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    Lamb doesn't eat...

    My little lamb is 4 1/2 months old. She was a quad and very small when I got her at 6 weeks. I bottle fed her milk replacer lamb gro. She took a long time to start on hay and grasses, but I cannot get her to eat her ewe ration or drink water at all. I still give her half a bottle (250 ml) of...
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    Newborn goat twitching?

    I've gotten a newborn Nubian, born last night. Has had 24 hrs of mothers milk, but was rejected by the mother, so I took her home. Bottle feeding going fine, diaper changes regular, but I notice she is twitching off and on. This is my first newborn, and I'm new to goats. Is this normal??
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    Can lambs eat goat ration or should they have sheep ration?

    I have goat and sheep babies, and have been feeding them goat ration, is that OK, or should they be fed separately??
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    Lamb not drinking water, eating hay or grain 12 weeks old!

    My little (bottle fed) lamb (a quad I was told) isn't eating hay or grain or drinking water as are the others her age I bought with her. They are growing and weaning off the bottle, but she is still very small 20 lbs and only taking the bottle three times a day. She shows no interest in trying...
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    Need advice! Lamb ram, ramming baby goat, baby goat not amused!

    I am NEW to sheep and goats! I have four babies I just bought, two lambs male and female dorset texel cross and two goats, male (wethered) and female, all around the same age, like 10-11 weeks. All bottle fed, we got them 6 weeks ago. They are eating hay and grain plus bottles. Weaning starting...
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    CL or Wattle Cyst??

    Hi, I'm new here and new to goats too. My goal was to have a couple of dairy goats for milk and cheese. Foolishly (trusting) I bought two baby goats and two lambs from an unknown source, the female kid had a lump just behind her wattle, but I was told it was just a little cyst and no big issue...
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    Runt Lamb, when to wean her

    Hi all, I am new here. I have had chickens for a couple of years, but a few weeks ago we got 2 lambs and 2 kids, all around 8 weeks old (so they told me) I have been feeding them Grobers Milk replacer 3 times a day about 500 ml each feeding. I give them hay and grain pellets too- the two goats...
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