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Jazzy had buck/doe twins less than 36 hours ago. The buckling is fine. The doeling started strong, but now she has me scared. She nursed like a pro the night she was born - we were thrilled at how vigorous she was. Yesterday, she didn't want to eat much and seemed like she was breathing a...

Hello, I have a 2 1/2 week old female Nigerian Dwarf Goat (Pet/bottle baby) who has been to the vet for diarrhea, not eating, weakness and lethargy and he prescribed her meds for Coccidia and de-wormer. First he injected her with B-Complex and Thiamine just in case of Goat Polio (she had a...

Hi everyone. I am new here, so I hope I'm doing this right, but here goes... I am new to owning goats... or livestock of any kind. My husband and I were both city kids until we could finally get moved out of town to an acreage of our own in Southwest Nebraska. So I have ZERO experience raising...

I had a first time Nigerian doe pop two babies out in mid-December that I had no idea were coming. Things were fine at first, but the doeling seemed weak a few days later although she was eating fine and had no diarrhea. Her back legs would seem rigid until she got up and going. I gave her a...

I have a 10 or 11 day old baby goat that I'm having to bottlefeed because the doe rejected it. Everything was going fine until yesterday evening when I noticed that my little girl kept stretching out her back legs constantly and seemed just a little bit wobbly on them. When it came time for her...

I have a baby goat who was diagnosed with FKS. He is eating well (the oats that the vet recommended & grass), is hydrated, can hold his head up, and LOOKS healthy except for the fact that he can't stand. We caught it within 3 days and took him off of milk, but it has now been 3 weeks & he's...