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  1. Health & Wellness
    Hi all - I am 6 years into having goats. My parasite protocol has always worked well until this last winter (2022/2023) was very mild where we are in IN and last year I had a very bad parasite year. Seems like it's lining up to be like that again this year, I have always done herbal worming...
  2. Parasites
    This will be a long one as it’s been a long battle to try to fix. I hope everything I type makes sense. I’m relatively new to goats (got my first few in February 2023) and I’m now having HUGE parasite issues. By the beginning of summer I had seven goats, two mini Nubians and five Nubians. Five...
  3. Health & Wellness
    I bought Durvet Ivermectin Sheep Drench (0.8%) and I dosed my goat at 0.2mg/kg just like the label instructed. I did this yesterday and everything went smoothly. But today I was doing some reading and came to the understanding that the goat dose should be double what the sheep dose is... So I...
  4. 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...
  5. Health & Wellness
    Hi everyone, I wanted to share a video I made for doing at home fecal egg counts: I was intimidated by doing at home tests at first, but found out it's pretty easy and actually a fun process. Scanning for the eggs in the microscope is like a little treasure hunt. :) I also appreciate I can...
  6. Parasites
    saw my doelings udder and saw bites? are flies doing this i moved them to a different shelter might that be the issue? its not ticks i was checking her for them but i have no clue, could she have fleas or some sort of bug???she seems fine and happy but im worried
  7. Goat Frenzy
    Hello! I have 3 Nigerian Dwarves between 3-4 years old. I am considering adding 2 alpacas, 10year old females to our farm. I have a few questions that I am hoping someone out there knows the answers to. 1. I know Barber Pole Worm is a problem, the vet said keep the corral clean as possible. But...
  8. Parasites
    Hello everyone, I have a 10 mo old goat who had bottle jaw about a month ago and was very anemic. We dewormed her with oral cydectin and synanthic, red cell for five days, and daily B complex shots daily until her 2nd deworming 18 days later (w/ oral cydectin and synanthic again). She was...
  9. Health & Wellness
    I have a severely anemic adult alpine wether. His eyes lids are near white. I started treatment as soon as I saw that he had bottle jaw. His breathing is very accelerated and he has had a dry cough for sometime that I thought was a result of dry dusty alfalfa until I saw the bottle jaw. Today is...
  10. Parasites
    I have not had much luck getting a vet to identify worm load for my goats. Vets keep saying no worms but wormers work to make them look better and gain weight. I have watched you tube videos and it seems fairly straightforward. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
  11. Health & Wellness
    This morning I found one of my doelings dead. Her eyelids, super pale, no color, whatsoever. I dewormed my herd because they all seemed to have slightly low FAMANCHA score. I dewormed with cydectin, safeguard, and I did a 5 day Corid treatment. They all seem to be doing well, but I still...
  12. Health & Wellness
    Hello, two of my diary goats escaped and spent the last three nights in the wilderness behind our house. They are back now. Concerning health, what should I be looking out for? They are quite skinny after just a few days! Drinking and eating okay. A little scratched up. Should I be concerned...
  13. Chickens & Poultry
    Can Valbazen be put in the gallon waterers? Can not find any straight answers. There is no way we would be able to catch all 70+ chickens. I’m afraid the bread method would cause some chickens to be overdosed and others to be under-dosed as they steal and fight for the bread.
  14. Health & Wellness
    Hey, I was wondering if it was safe and effective to use Cydectin (sheep oral drench) for 9 week old kids? I have the safeguard liquid too if that would be a better option. Let me know your opinions.
  15. Health & Wellness
    Okay forgive me if this is long but I want to be detailed so I can best manage my situation. I have a backyard mini farm with a fenced in acre. 2 Nigerian dwarf does that are 2 years. 4 ducks. 3 chickens. 5 barn cats. We just brought home a new 4 week old buckling from a farm 2 hours away. I...
  16. Parasites
    I have 2 bucklings in a 15 x 20 dirt lot in the barn, and let them out to graze regularly. One day, I noticed Archie was off, so i looked at FAMACHA (which was good), gave some b complex, and took temp. I wasn't that worried about it. The next morning, I went out, he had watery scours, and was...
  17. Health & Wellness
    I got Chloe on August 18th 2018, bottle fed with another goat, Faith. I'm not 100% on all of the information of the parents or the herd they came from, just that they are from different does but the same buck. Chloe seems to be a Lamancha but may have Nubian in her, Faith is a cross between...
  18. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hey! Fairly new goat owner here! I don't normally have too much trouble with worms, but several of my goats have lost condition recently. I did a check of their mucous membranes, and they were looking a little pale. I went ahead and wormed with Ivermectin, since that's what I had on hand, but...
  19. Parasites
    Hey All, I was reading Grit and found this article thought it might be useful for folks. https://www.grit.com/animals/livestock/successful-deworming-strategies-zm0z19soznad
  20. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hello all. I am new to the goat game, however I have done quite a bit of research (online and in person) Here is my quandary, I have recently purchased a 10 acre property. I do not live on it but rather I rent out the house to a tenant but I intend on using the 8.8 acre pasture to run a few...
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