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i ahvent heard it but George Canyon is the dude from Canada that was on Nashville STar a while back isnt he?

wow love that first doe.

i saw some half lamanchas at the sale this week. some had ears and some didnt. i figured they'd all have SOME little ears. a lot of them had the the things that hang down under their neck on both sides. what does that mean?

(the vomiting sounds more like a plant toxicity to me tho) --sounds like what happened when my goat ate azaleas. flukes usually show more parasitic causes such as anemia and wasting and bottle jaw and diarrhea etc. if you lose another one i would have a necropsy done to check the liver for...

sorry just getting around to reading the whole post. if you are going to use the ivomec, make sure it is the ivomec plus. i use valbazen b/c i can mix it in food or water or drench it adn also b/c its a different type of wormer than the regular ivomec i use.

ive never heard of poisonous snails but it may be liver flukes that are the problem. snails are hosts for them. you may want to worm everyone with valbazen just to be on the safe side. and limit grazing to the afternoons when there is no dew on the grass.

you can keep him as long as he will hold out if you prevent inbreeding by selling his offspring or penning them separately. i have had bulls breed up to 10 years of age before i got rid of them. you will want to make sure he still has good legs and feet and can get around well. this is the main...

i'd keep doing what you are doing. he should be getting about the age to whip her, assuming he is strong and healthy. has he figured out how to get it from behind yet?

is it ok to give goats peashells?

i would love to let mine free range but they wont unless i stay right with them. if i try to sneak off they start crying and come looking for me. so i have to put them in a fenced in area.

Rose, Petunia, Iris, Fern

get a healthy one that has received colostrum, not just one that is cheap.

i would think the only probably would be at feeding time.