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yesterday I noticed a kid pretty down and out so I separated her out gave her copper Bolus and some corrid thinking it was a little coccidiosis or something. Today my mom called me to tell me that she was thrashing around and screaming so I rushed home and by the time I got there she was dead. I...

we have a predator that likes to drag its victims head through the bars, eat the head off and then leave. We heard a commotion out by the goose pen and went out to find our female sebastopal with her head pulled through and the skin ripped off the back of her head, so it must of grabbed her at...

That thing she is laying on is not a bed but a hay feeder..... Why as a fairly seasoned goat keeper I did not think to attach it better and add supports is a mystery.... Why we like them just the same no matter how much naughtiness they commit is a mystery also

normally we get ultra 24 multi species milk replacer for our goat kids but it's anywhere from 28-40 dollars for an 8 pound bag depending on where we can buy it from which is expensive. This year wer going to be having a lot more kids then normal to bottle raise and I was wondering what some...

our peacock was looking Down and out the last few days and scratching at his face so I caught him and looked in his mouth. He has a huge infected dying flesh growth that smells on the roof of his mouth. I think it goes up through his sinus and the whole side of his face is swollen. I believe he...

We've had rabbits for years and years and after years and years of cleaning out icky smelly Magot ridden trays we decided to make the switch to earth worm beds! I got ahead of myself and made all of the plans for the new cages and bought all of the lumber and wire and stuff, before I got all of...

I live in northern wisconsin so we have a fairly short season and all but I know a fair amount of people raise bees around here and we have a small homestead and I was looking at getting into it. Is there any equipment I can start building on my own over the winter? What do I all need? Is there...

I purchased a lamancha doeling (about 8 months old now) a few months ago. When I got her she had a little bit of a runny nose but was otherwise healthy and I attributed it to the fact that she was in a really dusty older barn when I got her. I kept her separate from my herd for a few weeks and...

Does anybody have quail, and if so how do they handle the cold? I got coturnix this past spring and we live in northern wisconsin so it gets cold. So far it's gotten to freezing and they where fine but we reach -20 here sometimes in the winter. I do have a heated shed they can go in if they can't.

we have a couple adult turkeys and decided to purchase a few young ones this summer. They where fine but all of a sudden,once the young ones hit 2-3 months ,they acted lethargic, got yellow poop and within a day were laying dead in the yard. They all died within a week of each other and only...

someone gave us a rabbit who has fly strike in the hopes that we would be able to save it, does anybody have any suggestions or should it be put down? Bathed him clipped the dirty hair on his butt off and covered the soars with blue coat and put vasaline in it so any maggots that came out would...

One of my saanen does did not kid this year, but was living with her kids from last year yet. she had dried up this last winter, but she randomly came back into milk; I saw her last years kids nursing off of her and assumed they had some how brought her back into milk by nursing off of her. They...

we have an orphaned doMestic rabbit we're syringe feeding, it's 3 weeks old now but won't gain weight. The mom died giving birth and we managed to get him a surrogate mom for a week but then she rejected him because he was smaller then her babies and we switched him to hand feeding. He gets half...

My 2 year old nigerian dwarf bucks eyes are swollen red and oozing badly . is this a sign of something worse or is it just an eye infection and if so what would the best route to curing it be? He doesn't have any other apparent signs of sickness

My boer doe kidded about a week ago and as of yesterday one of her doelings is not using its front legs. I know around here the soils very low in selenium so I thought maybe white muscle disease and gave her one full cc of selenium yesterday and no improvement. If something spooks her she'll hop...

my 6 year old sable doe has a lump under her jaw. at first i thought under the skin cyst but its the size of a large marble, hard and it moves some. the doe also has had hairloss but i credited that to lice, maybe not the case? she also seemed a little under the weather but not to bad. help...

i have a 2 year old ND doe who started loosing hair along her back. on closer inspection there where small burnt brown yellow orangish (sorry dont know how to explain it like a light toned brown orange lol) little bitty pests crawling around in there. A couple months ago i had a buck pass away...

:rolleyes: so I have yet to breed my does, its just hard because my buck died and all available stud services are several hours drive. So here i am trying to get them all bred before they quit cycling (I have registered sable does and 2 grades, i'm very very anxious because there will be no...

I was looking at doing my CAE testing throught Bio-tracking and was wondering if $4.00 an animals is a good price?

I probably won't be getting any more sheep any time soon but you can never plan to soon. I figure by the time i'm gradutated from college i should have what species and breeds etc all picked out lol. i'm reading stories guide to sheep now but ur advice is really appreciated. here's my...