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2 year old doe born on my farm. No previous abcesses have ever been noted on my farm. Buckling brought in from "clean" herd in december 2017. Buckling brought in at 2 days old in feb 2018 That was the last one brought onto my farm. The location is not common for a CL abcess, right? It did...

I have a 6 month old wether. I wethered him at 8 weeks. He was eating some allstock, still drinking all the milk he could, grass hay (coastal, they do not like it but it is all that is readily available around here) and some alfalfa hay as well as some forage. I moved them and well, it is no...

9 day old pygmy/lamancha cross is eating 4 oz every 4-6 hours (about all i cab eveb get gim to take) but yells when he needs to pee. I go stand him up, he yells then pees and crashes right there or a foot or two away. He gets up on his own while out in the back yard but still doesn't move far...

Hi Neighbor gave me an orphaned buckling at almost 24 hours old. Lamancha and pygmy cross. He weighs between 4-5 lbs. I have read so many different schedules ranging from the 10-12% of body weight spread over 4-10 times a day to more solid 4 oz every 6-8 times a day increasing with age but less...

wild growing in north Texas. Is it Black-eyed Susan's? I need to move goats into another area. Many prospective areas are covered with these yellow wild flowers. I am trying to get some better pasture rotation. I have some areas that can use some brush eaters but with recent issues, I can...

4year old Nubian doe. No appetite this morning, no appetite this evening, slightly bloody severe diarrhea, off acting and a lump on her jaw. Nursing triplets that are 2-2.5 months old. Udder is not hard. Will check her milk. She looks awful where I check ligaments waiting for a kidding. I left...

The single kid may die on a second freshener. He is off in a couple of ways and not nursing well as far as I can see. I have taken colostrum from momma and bottlefed him some of that but he still isn't nursing well. Doesn't take bottle well either. Pulls back and to the side as hard as he can on...

There is a weird spot on his head and his eyes seem different...

so I know the milk lines need replaced every year. How about the inflations? Also one can use food grade hose from hardware store for the lines right?

My buck was born March 20, 2015. He is not conforming to breed standards of 32" at withers at very nearly 2 years old :( a quick check looks like 29-30" at the withers. He needs at least 2" to hit 32" I admit that he has had diarrhea much of the last 6 months. I kept thinking he was eating...

I have half a barn. The other half will hopefully be built this year. It will be mirror image of the first half and will have a connecting higher "hallway". I know many have the same problem I'm having with designing things right the first time. First year I hand milked in that middle stall in...

Last kidding this season. Lamancha/alpine doeling bred by her own alpine sire.... Looks like every other kid from this sire With Lamancha ears. Single doeling. Here's the problem. I don't know exact time of birth but this baby girl won't use her front legs correctly. Her back legs work fine...

im banding my 10 week old boys. It's my first time banding. I did the first of two and it was easy. I grabbed his brother and only could find one testicle. Is this common or perhaps it hasn't descended yet and I should wait?

I have 2 does I'm milking. I give 1.5 16oz cup dairy goat pellets and 1/2-3/4 same cup size of alfalfa and a handful of boss morning and evening. The Lamancha started picking through the feed a week or so ago and is only wanting the alfalfa. She has always devoured it all. Not anymore. If I...

The others don't look like this. These two twin boys were only the 2nd and 3rd disbuddings I have done

im not in the show circuit. I don't know what is even desired. I know well attached udders, straight back, right coloring...they all just look like cute goats to me. Do any of these have a look like they could do well in shows? I think the registered Nubian I have was grade? If I remember...

I need to do two bucklings soon. It seems banding is the most newbie friendly, but I know it isn't reputed to be the most humane. Crushing with a burdizo type contraption sounds awful as well. Cutting and severing sounds barbaric as well but I know the last two methods seem to be actually less...

I didn't do cocci prevention my first go round but this is my second year and there are more goats and specifically more kids running amok. So in a syringe with no needle put 1.5 cc shoved back into mouth twice daily for 7 days (one week) and then one dose once a week until weaned? Are there...