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The vet says it is most likely tetanus. I noticed him grinding his teeth. His umbilical cord gave us problems when he was born. Had to keep putting iodine on it but it just wouldn’t come off. We had to cut it. He got real bad yesterday after he got the antitoxin and penicillin. Wouldn’t stand...

I have a 5 week old buckling who is the oldest of a set of triplets. His sister, the runt, died at a week of age because the mom rejected her and we had to bottle and ultimately tube feed. She just couldn’t fight for life any longer. I noticed this little guy is just not as “energetic” as a...

I've only had goats since May 2014. We have 4 girls and our buck. Plus the 6 week old twins. They are all 2nd/3rd freshening. And all in milk when I got them. Sassy, our alpine kidded in May and they kept her in milk for show. The owners before her said she gave 1/2 gallon a day...we never got...

I don't see why they'd be under any stress. They have water all the time. I make sure it's fresh. last year at this time, our saanen doe began to dry up and was completely dry by November. They eat hay that we've made from our property. They get a sweet mix and also BOSS. They will not touch...

So we separated the babies yesterday. Today between two goats and two milkings 12 hours apart, we got 1 pint jar full of milk! Not good. If the babies were feeding from them, wouldn't they be full of milk? Is there anything else that could cause the drop in milk? I'm pretty sure my...

What in the world would cause my two goats (alpine doe kidded in April and Nigerian/Nubian kidded in May) to drastically drop milk supply? 1/2 gallon a day down to like 1/2 cup! We did have another doe give birth in August. Her babies are there with the others. Is there a chance they are...

This is the only picture I have of it right now. That's her in the middle. I can take a better one tonight when I go out to check on them.

My 2 1/2 year old saanen has a scur that is starting to grow into her head. We got her from the Amish last May. We've kept it trimmed but it's getting to the point I don't think I can do it safely. My husband read about using castration bands on it. He put one on her yesterday. Now I read that...

Thank you for your reply! Right now she is eating hay and loose minerals. I don't give very much feed at all because they will start sticking their noses up at the hay if they get grain. I will plan on cd&t vaccine for her as well. I've heard of people deworming pregnant does as a...

We just brought home a saanen/Nigerian buck and introduced him to our girls. He is now a permanent member of our herd. Our alpine/boer doe was definitely bred. The saanen doe was in heat last week so we may have missed our chance with her. She's acting uninterested in our little guy. My question...

I did not mention minerals, but I do have it available for them. They refuse them. I've been trying since May to get them to eat their minerals, but they just let it sit there. I've tried block and loose minerals. They are very picky eaters. We planned to change the sweet feed over to regular...

This is my first winter with goats. We have a 2 year old saanen and a 2 1/2 year old alpine/boer cross. We are milking our saanen once a day, but she is slowly drying up. Both are in a homemade insulated pallet barn with lots of hay, get fed sweet feed once a day and a heated water tank. My...

Is this a blood blister or something? Gertie kicked over an entire bucket of milk last night on my husband and she was exceptionally angry this morning. Wouldn't let me touch her and then I saw this! What is it? FYI I am a brand new goat owner and know next to nothing! This poor goat was...

The Amish said they didn't bother milking her much because of her small and outward facing teats. It is tricky due to her anatomy. The poor girl is so skinny and we feed her as much as she will eat. Which isn't much. She eats grass in the field, oats, grain and I give her some little treats...

She was so much better this morning! She let me milk her with no drama. I played with her in the yard before tying her up. She doesn't like my 7 year old daughter. At all. I think it's because she is too loud and quick moving for Gertie's liking. She always runs away when she sees Kylee...

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No, she hadn't been tied before. As far as we know she has always lived in a barn with about 10 other goats. We bought her from the local Amish. My husband just kind of jumped on the decision to buy her. She is going to see the vet next week for a check up because I want to make sure she is...

She was very feisty last night at milking time. Gave us a lot of trouble. I milked her pretty much by myself yesterday morning, but last night she wanted no parts of it. Today, she ran from me in her pen and wouldn't even get on her milking stand. I don't understand because she was so good...

Thank you! Yes, we are! This was a spur of the moment decision to bring her home! I'm looking at a different breed for our next goat, just not sure what.

We just got our first goat yesterday. She is a 2 year old saanen we purchased from the Amish. She just had the kid taken from her so we are currently milking her. We named her "Gertie". She has only one horn on her head and has a little beard. Is that normal? She also has very little teats...