Well he wouldn't stop bothering me when I hung a new water bottle for the girl rabbits then snuck past me to get in Mr Bunny's Tractor wouldn't let me out of the feed room until I have him part of an alpha cube and had to pretend to be a grizzly bear so he didn't get in by his sister
So he is...
They are not due to for worming until April
Vets don't know much about goats around here farm vets deal with horses and cows
He is up grazing now and came up on the porch for a pet a little while ago so is acting more like usual
I am hoping it is something as simple as he is not sleeping due...
what to try first
No idea yet of anything that he may have eaten. He is not bloated cant see anything that may be wrong
Only things that is new is we spread pecan shells over the muddy areas and gave him a small slice of sweet potato last night (not sure if he ate it the other goats didn't...
We threw some old plants including brussel sprouts and cauliflower from the garden into the pasture not knowing at the time that donkeys should not eat brussel sprouts
She would not eat her dinner or even take a treat tonight
Normally she is very vocal and cant wait to get her dinner
Is there...
We are able to get a bunch of free wood chips from the guys that trim by the power lines. My wife wants to put the chips on the roads in the pastures where we have goats and a pony. I heard that you shouldn't because there might be cherry wood in there. Would it be safe because there probably is...
Let her nurse from the mom her bag was 1/2 the size as when we took the kid
She nursed her but didn't have enough milk. Marigold was still hungry so I fed her she took 2/3 of a bottle 6oz
Left her out by her mom again and first thing she did was lead her into the pastures Think the only way...
My original plan was to take the kid at night
After we took the kid on Friday I was still hoping to find someone that would disbud her so we kept her away from her mom on Saturday and I disbudded her on Sunday afternoon
The mom was not looking for her and if she saw her I just took the kid in...
We are new to goats and farming
Last Friday the mother goat who was dam raised tool her kid to the back field so we took her to keep her from being coyote bait
We named the baby Marigold and she has bonded with us and our dogs she does not answer her mother when she calls anymore
But the mother...