My 1 1/2 year old Nigerian Dwarf, Arrow, is having a rough time. I am hoping someone here has some advice or experience with a similar issue.
Arrow was wormed with Ivermectin pour-on, per vets recommendation at the end of Sept, '16. Shortly after, I noticed flaking, dry skin on a couple does...
This morning I went outside to let him out of his pen so he could roam, and found him on the floor, unwilling to move. He's more proactive now, trying to stand up on his own, but is unable to do so. Right now he is able to stand because i have his front end propped up with a stool.
I've had him...
I am curious about the different schedules based on different areas of the country.
For example: Someone up north would be more apt to giving a pneumonia shot than someone in the south, where as someone in the south would be more apt to worry about worm load.
Tell me, what do you vaccinate for...
We just got most of our woods cleared and want to keep our goats and maybe our horse on some of it. However, there is a big pond by it and I was wondering how far the fence should be away from it as a minimum?
Thanks!
Morning!
I thought I would share with y'all our new recycled loafing sheds. The cattle panels were originally purchased three years ago. We have tons of them lying around, and tons of hog panels.
The wire that was used to the there together was baling wire off of our bales of alfalfa. For...
Hello BYH-ers!
I'm looking at hay possibilities for the winter and was thinking about round bales... how many bales do you think would be needed to last from Oct-May for medium and large sized goats? About 15 goats? We have pretty cold winters here too.
Thanks!
BWG
Currently, the only vaccine I am giving my herd is CDT and I am looking into the pneumonia vaccine and possibly rabies. I am interested in what other people are doing - why, age you give it, and how far apart you space it from other vaccines. If you are giving a live vaccine, please specify why...
Has anyone here used Bovi Sera?
Do you like it?
Why or why not?
Nobody I know uses it. I have been told that fortified vitamin b complex is actually a better immune booster than Bovi Sera. I have also heard that people don't want to use it because they don't know if it derived from clean...
Hello all! I got this goat bred in winter, and she kidded in January. Her condition was decent, not awesome, but not rescue either. I kept her well fed, and milked her fit several months. I noticed her getting a bit skinny, so i decided to stop milking.
Overall I have noted several issues I...
So, I'm a little confused- about half of what I read says to increase calcium intake during late pregnancy with alfalfa or perennial peanut to prevent hypocalcemia, and the other half says to only feed "regular" hay during late pregnancy because their body will "forget" how to get the extra...
We got into goats a little over a year ago, and in our herd of 16, 6 (yes, 6) are bucks...:th:th:th
Unfortunately, only one is a good quality, registered buck (a Saanen). AND, there are two sets of pretty much identical twins...
Anyways, if I can get rid of the rest of the bucks, I can get a...
This morning, Almondine, my Saanen doe, had considerable milk reduction. She has had a cough for a couple weeks. Not sounding awful or wet, just coughing more than usual.
This afternoon, she got her CDT shot.
Later this afternoon, I noticed she was acting strange- wasn't very excited about the...
Please name a poisonous plant to goats and post a picture to go with it. There are plenty of lists of plants poisonous to goats, but I have yet to see one with pictures.
1) Azaleas
Please post why or why not you think the polled goat gene is linked to hermaphrodicism. I have heard both claims and am interested in what other people know or think.
Thanks!
We are first time solo disbudding. Our doe gave us a cute little buck, which we knew would be harder. He was born July second and disbudded at 4 days old. He started to seem to regrow horns so we attempted to reburn last night. One horn was already much larger and we need guidance. We burned and...
One of the Bucks has had a watery eye for maybe a month. His eye is not red or cloudy. What should I do? Does he need oxytrecaline? Maybe just allergies?
Okay, so this morning when I went out to make sure all my animals have water I noticed Elvis all hunched over. Weird by itself, but then I noticed the BLOOD dripping from his penis!!!! I'm so scared. Have called the vet and am waiting for a call back, but I am freaking out about this. Now he is...
Hello! I'm relatively new to goats, I have had two pygmy's for a year now, and I just bought a little Nigerian boy this spring.
My Dream is to be a hobby farmer, but that besides the point!
I have researched and scoured the internet, but I can't seem to figure out what color his coat is...