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I apologize, I didn't see the part about the young children. We use masks or cover our mouths with our shirts to keep from inhaling the dust, and my brother has asthma so he isn't allowed to touch the goats or breathe within a five-hundred feet radius close to them for a while, LOL.

I don't know about fleas as I'm not sure that goats get them, but I have dealt with lice. They are species-specific so you don't have to worry about them getting on you. I use a dust similar to Sevin Dust on ours when they have lice but I'm in an FB group where a lot of people use Cylence or...

I also want to say that if an animal has been having diarrhea long enough, parasites might not appear on a fecal even if they're loaded with them. I have a feeling it's coccidia by the way it's spreading to the rest of your lambs. I googled the normal temperature for a sheep and it's...

I raise goats, not sheep, but sheep and goats are similar so I'll tell you what I would do if this was a goat. I know in goats that using replacer isn't the best. We use whole milk from the store as it is the most similar to the mother's milk. I don't if that's the case for sheep or not...

I don't know about you guys, but we have some goats that have a tendency to choke on their grain. They start hacking and coughing up pellets, grain, saliva, etc. It's definitely a pretty nasty experience. They've always managed to make it through alright after I massage their throats and calm...

You should make sure you purchase from herds that have been tested for diseases (I'm fine with just CAE and Johnnes, but CL is always a bonus) and that the land/area you will have your animals on hasn't had any other kinds of livestock on it that could spread any diseases that goats could contract.