powder form. I was actually looking for the live grains. Do you use th epowdered form? Any difference? Same health benefits with the live and the freeze dried?

Looking to get some live kefir grains. Had some a while back and was making the BEST smoothies with the kefir and my raw goats milk...until my daughter threw them away thinking I left spoiled milk on the counter!!! I wanted to cry, but she thought he was "helping" me clean the kitchen!! (She...

Hello all! After worming your sheep, do you allow them back onto the original pasture? Or do you drylot for a few days and then turn to original pasture? Or do you wait for a week on original pasture and move them to a new pasture? I have read so many conflicting things on the internet that I...

Hello all! Posted a similar question in the sheep forum specifically about sheep but now I also have one for goats as well! After worming goats, do you allow them back onto the original pasture? Or do you drylot for a few days and then turn to original pasture? Or do you wait for a week on...

Morning all! I have a two year old Finn with scours. Had them for about a month now. No temp, still eating and drinking great. Nursing two little ram lambs (5 wks old). Wormed about three weeks ago with Ivermec. No vet as our horse vet will not do sheep and goats. When we moved her and...

Thanks! He is a cutie!! If you click on the pic, it will make it easier to see. Not sure why so small. As for his spots, will they darken with age or will his spots just be light like that forever?

Aww, thanks for the advice all! Never tried to do a picture but here is one of the baby! Will try to get udder pics later!

Hello all! My Nubian just had her first kid here at our farm. We purchased her last year while still in milk. She had a single buckling (who is ADORABLE, btw!!) on Monday. We are leaving him with her at all times and was hoping to milk again once he was weaned. Problem is she has sooo much...

Great advice you guys! Thanks so much! Love the support on this board!! What about the eye sight? Will they eventually get it? I think the smaller of the two's eyes are opening up just a smidge more this evening. He seems a little bow legged as well.

Hello all! Seems I am always posting about the bad and never the good! We had another Finn ewe (first time mama) give birth last night to 4 babies. 2 were dead, 2 were alive but incredibly smaller than the other two that had passed. The two little boys definitely look premature to me...

Hello all! Posted a question on the sheep thread, but that led me into additional goat questions... We had one of our Finn sheep abort this morning about one month early. All the other girls are fine thus far. We did give her a shot of antibiotics and think we should give the other ewes one...

Forgot to ask one additional thing...Our two Nubians were sharing the same pasture last week while we repaired and added additional fencing. They are both pregnant as well. Should they be given something as well? Out vet will not do sheep or goats even though they have been coming to our...

Start an antibiotic on the others and not her? Or on all of them? I did so much reading today and seems like some feel the antibiotics are not a great idea unless you are certain it was bacterial (basically to avoid antibiotic overuse) and others say definitely give it. So confusing! Thanks...

One of our Finns (this is her first breeding) lost her babies today. She was not due until after March 27. The other girls are still pregnant and no one has had any issues thus far. My question is why did she go early??? Out of the three lambs she had, two were developed but really small, and...

Thanks everyone! Greatly appreciate the advice...for a newbee like myself, this forum is invaluable. Cara...exactly where my head was going also! I know what it felt like for myself so I was so worried about how she would feel!!

Hello all! My Nubian girl (FF) has been slowly but surely winding down in her milk supply. She kidded in Jan or Feb, can't remember as she was not with us yet. She has consistently given us milk until she was bred back in the middle of November. Her milk supply has been going down and down...

Hello all! Have a few questions about freezing goats milk....Is this a way to save milk for when the doe is not currently in milk? I have read varying reports on freezing pasteurized goats milks that it may seperate when thawed. as opposed to unpasteurized which seems to thaw better without...