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Well heres my personal experience with the banding of my 2 year old buck. I am fortunate enough to have found a vet nearby who is very experienced with farm animals. I spoke with him about castrating my buck and he said it would be no problem to band a 2 year old. He used a bander that used...

Lets try again with the pics. Heres momma last year with her first baby.

She is improving daily. I still haven't seen any definite right turns yet tho. She seems to have regained most of her vision & doesn't have the blank straight ahead stare. She has started coming to me again for affection. She doesn't seem to be very comfortable with going out to graze yet. I...

CMPK?

Awwwwww so cute!

When I was reading the articles on Listeriosis I noticed they said a change in feed could also bring it about. I did change to the Nutrena from Purina Goat Feed around March 10th. I'm just trying to think everything thru. The vet gave me more penicillin which is the same as the one recommended...

Thanks for the hopeful words. I'm just worried sick about her. I spent 3 days living in the barn with her & the babies. I will be feeding her as much as she will eat with grain, free choice hay, & minerals. I also keep free choice baking soda out too. I take her out in the yard to get some...

I am referring to a 1 cup measuring cup. She is a pygmy & weighs 35 pounds. The feed is Nutrena Nature wise Goat Feed. I was feeding her a measuring cup 2x a day but now am giving her as much as she wants. When I find the bowl empty I give her another 1 cup. I don't have a scale so I don't know...

I have been feeding her as much as she is willing to eat. I give her a cup of grain & she usually only eats about half & then later nibbles the rest until it's gone. Once I find it empty I fill it with another cup. She has new hay free choice at all times. So, you don't think the walking to the...

My 2 year old doe gave birth last wednesday to twins. She was fine Wednesday & Thursday talking, feeding, & doting on her new babies. She's a very good mother. Seemed like everything was fine. I didn't get to see the actual birth The babies were up, dry, & nursing when I got there, but I did see...

Mine wasn't that bad his first year either like RockyToggRanch said but as they get older they get smellier.

I had a lady tell her husband that she couldn't eat the eggs I gave them because "they had come straight out of the chicken" I guess she thinks the store bought eggs are surgically removed from the chicken??

Ditto.... get them banded! They are a treat now but once they start peeing on themselves you won't even want to touch them anymore because the smell is so bad. After I touch my Billy I have washed my hands 10 times in as many cleaning agents as I can find & can still smell it. You do feel bad...

When I first got my pygmy buck I got some great advice from someone on BYC. They told me goats discipline each other by ear biting. So anytime he did something that was not acceptable I would give him a pinch on the ear & firmly say no. It doesn't have to be a hard twisting pinch, just enough to...

Can't wait to taste it. It looks Yummy!

So, after almost two weeks of worming, probios, delousing, & banding, looks like the little guy is gonna be okay. He has turned out to be a good weaning buddy for my 3 1/2 mth old pygmy wether. I swear, even though his little bloated belly has gone down some he looks like he has gained some...

It would be so hard not to retain them all!! Very beautiful babies.

Just an update on the chickens, Miss Jenny offered to take them & I called the wife & she told me the chickens were gone already. But she was going to check with her husband & would call me if by chance they aren't already gone:hu. Maybe the story will change as the day goes on because thats how...

I was more concerned with the goat than getting authorities involved & was hoping to find the chickens he has, somewhere to go. I don't want him to get nervous & do something stupid with the chickens. The people who had him live within a small village with it's own police force. He made a...

Will do. I will call the vet tommorrow. Thanks everyone for your input & advice.