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  1. Goat Management
    I am planning on banding a buckling but I don’t have access to banamine. Can I give kid aspirin instead?
  2. Health & Wellness
    I have a 2 month old Nubian kid. She was disbudded at two weeks old using the horn paste. One horn is completely gone, no scur, but the other one did grow back. It's not deformed, but growing back straight and pointy, so it will end up looking like a normal horn, which can get caught easily on...
  3. Bucks
    I'm trying to decide how I'll want to band Mr. Moon when he's old enough. Is there a difference long term in the behavior of a wether how was castrated using one method versus the other? Will a burdizzo boy act more bucky or is there no difference in behavior? I'm tagging you, @MadHouse...
  4. Health & Wellness
    Hi y'all! I would like completely honest opinions on these two castration methods...all the pros and cons. I heard that banding can lead to tetanus, but it is sure to work, but I also heard that the burdizzo was less painful, but isn't guaranteed to work the first time. What are y'all's...
  5. Health & Wellness
    I was hanging with the goats while they ate and I heard a baby cry a little like he was upset. So I walked over to watch him and didn’t notice anything right off. The group of kids he’d just left were still rough playing around and I notice to bright spots of blood on one babies neck. I think...
  6. Goat Management
    I have an Alpine buckling that is 9, almost 10 weeks old who i want to eventually use as a driving goat. I am wondering if I should band him now or wait. Im asking because according to what i’ve read wethers are smaller than bucks and im looking for a large goat which he is already showing...
  7. Health & Wellness
    If you’ve seen my recent post you know that I am in the process of weaning some of my babies. Well I banded the male twin a little over a month ago he was around 11-12 weeks old when i did so. Now it seems that the band is too loose. IT is shriveled up, hard, and below body temp but hasn’t...
  8. Health & Wellness
    The woman I sold my one of my wethers to contacted me today with a question regarding her wether's scrotum detaching, and I told her I would ask you guys since I don't have experience in the area. Here's what she said: Quick question on the banding: Yuma still has it (barely, seems like it's...
  9. Beginners Goat Raising
    I banded my buck about a month and a half ago. It is flat and dried up but is still attached. Is the band not tight enough
  10. Health & Wellness
    I banded my first buckling, Benjamin today at around 3:30 and I just want to make sure that his behavior is normal. I did give him a dose of banamine before the banding. He's been wanting to pretty much just lay around. I went into the barn about an hour ago and he was laying in the corner...
  11. Goat Management
    I will be selling one of my bucklings as a wether and I'm wondering what the best time to do it in relation to selling him is? How long before selling him should I band him, or would is it fine to band him right before he's sold?
  12. Bucks
    So I thought I was set on wethering at three months of age because I thought that was long enough to wait for them to develop fully to help with UC issues, but now I'm seeing things like four, five and six months being recommended. I have one buckling this year that I am definitely wethering...
  13. Health & Wellness
    We have a 9-week-old wether who was banded two weeks ago. Today we noticed a very foul smell coming from the banding site. It is not swollen, no puss or infected looking but it stinks like roadkill. It looks dried and normal - he has large testicles compared to his two brothers. His...
  14. Health & Wellness
    Have a buckling that's about 6 weeks old, growing fast and is thriving well. We have someone coming to get him at the end of the month but wanted him banded. We went ahead and did the job today, but being our first time, I'm very paranoid about it, and I'm worried we might have banded a bit too...
  15. Beginners Goat Raising
    We recently acquired 2 goats from someone. The previous owner could not give is an exact date of birth and did not do any vaccines or deworming. We are estimating the goats to be approximately 11 weeks old per the information she gave us, but could be a little older. We gave the first shot of...
  16. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hi there! My name is Cindy and I just bought two 9 week old Nigerian Dwarf goats. I am brand spankin' new to having goats, but my husband grew up on a "hobby" farm. We got these guys from a reputable breeder 45min. from us. They are both males and were banded the day we picked them up (Aug...
  17. Health & Wellness
    Hi Everyone - need some advice. I have 5 bucklings ranging from 3-5 months. We had them all banded last month by our vet. The bands are still on though all of their testicles appear to be flattened and hard. The issue is that on all but 1 - they have developed infections around the band. We...
  18. Goat Management
    Update: Thanks all! This definitely helps. I'll research more about the conformation and then make a decision! Hello - new goat owners here. We have 2 Nigerian Dwarf Bucks 12 weeks of age. One is very friendly, lets us pet him, comes to us, etc. The other is pretty standoffish, keeps to...
  19. Health & Wellness
    Good morning all! For those of you have banded your goat's horns, how long did it take for the horns to fall off? I have two Nigerian Drawrfs, and it seems to be taking a LONG time for the horns to come off. Of course, one of them fell off the fence rail and into the hay feeder, knocking off...
  20. Health & Wellness
    Hi everyone, I am 4 days out from banding my now 12 week old buck. It’s my first time and due to difficulty using the banding tool, used a zip tie per the suggestion of a friend with goats who bands by tying a cord tightly or using a zip tie. Seemed easy enough, but now his testicles are swollen...
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