Hello from Tennessee! Welcome to The Goat Spot! I use this site the most for my goat info. But I also use www.fiascofarm.com and www.goat-link.com. Everyone on this site is very helpful and so nice! I wish you the best of luck with your new herd. At our farm we choose not to vaccinate. But a lot of farms give a cdt shot. I believe it's given once a year but for the first year it is given and then 2 weeks later given again.
Things I keep on hand at all times:
Baby aspirin ( incase of fever)
Pepto bismol in case of a runny but.
Wormer of choice. We are using valbazen, but we are wanting to switch to ivomect(sp?) injectable.
Peroxide
If you are breeding I would suggest keep a nipple handy because it's no fun getting dressed at 1 am and going to the nearest 24 hr store that sells them. Incase you need to bottle feed babies for what ever reason. We use Pritchard nipples from tractor supply. They screw onto the top of coke bottles.
A digital thermometer incase one is sick.
But most importantly a phone number for a large animal vet.
It's best to keep loose minerals out for them at all times. We get a 25 lb bag from co-op for about 20 dollars. We have 21 goats and it lasts a pretty good while. We were paying 15 dollars for a 4 lb bag at tractor supply. We also have a salt block for them.
I keep a folder and calendar to write down when we trim hooves, worm, and any health notes like if one gets sick and how we treated them. Our farm has a tax free license so we have to keep track of all of our expenses and our profits.
My fiancé and I have been raising goats for almost 4 years now. We started with 4 and that multiplied. Plus we've bought more and sold some. We were up to 26 but now back down to 21. We've lost 3 goats in our 4 years. One to u.c. ( bladder stones) he was an intact male. One baby at 24 hrs old. And one 4 yr old female that passed away during kidding but her little doeling survived.
Things I keep on hand at all times:
Baby aspirin ( incase of fever)
Pepto bismol in case of a runny but.
Wormer of choice. We are using valbazen, but we are wanting to switch to ivomect(sp?) injectable.
Peroxide
If you are breeding I would suggest keep a nipple handy because it's no fun getting dressed at 1 am and going to the nearest 24 hr store that sells them. Incase you need to bottle feed babies for what ever reason. We use Pritchard nipples from tractor supply. They screw onto the top of coke bottles.
A digital thermometer incase one is sick.
But most importantly a phone number for a large animal vet.
It's best to keep loose minerals out for them at all times. We get a 25 lb bag from co-op for about 20 dollars. We have 21 goats and it lasts a pretty good while. We were paying 15 dollars for a 4 lb bag at tractor supply. We also have a salt block for them.
I keep a folder and calendar to write down when we trim hooves, worm, and any health notes like if one gets sick and how we treated them. Our farm has a tax free license so we have to keep track of all of our expenses and our profits.
My fiancé and I have been raising goats for almost 4 years now. We started with 4 and that multiplied. Plus we've bought more and sold some. We were up to 26 but now back down to 21. We've lost 3 goats in our 4 years. One to u.c. ( bladder stones) he was an intact male. One baby at 24 hrs old. And one 4 yr old female that passed away during kidding but her little doeling survived.
