We have about 6 goats that we decided we are not going to keep, we have dairy goats that we are keeping of course. The goats we don't want to keep are very sweet and they are given love and they're very well taken care of, unfortunately we cannot keep too many. I understand the life cycle where...
We vaccinated some of our goats and I noticed on some of them there is a small growth under the skin in the same area where there were injected with the vaccine. Does this mean the vaccine was applied improperly? What can we do now? Thanks In advance
Our goats have not been vaccinated before we got them, or tested for cae, we will be starting by giving them the cdt shot and have them tested, my question is, can we give the CDT vaccine to the goats in milk? I know we can vaccinate the babies at 5 weeks and then a booster shot after 3 weeks...
Today Mickey our oldest goat (4yo) gave birth to a male and female baby goats. We were very fortunate with the two previous births with no issues at all but this time something different happened, Mickey did not want the baby girl at all, she would push her, bite her and tried to step on her. We...
We just started milking our goats two of them gave birth this week so we started training them do you get up on the milk stand. It was a battle to get them to stay but eventually I was able to get some milk out.
Can anyone suggest a portable milking machine hopefully one that is battery powered...
Right now I have one 10'x10'x8'H very cozy shelter where I keep 4 goats (corral is much larger) and I was wondering if I really need to build a stall for the goats for when they give birth, say 4'x8'x8'H. The place where I got them had only one very large shelter where they could come in and out...
I have 4 does, 3 pregnant one to give birth in a month or less, this one will come to me if I'm holding sweet feed in my hand but if I try to touch anything else besides get head she starts turning and avoiding me; the other two are skittish and it's hard to get a hold of them. I've been trying...
Hello Every one, first time here and already with a question, hope someone can help. We have goats in Braddock Heights, Frederick county MD, I found out I might have to file for an exemption to have goats in my property (no issues with anyone yet) and that something I could use advise on as well...