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34. Just when you have things figured out, goats show you that you will never know as much as you think you do!

I have tested herbal dewormers on my own herd and a neighbor's herd (with her permission obviously) - in our cases, as obviously it can be different for everyone, there was little to no impact on the internal parasite populations. Fecals were taken a week before dosing, every week during a...

Oh yes, that's me. I'm visually impaired so I don't always recognize faces, but if you tell me you're the one who bought that tiny doeling of Nori's three years ago.... got it! :D

Yup thought so. I keep better track of goats than I do people. :D

JP is a right fine buck. He's going to be for sale after this season, as we'll probably keep a good handful of his daughters and have kept a son from this year. I'm glad Zinnia is feeling better! She makes nice daughters, we have a couple here. :) You'll have to come see me in January! Love...

21. To add to that, bucks will escape no matter how hard you try to prevent it! :barnie

Oh heavens yes - I've made the mistake of placing an open mug down and lost my coffee, tea, or sodie pop right quick! :D

Goats melt do they? ;) ;) Granted, our goats are practically savages and indulge in all types of wild behavior. Wouldn't really consider our beasts "average" hah. :D An immutable goat fact here however - they will absolutely attempt to stamp you to death to gain access to the dairy for...

That's an excellent post about Safeguard @Southern by choice . For us it's our main dewormer against meningeal worms and it's still quite effective for tapes.

Joining in on the no - into the garden they go :)

Round bellies are not always a bad thing in goats - healthy rumen, healthy goat, but the coarseness of their hair (hair tells you a lot about health sometimes!) coupled with the thin toplines and slight pot bellies would indeed have me running a fecal and doing a copper bolus. Good luck!

Yup - the move to doing our own fecals here made a massive difference in parasite control. It's worth it!

Many people like to keep several breeds. We keep Nigerian Dwarves and La Manchas here, although the Nigerian Dwarves are my personal breed, and the La Mancha are the dairy's powerhouse milkers. If you're a casual keeper, there is very little downside to having a "confetti" herd, and often quite...

Looks like folks have you covered - scours can come from many many sources, but running a fecal and looking at the diet are the best first stops.

Self-nursers are very hard to break - if not impossible. Some breeders believe they will teach other goats to do it - I am not convinced, but not outside the realm of possibility. Here is a video of a doe self sucking. I've found that the habit is most likely to form in dam raised goats who...