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    Caustic? Does it work for Disbudding?

    yep, like havirus said, it works, its not gonna eat holes in your kids head, it doesnt really hurt if you get it on yourself. and you dont have to hold the kid (I use duct tape instead of the bandage lol)
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    Free lease agreement

    I'm just wondering, if anyone has had anything to do with free lease agreements for livestock, and if you could tell me please what is usually in the lease agreement?
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    Smallest Full-Size Dairy goat?

    as a rule, toggenbergs hands down. they were originally bred to be small, compact dairy goats
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    Can I make my doe go into heat??

    yes, flush feeding does work. really well in fact. basically it works on the underlying concept that fecundity (ie. the number of ova that are released, and hence the number of multiple births you get) depends on body condition of the doe. As her body condition and weight increases, fecundity...
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    Can I make my doe go into heat??

    The easiest thing for you to do in this case, if put a CIDR or progestogen sponge in her. Leave it for 18 - 21 days, remove it and give a shot of PG, 12 to 24 hrs later your doe will be in season. Or if you want to try a natural method of inducing estrus, google the buck (or ram) effect. But...
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    Help with mating alpacas

    thanks :) oh yes, some of them like to chew up the rule book thats for sure can you give me the reader's digest version of an alpacas cycle?
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    Help with mating alpacas

    Okay now I am even more confused. Last night at 7 days, Thelma sat for him. And allowed him to mate her. What gives? I thought she wasnt supposed to do that, regardless of her pregnancy status?? Also last night, even though I had told the handlers not to test Louise, they did >:( and so she...
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    Help with mating alpacas

    thanks for that, its really more that he is just missing. He probes all over her sides and back end but doesnt find him goal ... :rolleyes:
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    Help with mating alpacas

    well, last night she spat at him when I first put him in the mating pen, but she didnt run and she lifted her tail up, so I encouraged them to try a bit longer. he wasnt all that interested in her after she spat at him, but, after pushing him over to her a few times, he got interested, mounted...
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    Ultrasound question

    maybe you guys are using different ultrasound technology over there to what we have here, but we only scan (ultrasound) at 45 days. At that point you can say yes/no and usually can start to count number of foetus' as well.
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    Anyone ever tried the Udderly EZ Milker for goats

    freemotion ... if its a matter of making it easier for someone to milk while you are away, I would try the udderly ez milker. For most people it seems to go ok, and as I said I would have no problems using it occasionally. landis, machine milkers dont usually damage teats. you have to remember...
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    Does anyone know anything about milk sheep?

    I can tell ya that an east friesian ewe will happily eat at least 1 small square bale of hay a day along with her grain ... Yes I learned that the hard way. They are lovely animals but they will eat you out of house and home.
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    Missy kidded...can't hit a home run every time

    Okay then Rolls ... tell me why exactly, it is a FAULT to have four, clean teats, on a meat breed doe? It is NOT BS that they can feed multiples better than two teated does. I can show you 20 does right now that are feeding triplets on two teats, and another 20 odd does who are feeding...
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    Boer? Boar? Bore?

    I'm serious here ... an ad I read tonight. "2 wight billy gots for sale 2 to 3 years old $40 each" also found another one that was selling deer and alpaches ...
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    Anyone ever tried the Udderly EZ Milker for goats

    Ok - you know how when you milk, you close the top of the teat off, and push the milk out with the rest of the fingers? Well, a machine milker and the ez milker will do something similar to that, along with the suction. The maddigans milker only uses suction - its really hard on the teats. The...
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    Anyone ever tried the Udderly EZ Milker for goats

    Okay, we need to clarify here. The MADDIGAN'S MILKER - ie, the kind that you can build from a syringe (without the middle bit) and a squirt bottle top, or drench gun, is the one that will damage your doe's udder. Its because it doesnt PULSE. The plastic syringe is inflexible, so it just sucks...
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    Help with mating alpacas

    thanks for clearing that up tonight louise didnt run from kerry, but she spat at him, and really he wasnt that interested in her. looked at her once but then couldnt be bothered. kept looking outside the mating pen and making goo goo eyes at the camel :rolleyes:
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    Help with mating alpacas

    well he managed to mate Thelma successfully (I think) lol do we test her again at 7 days? Louise I have been testing daily, I dont know whether maybe she is getting closer to her receptive days, because she is no longer running madly away from him, she is showing a bit of interest in him but...
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    Two new little babies

    Meet my new little girl Dotti. Here's the story behind her. I picked her up yesterday from Melbourne along with her toggy wether friend. The lady who owed them was giving them away, as she no longer had the time for them. Turns out this little girl has the same stud prefix as Derryth from...
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    Help with mating alpacas

    we only just got the girls, Thelma is brown and white and Lousie is black and white. They are maidens, 18 and 16 mths old respectively. Kerry Packer, the boy is about 2.5 yrs old, we got him when he was 6 mths. We also have a rescue wether, Al Packer, who is about 5 yrs old, and we have had...
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