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  1. Health & Wellness
    Out with my pregnant girls today and while I was petting Faline, my ‘newest’ doe who has a questionable past due to her previous owner, I found a lump under her jaw. I’m devastated, to be quite honest- I don’t know for sure what it is, but from what reading I’ve done it is a common spot for CL...
  2. Health & Wellness
    hello! we are new to having goats. we got our girl in december and when we got her we were not aware she was pregnant. last night she had 3 babies! around. 7:45p we were not there for the birth but when we went in the barn she was taking care of 2 of the kids while the other one was off to the...
  3. Goat Frenzy
    We got a Nigerian dwarf back in November. She was pregnant. She screams almost all day. She had her babies a couple of weeks ago and stopped screaming for a few days. Now, she’s back at it. Only when she eats, she stops. They’ve been fed at the same time every day. We were told she was bottle...
  4. Sheep
    I have a (weened) lamb that has been mopey. Famacha is a 5 (or whatever number is white). Diarrhea with tapeworm segments. We gave her a bottle of electrolytes with honey, and some pepto. She has not grazed at all today, but was eating dirt. We gave her a bottle of milk to keep some...
  5. Health & Wellness
    Hello, I have a goat that has suddenly got very sick, it first was acting weird, not being with the rest and just standing and staring at nothing, it had diarrhea, lost of appetite, not eating and barely drinking water, the worst thing was he started having seizures, getting stiff and arching...
  6. Health & Wellness
    How do you get your goats to grow?? I have owned goats for a long time but I have always had an issue with doeling goats growing once they get over 4 months (NO THEY ARE NOT WORMY AND DO NOT HAVE COCCIDIA) . They grow great up until then. Because of that I've just been buying full grown goats...
  7. Health & Wellness
    Friday I had vet out. For herd check and boosters and deworming. She dewormed with valbazen. I do have 1 Nanny with bottle jaw. This nanny it's now Tuesday and her bottle jaw has gotten bigger after deworming is that normal? Or would it be okay to give her a does of ivermectin? First...
  8. Health & Wellness
    Help!! I spotted this dandruff-like stuff on my bucklings legs, from just below his knees to his ankles. None on the rest of his body. It smells like pee. He is only 4wks, surely not peeing on himself yet??He has lice… I am getting rid of them. He recently moved outside. He is on whole goats...
  9. Health & Wellness
    I have two Nubian bottle babies that aren't feeling good! Napoleon is 8 weeks old and Fanny is around 12 weeks old. The breeder I got them from was feeding them was replacement cow's milk and raw goat's milk. Now I am feeding them whole cow's milk. They have been on whole cow's milk for 7 weeks...
  10. Goat Management
    Hello, I have a Nigerian dwarf mix mom who gave birth to baby 1 at about 9am, beautiful, healthy, lively baby boy. Afterbirth poked out shortly after. #2 came out about an hour later, breach and stillborn. Mom passed him all by herself though. The afterbirth was still somewhat in mom when she...
  11. Goat Management
    I have been trying to sell these goats since they were born. I have vet bills to pay and selling them would help out so much. They are very friendly. Like bottle babies but dam raised. Grade dairy. They love people. Almost 8 weeks old. The main reason I think I can’t get rid of them is because...
  12. Health & Wellness
    Hello, I have a 3 week old baby goat who suddenly dropped to below 90°F and it’s acting paralyzed. She is the runt, and was born with hypothermia, but we treated that and she went out with her two sisters and mom. She started chasing moms udder and wasn’t growing, so two days ago we gave her...
  13. Parasites
    Hi I recently was with a lot of goats and not knowing better I was scratching their necks because they were acting very itchy and of course they loved me scratching them. Now I have a severe rash all over my chest, arms,back of my neck and my dr said she didn’t know what the rash is she took a...
  14. Health & Wellness
    Went outside to check on my girls and Luna somehow tore her lady parts on something… it’s bleeding and obviously she’s in pain. What can I do? Will this effect her labor? I’m terrified…
  15. Health & Wellness
    I just bought my new nigerian buck for my does today, and it appears I rescued him! His owners were terrible, and kept the poor goat locked up in a small space and never cleaned it out, ever. So he's got some sores on the backs of his legs. How do I clean them? I live hours and hours away from...
  16. Waiting Room
    Buck was put in Oct 22. Everyone meet tulip. She's loose barely has any ligaments that I can find. Please keep in m ind this is my first year kidding. Yesterday I thought what I seen was contractions on barn camera but never seen any progression and no pushing. She's has sunken in the...
  17. Health & Wellness
    I have a baby goat that is 9 weeks old, she is almost weaned. I didn't think much of it, but she has 2 gum ball sized lumps under her jaw. I thought they were wattles but they aren't on her neck. She does cough and sneeze more than the other bottle babies. I don't think it is milk neck or bottle...
  18. Kidding Koral
    New to goat kidding and this is our first year kidding goats. We have 4 goats due this month. My one goat cherry has been weird all day today and I was wondering If we are close? Or do we still have a bit? Wondering if I should put her in the kidding stall and have coffee on? She was laying...
  19. Health & Wellness
    So I kept these two doeling kids from 2022's kidding, due to me loving their confirmation and believing they would make great milkers. The Nubian, Violet, was born March 9th and the LaMancha, Ava, was born March 17th. Guys, they have grown like at all in the last several months!!! I find it...
  20. Goat Management
    Hello everyone! I’m struggling because one of our goats it’s being excluded from everything. Here’s some background info. My family and I currently have 5 pet Pygmy goats, 2 banded males (can’t remember the name) and 3 females. we moved cross country with 3 while 1 was pregnant and she then...
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