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We had a rough year last year, losing 90% of our kids from an abortion storm caused by mineral deficiencies. There was some fear surrounding the storm due to my pregnancy but all testing came back negative. Since then, I have doubled my herd by adding mini manchas to the crew as a project...

Hello everyone. Wanted to say hello and apologize for ny extended absence, things sure do get busy with a toddler and a farm, add pregnancy and a colicky newborn and things get away from you. I have thought about you guys often and checked in here and there and I hope to get back to...

Stupid question... can a rabbit rebreed while pregnant? We have been exposing our NZ's to a buck and twice now, we went the 28-35 days and they werent pregnant. So we tried again, and 2 weeks later put them back in and AGAIN they bred. That buck was on the to eat list, but now one of the does...

Hello everyone! We purchased a bred sow April of 2016. She had a litter of 12 and I just couldnt trust her. While we never had an actual problem with her, sometimes you just get that feeling. We sold her when the piglets were 6 weeks. She REFUSED to eat anything except grass (literally starved...

Hey guys. I am looking for some input on a double bred doe I have. Daisy had twins January 7th and was accidentally rebred and had kids again July 5th. I was going to not breed her and wait for summer kids but I DO NOT want summer kids. I have heard NDs can have problems if left longer than a...

I have a doe who has been an excellent FF production and formation wise with the exclusion of a spurr teat. It is completely unattached, located right beside the other teat, is smaller, thinner and nonfunctional. There's a lot of controversy surrounding spurr teats... what are your thoughts...

10/04 - Lavender bred to Painter Pg 2 09/01 - Breeding plans changed for Pearl. Pg 1 01/11 - Major update Pg 2 01/15 - Breeding Change for Dot Pg 4 01/22 - Belly pictures Pg 4 Here we go again! Winter 2017 pairings have been determined and exposing starts TOMORROW! (Joy.. ) looking forward to...

While I know the only way to tell with certainty is to have her palpated, but I havent been able to get her into the headgate (still trying as we have a vet coming to geld a horse next month), but Im curious if you think this is grass belly. Star is a dexter. She was with a bull (inadvertently)...

The family that bought fern welcomed in a gorgeous little buckling this evening but he is severely selenium deficient. His back legs knuckle under, one he can correct and the other he cant without help. We use Selon-e in Canada, which is BoSe im told, selenium and vitamin e mixed. I gave the...

l never thought Id post another one of these threads, but here I am, and with dwarves to boot! I wouldnt purposefully breed for January, but an American registered buck got loose with the girls and wouldnt stay out. The owners, who were getting out of goats, more or less gave up trying to...

This is 8 year old Gardenia; got her for free with the other Nigerians I purchased as she hasnt kidded in 4 years. For those who havent seen my other thread that speaks about her, she had a bad kidding 4 years ago, resulting in a late term abortion with the rear kid having been dead for a...

So with my Nigerian Dwarf package, i got 4 goats tossed in for free. A 6 year old doe, wether and buck, and an 8 year old doe. The 8 year old is super friendly and very nice lookong, apperently one of the better producing does they had. She kidded triplets or quads every year until 4 years ago...

A lot has happened in the past few months, the biggest of which was the birth of our little girl. As much as I tried to bring myself to get our of goats, I havent been able to; there is something about them. With that said, however, we are regearing. Much to the surprise of my hubby and those...

My little Edith passed away yesterday. 3 days ago I walked into the barn to get the triplets and put them out with the girls as i have been for nearly 2 weeks (the cow hogs the shelter so i put the babies up at night). I thought something had died somewhere in the barn due to the awful smell...

I am away from the farm and the kids have come down with scours. a couple does are losing weight suddenly as well so i believe itdsa parasite issue Whats the kid dose for ivomec drench. Im using injectable for cattle? What can we give to help with scours? Heard pepto? What dose.

Our dexter, Donna, and her calf, are getting into the swing of things routine wise. Getting to the calf and getting the calf where she needs to go is less stressful on everyone. We are still discarding her right side milk, but that will stop today as the milk is no longer dark and we should...

Today, we welcomed the arrival of 14 year old Dexter, Donna, and her week old red heifer calf who we named Star (after the farm she came from). Donna is a HEAVY producer with an udder like a jersey. We are giving her a couple days to settle in before we persue handling her too much. She is...

I have said countless times to innumerable people: "The key to farming is going to bed having quit, and waking up a farmer." I quit last night, and woke up jobless. Losing kids, potentially losing dams from those same complications, putting down goats that come up inexplicably sick or dying...

On another thread i have spoken about the case of sorenouth i have running rampant on my farm that has resulted in the death of twins and has their mother in a bad way. I am trying to salvage the dam. Her teat tips are scabbed up about 3/4 of an inch and MUST be peeled in order to be able to...

My bottle vuckling i purchased has scabby feeling lumps along his tummy and up his side in the right side ONLY. They dont look like normal scabs but are flesh coloured, crusty lumps. Is this orf? He does have a large brown scabbed sore on tge right side of his mouth that hurts him and causes...