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And by the way I said I, not you, it is how I feel about it.

Please tell me how it is ugly? I have goats, I am not required to have goats, it is a choice, and I am responsible for those goats, the same way I am responsible for my children. Is responsibility ugly? I don't understand your statement?

Yep culls happen, I raise a goat for 2 years, invest several hundred dollars in her, and she gives me babies for 8+ years, its a pretty good investment. Or, I can tell the goat to live off the land, not spend a dime and expect the animal to give her life for me. Culling is necessary to improve...

How about using cattle panels wrapped around t-posts (in a circle) you can feed the dog in there, and then use the panels if you need to later? Temporary cheap fix, inside the pen.

We can't really help you diagnose your goat based upon the information provided. With that said, I would call the vet and have him/her looked at if the limping did not improve in a few hours. While I was waiting for the vet, I would use a hose turned on low, and run it on the hurt area-as long...

Woohoo, congratulations, it sounds like you are well on your way. Most vets have one class, taught from the book Goat Medicine and that is it regarding goats. Goat Medicine is available to anyone.

I guess I am not reading the same things some of you are. The sympathy was offered up, then some people suggested things that others found dangerous, and now a few of you are taking offense? No one in this thread beat up anyone, geesh folks we are all adults right? Are the word police here so...

Some dog food is rice based, and goats can not digest rice, so I would agree, keep the dog food for the dogs, the dogs penned up for an hour a day to eat if you have to.

It sounds fine to me, and there is no issue with red. Most of the really good goat minerals are red tinged. As to your girls looking less than desired when you are milking, have you tried adding beet pulp/Calf Manna to their feed program.?

I agree with no nonsense.

Happy to help.

Pygmy goats take a little longer to mature physically and mentally. When does give birth too early there can be major issues, and in a breed that is prone to kidding issues, I want to stack the deck in favor of a successful kidding. I have kidded does out for others who had accidents and does...

Years ago I had a buck someone had ruined with shoving and hitting, and that bugger would get you when you turned your back. The buck I had would slam us when we were dumping feed dishes, heading out the gate, or petting other goats. I gave him to a farm that runs their bucks with their does, in...

The challenge with fly masks is they can let in fine particles, and even some hay dust. When this happens the horse rubs their eye on their leg to clean the eye, making things worse, because the junk that is under the mask has no where to go. My horse scratched his lens from a fly mask, I no...

I'm sorry for your loss, and given your situation I would NOT allow the next goats out of their pen, it is just too dangerous.

I don't shove goats, think about how they interact, shove yields shove, kneeing equals butting. When they jump, I step aside, 2-3 times of that and the goats figure out their foot resting spot moves and it isn't fun. Back when I was new to goats I tried shoving, and wound up with an extremely...

Dam raised kids sip, and seldom gorge. I feed every 2 hours around the clock with new borns, you can see kids who over eat even on that schedule. Bottle babies just don't get the low level immunities dam raised kids do. I'm not saying there is something wrong with bottle babies, I've had quite a...

I NEVER breed my Pygmys before they are 12-14 months old.

I am a Vet Tech, and I have worked with a number of vets those that were schooled in the states, and one who went to an off shore school, then tested in in the states. I found the off shore vet easier to work with, but a little less skilled/arrogant when it came to procedures (it could have just...

I use the label directions on the liquid Safeguard. and 4 x the label directions on the paste.