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I'm back with more questions! So my goaties have this bent tail thing going on. It is almost like a kink, or looks like someone broke it. I read that this can be indicative of a selenium deficiency, but I don't know for sure. I don't want to go dosing them with something that could hurt them if...

Hey everyone, I am a new goat owner. I brought home two Nigerian Dwarf doelings in May and am really enjoying them. I have been providing them with loose minerals, but have also been supplementing for selenium because I noticed a slight ben in the pasterns after a couple months of having them...

Our doe kidded yesterday afternoon. The (big single) baby wasn't breeched, but the doe seemed to be pushing a lot without making much progress so I ended up helping pull the baby out by its front legs. After a few hours in a small pasture, I wasn't able to find the placenta anywhere so we gave...

Hi Everyone, I am excited to be part of this forum. I have used it for years, but just searched the posts and never signed up. I have Oberhasli and Mini Nubians in my milking herd. Some are a mix of both. One of my does just had triplets (3 days ago) and the first baby was breached and I had...

I gave my does 4 gram copper boluses on the 29th of May. Prim is looking better, but not perfect. She still has some curly hair around the back of her legs and on her side. Bella however, I think is looking worse. For a while I thought her coat was getting better, but her fish tail never got...

I'm wondering if there is a thread here on TGS, or some other resource, which lists- and pictures, when possible- all the different symptoms and signs of selenium deficiency? Or if we can create one? It manifests in so many different forms that I want to be able to recognize it wherever it might...

I have a young doe (1 year), Molly, who was accidentally bred. I usually bred at 1.5-2 years old, but the buck got to her. Ugh...Unfortunately, I have no concrete idea when she is due to freshen. She is confirmed pregnant via bio tracking. She's been making an udder for about a month and I...