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Has anyone had an issue w/ a goat getting the disease caused by deer worms??? I have a billy who startedhowing signs of limping about a month ago. I figured it was due to all the wet weather we have had around here. Maybe causing hoof problems. After a couple days of cleaning his hoof and...

I have a couple pygmy does that look like death warmed over!! One of them had kids this past winter but they are now sold and she is still not looking better. The other had a kid but tlost it young and still looks like a rack of bones. They are getting all the hay they want, grass and weeds of...

Can anyone give me some advice on ear tags? We have used several different ones and they seem to fade within a short amount of time

I have a 4 month old Angus that has been bottle fed from birth. I recently dropped her to 1 bottle a day and she gets all hay she will eat and about 2 cups grain twice daily. How much grain should I be giving her and when can I totally stop bottle?

We just bought a Par Mac RM1 100 mile fence Charger. It is a 6.6 joule. When we hooked it up today, the digital display on charger is reading 17.5. We thought it could only read up to 16.0 . Does anyone have any experience w/ this charger or know the highest it could possible read if fence is...

Went out this morning and found that my 5 yr old nigerian billy was limping. It seems to be in the hoof area but yet doesnt look like it needs trimmed. It has been very wet and muddy around here lately. I cleaned his hoof w/ bleach then put LA300 directly on it. Now he also is showing signs of...

I have a bottle raised pygmy who will be 3 months old on the first. She has been indoors since birth and weather pernitting she joins the herd thru the day. I have just now got her to eat grain!! And of course she is eating hay!! But I have never seen her drink. When she is out all day, I...

I have a pygmy that will be 2 months old on March 1. She is the first that I have had to raise alone indoors. She hasnt been w/ the others since 2nd day of her life. I do however let her out to play w/ others when weather cooperates hoping she will learn to do what goats do. I feed her a bottle...

Im just trying to wrap my head around all this. I had a 2 month old who has beeb bottle fed from the get go. About a week ago i got him weaned off bottle. He has been acting great. Eating hay and drinking warm water w/ the others. Went out last night and he was loving on me as usual. I...

Does anyone know if I can use Ivomec Pour on for catttle on my goats for worms? I have heard to give it orally but did not know for sure.

My 2 1/2 week old pygmy has been bottle fed from day one. She is doing great but I cant seem to get her to go more than 4 hrs before yelling to eat. I have been trying to get her to push for every 6 hrs like I read online but she just cant do it. I am feeding 6 oz. about every 41/2 to 5 hrs. is...

I have a 2 week old pygmy who has been indoors since she was about 10 hrs old. She is doing great also. It stays about 67 - 70 degrees in the house but I would like to put her back outside with the other goats. Here in WV it has been in the upper 60's today. SO I took her outside to introduce...

Im thinking about getting into Mini Nubians. Does anyone else raise these and how are they compared to Nigerian Dwarfs and Pygmies?

We have a couple cows that seem to have 1 or 2 bare places on the neck area. I was wondering if anyone had encountered this in the past and if it could be lice? Didnt think lice was bad in winter but I may be wrong. Was thinking of treating w/ ivomec pour on but questioned the winter also

Just noticed that both my 7 week old pygmy goats are scouring pretty bad. It is dark green, black. One is bottle fed the other nurses mom. Could it be worms and what to give them

I have been feeding this calf powder milk since birth and she is doing great. I almost ran out of milk so made a trip to TSC yesterday and bought more. It is a different brand but pretty much same ingredients except that the new is medicated. I gave her a bottle last night and mixed 1/2 and...

I have a pygmy baby who has been getting bottle fed from birth. He is going on 7 weeks old. As of right now, I he gets 9 oz milk 3 times a day. Free choice hay and water also. He is huge and far from starvation. I would like to drop him to 2 times a day ( bottle) but dont know if he is old...

I need ideas on keeping pygmy goats inside. As of right now the one I have is 2 days old, so very small, and I keep her in a huge tote. I let her out on the floor to run and play for a little bit at a time while Im watching but I cant have her pooping thru the house. Especially when it is that...

I have a pygmy ( got to be crossed w/ something) that I bought this past summer. She came here looking pretty rough but w/ some TLC she has turned into a very nice looking doe. She had kidded in the past according to last owner but I had no clue how she did. Went out yesterday morning to feed...

Ok I have a 1 month old pygmy billy that was acting normal earlier today. Running around the lot with his sister and also nursing momma. I went out tonight to check on them before bed and found him curled up in front of momma sorta stiff like. I cant seem to get his temp up no matter what I...