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    Goats drying up-Could it be the heat?

    Both of our goats seem to be drying up. Over the last couple of weeks their amounts have fluctuated but tonight they both only did about half a quart. Normally do about 3 times that each at least. We started them on kopsel about the same time and both their conditions and coats seemed to...
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    Anyone use hay bags for goats?

    We're looking for alternatives to our hay manger as they destroy them and waste alot of hay. Anyone use hay bags successfully with goats?
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    Bedding

    Forgive me if this has been posted already. I couldn't find a post already when I did a search, so if there is one that I missed please feel free to direct me to that one. :) Just wondering what everyone did for bedding? We have both goats and chickens. We have been using straw but its...
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    Not sure...

    After some research I'm debating weither or not our Saanan/La Mancha mix has a copper deficiency. We live in southeastern Ohio and just got Emily in March. She is all white. She is feed free choice alfalfa hay, grain at milking twice a day and has a free choice mineral. They graze almost daily...
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    Goat with small white pustules on udder?-FANTASTIC UPDATE!!

    Both of our goats have developed small white pustules on their udders. They both just got over a few small cuts on their udders that happened after they busted through some wire and cute themselves on the way through. I'm thinking maybe a staph infection from the cuts? We keep the cuts cleaned...
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    hey from SE Ohio!!!!

    Hey all! My name is Kala. Been on SS a little while and thought I better get started over here as we keep adding on the livestock! :D We have 5 silver laced wyandotte chicks, 15 barred rock chicks and are waiting on a few delawares to hatch from someone up the road. We also just got our first...
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    Loose Stools

    Wow. This section is a little overwhelming. I've been on SS alot and just recently signed up for this site. We just got our La Mancha/Saanan mix about 2 weeks ago. We slowly converted her to the feed that we are giving her here and she is now (and has been for about a week or more) completely...
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