LOLamancha
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Hello Everyone, I'm looking for everyone whom raises dairy goats input on how to get Anorexic nanny Lamancha's to gain weight safely. The lady I bought them from sent me old pics of them being fat and healthy. When they arrived here, they were anorexic. Body score 1-10 they would be 1-2 at best.
She was big into milking them as she sold the milk and sadly didn't care that the weight drop was this significant. They eat well, are DOB 2012 models. I of coarse have them in quarantine through the deworming process which should be around one month and 15days. I will check fecals prior to open pasture release. They were dewormed yesterday with goat/sheep oral Cydectin proper weight dosage.
I will do a second dosage in another week. Famacha lid score was normal one, a bit lighter on the other.
They are on a mix of Noble Goat pellet & sweet feed 1 &1/2 cup am/pm. Also fresh grass cut and tossed in the run. Alfa-hay supplements.
What do you recommend?
I was thinking of adding whole corn, I'm a bit concerned by the Summer Heat here in FL.
Then Beet pulp? I've used it in the past with corn- usually that combo was in the fall- winter.
They were wasting a lot of grain, So I did a make shift creep feeder for them. It has helped with eliminating wastage.
Thank you for your input
She was big into milking them as she sold the milk and sadly didn't care that the weight drop was this significant. They eat well, are DOB 2012 models. I of coarse have them in quarantine through the deworming process which should be around one month and 15days. I will check fecals prior to open pasture release. They were dewormed yesterday with goat/sheep oral Cydectin proper weight dosage.
I will do a second dosage in another week. Famacha lid score was normal one, a bit lighter on the other.
They are on a mix of Noble Goat pellet & sweet feed 1 &1/2 cup am/pm. Also fresh grass cut and tossed in the run. Alfa-hay supplements.
What do you recommend?
I was thinking of adding whole corn, I'm a bit concerned by the Summer Heat here in FL.
Then Beet pulp? I've used it in the past with corn- usually that combo was in the fall- winter.
They were wasting a lot of grain, So I did a make shift creep feeder for them. It has helped with eliminating wastage.
Thank you for your input