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    Sheep hoof issues

    Thanks, I will still try to follow up with some photos if I can get them of his feet.
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    Sheep hoof issues

    This was from mid June, right after the trim, it was better than when I first observed him in early June. The Sheep are almost never pastured out near me, and I don’t really interact with them much due to family tensions.
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    Sheep hoof issues

    Unfortunately he has been moved to the other side of the farm. Somehow, he managed to injure both his flanks as well, (he was in a poorly fenced field, and I think I know where he did that) or “may have been stuck between two trees or rocks” so there’s some family issues as well. I don’t have...
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    Sheep hoof issues

    Have a 4year old Wether who developed a limp. He had slightly overgrown hooves (I trimmed them) but he’s still limping quite badly and has red knobby growths between his toes on the top of the hoof that I think might be causing the limp. We are in the PNW and are still pretty wet after a very...
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    Goat possibly ate a needle/pin

    Update: she is fine… and I just found the darn pin. With my foot! It was about 8’ away from where she ate the rest of the little plastic flower, and under my living room chair. She did have some pretty red poops for a while, which terrified me further (probably the result of the red plastic...
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    Goat possibly ate a needle/pin

    I haven’t found it… and I’ve torn the area apart looking. I can’t believe this has happened as everything “really not eatable” has been put away for months and there should have been no way for her to reach it but she did. For instance my sewing kit is in a tin, and in a drawer for this very...
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    Goat possibly ate a needle/pin

    My goat broke out of her crate while I was outside putting up my chickens tonight and may have swallowed a plastic poppy, pin and all. In Canada we wear poppies on a 1.5” long sharp pin like a sewing needle in late October until we affix them to wreaths in a November 11th a remembrance ceremony...
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    Slaughter houses are making a killing.

    I’m in Canada, and although we haven’t been hit quite as hard with the backlog here, many of the issues come from not being able to hire qualified staff, and people not wanting to do the “dirty” work of processing. Granted 8-10 hours of eviscerating or scalding and plucking chickens is not...
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    Baby goat has lice

    Seven dust is Not available here, unfortunately. I have used this (cattle pour on) on my chickens (at a much lower dose) and it knocks out lice and mites (even SLM) on them very well. It’s something you basically drizzle along your cattle’s spine in large amounts. For chickens I apply a few...
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    Baby goat has lice

    I rescued a feral goat baby about 8-9 days ago and have been monitoring her for pests, expecting to find some based on the wild nature of her origin. Today I found nits and finally saw some adult lice as well. I’m in Canada, so my treatment options are extremely limited. I have some revolution...
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    Baby goat eating odd stuff?

    I have a salt and mineral lick for her, she is now eating a tiny bit of alfalfa and goat ration, still going for my catfood and anything we are eating. She is also taking had fed organic salad greens (not the spinach or chard) I am thinking she is a little older than we initially thought. Around...
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    Hello from Canada!

    Hi! I’m in the SGI region of Canada, new to goats but have cattle and chicken experience... nice to meet you! I’m on BYC more than here. Seems less chatty here and more informative, but still good people all around!
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    Baby goat eating odd stuff?

    I picked up an orphan feral goat ~1 week old now we guess. Have her on a bottle feeding schedule m, but she’s chewing everything, but ignoring the hay I’ve offered her. She is trying to eat my cats food, every little bit of plastic she can chew, and is now after licking my lasagna plate. Any...
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    Orphaned Baby Feral Goat Bottle Feeding

    Oh, I should add today’s comment by DH... “you’re going to have to train her to have her horns painted, to keep her safe. The ear tags are too small or too big, and a collar isn’t safe” we have several friends who come here to hunt the goats. As do our indigenous people, and some locals.
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    Orphaned Baby Feral Goat Bottle Feeding

    We are definitely taking to the bottle more now. She took about 2oz tonight after I cut the replacer 50/50 with cow milk. I don’t like the way the replacer smells anyway... like cake mix almost. I was told it was more appropriate though. I wish I had a dog or something she could cozy with...
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