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I am working with a 27 day old Nigerian Dwarf kid. He is one of four, all healthy at birth. The short version is this: He has been sick for ten days. 4 different antibiotics have been tried at this point, none have managed symptoms for longer than a day (two days TOPS). Symptoms include: high...

Morning all!! For those who did not see my previous post, we have been fighting barber pole worms and illness with our herd of 8 for about a month now. We initially lost one of our girls before we even knew anything was wrong. The second to get sick, we brought to Auburn large animal hospital...

Hi! I don't have any vet who knows anything about goats within 5 hours of me, so I am totally lost. One of my does has been milking poorly and today her little bit of milk was pink. I suspect a calcium deficiency, and I will begin treatment of dolomite powder asap, however she has a kid (it...

Okay, here it goes: My husband and children have always wanted to raise goats, as my husband grew up with them and we believe very much in self-sustained living so we wanted a milked. We are both animal lovers and have always had a hard time walking by an abused or abandoned animal. My husband...