the simple life
Chillin' with the herd
Well I bought a pregnant nigerian dwarf and a pygmy goat as well as a black belllied barbados sheep recently.
The doe kidded this week, she had twins.
When I inquired about their vaccines, health etc. the people I bought them from told me they have never vaccinated any of their animals as they are very strict on the all natural/organic method.
They told me they don't have any issues and all their animals are very healthy.
They did appear very healthy, they looked really good and their farm was very well maintained.
I bought the pregnant doe, the pygmy and the sheep.
I had the vet come out to check them out and test them.
I explained the situation, although I practice organic husbandry I also don't want to be irresponsible and sought her advice.
She was very surprised at how healthy they were and how low their worm count was, she did not expect them to do so well with no previous intervention.
She had said before she did the fecal test that they would probably at least have to be de wormed but when she did the test she said they did not need to be treated for that at all.
I was also very pleased and relieved.
The vet gave me a few things to mull over regarding vaccinations and told me to get back to her.
She said if I planned to breed the other goats/sheep any time soon I would have to hold off on certain vaccines anyway.
She said if I had to hold off until after they had their kids they should be okay since they have done fine thus far.
While its hard to argue with the results I also worry about the risks regarding the new kids.
I feed them the best hay I can get, put acv in their water, I feed shredded beet root and a small amount of grain.
From reading the threads here it looks like the minimum anyone here has ever done is the cd/t vaccine.
So anyway, I thought I would share my experience and I will do some more research on this subject and see what I decide on.
The doe kidded this week, she had twins.
When I inquired about their vaccines, health etc. the people I bought them from told me they have never vaccinated any of their animals as they are very strict on the all natural/organic method.
They told me they don't have any issues and all their animals are very healthy.
They did appear very healthy, they looked really good and their farm was very well maintained.
I bought the pregnant doe, the pygmy and the sheep.
I had the vet come out to check them out and test them.
I explained the situation, although I practice organic husbandry I also don't want to be irresponsible and sought her advice.
She was very surprised at how healthy they were and how low their worm count was, she did not expect them to do so well with no previous intervention.
She had said before she did the fecal test that they would probably at least have to be de wormed but when she did the test she said they did not need to be treated for that at all.
I was also very pleased and relieved.
The vet gave me a few things to mull over regarding vaccinations and told me to get back to her.
She said if I planned to breed the other goats/sheep any time soon I would have to hold off on certain vaccines anyway.
She said if I had to hold off until after they had their kids they should be okay since they have done fine thus far.
While its hard to argue with the results I also worry about the risks regarding the new kids.
I feed them the best hay I can get, put acv in their water, I feed shredded beet root and a small amount of grain.
From reading the threads here it looks like the minimum anyone here has ever done is the cd/t vaccine.
So anyway, I thought I would share my experience and I will do some more research on this subject and see what I decide on.