It sounds like possible stress. They may be afraid to eat hay even with all those different piles. Can you put them in a different area overnight with their own hay and water?
Kid loosing weight
Background:
My kids(4) are about 6 months old so for the past three weeks or so I have been introducing them into the herd(3 does). The first couple weeks went perfectly. No one got bullied. I had had the kids in a pen that was sourounded by the doe pen for a couple months now so I figured that’s why the transition went so smoothly. This week however the big does started to get vicious! The kids are terrified of them now. I feed hay in like 7 different places around the yard so the kids still should be able to get food and stay away from the bigger girls. It has been extremely dry here and there is no grass. I’ve been putting out 3x the amount of hay I normally feed and they have plenty in their feeders but still the little goats are trying to nibble at the nonexistent grass which makes me nervous about parasites.
One of the kids in particular is starting to look thin. I weighed all the kids and they all have lost weight in the last couple weeks. Most of them lost 2 pounds(they all weigh 20-25lbs) but the one who looks thin lost 3 pounds. My scale could have been a little wonky the last time I weighed them because they seemed to have jumped quite a bit from the last time I weighed them but still I can visibly see that the one is loosing weight.
I had a fecal run right around the time I started letting them in with the does. All the kids had 0 and the does where in an acceptable range. The kids famachas look excellent. I treat with baycox to prevent coccidia and they are due in about another week for that. Anyways I’m wondering if you all think I should be worried. To get another fecal run would be at least 5 days for results. I’m just concerned because I know how quickly they could go downhill. But I don’t want to overreact if they are just loosing it because they are getting a little more exercise. Would the baycox treat other parasites they might pick up? Should I go ahead and deworm the one that is concerning me or wait for a fecal? I did go ahead and separate them back into their own little area.
These girls were about the same size a week ago.
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My kids(4) are about 6 months old so for the past three weeks or so I have been introducing them into the herd(3 does). The first couple weeks went perfectly. No one got bullied. I had had the kids in a pen that was sourounded by the doe pen for a couple months now so I figured that’s why the transition went so smoothly. This week however the big does started to get vicious! The kids are terrified of them now. I feed hay in like 7 different places around the yard so the kids still should be able to get food and stay away from the bigger girls. It has been extremely dry here and there is no grass. I’ve been putting out 3x the amount of hay I normally feed and they have plenty in their feeders but still the little goats are trying to nibble at the nonexistent grass which makes me nervous about parasites.
One of the kids in particular is starting to look thin. I weighed all the kids and they all have lost weight in the last couple weeks. Most of them lost 2 pounds(they all weigh 20-25lbs) but the one who looks thin lost 3 pounds. My scale could have been a little wonky the last time I weighed them because they seemed to have jumped quite a bit from the last time I weighed them but still I can visibly see that the one is loosing weight.
I had a fecal run right around the time I started letting them in with the does. All the kids had 0 and the does where in an acceptable range. The kids famachas look excellent. I treat with baycox to prevent coccidia and they are due in about another week for that. Anyways I’m wondering if you all think I should be worried. To get another fecal run would be at least 5 days for results. I’m just concerned because I know how quickly they could go downhill. But I don’t want to overreact if they are just loosing it because they are getting a little more exercise. Would the baycox treat other parasites they might pick up? Should I go ahead and deworm the one that is concerning me or wait for a fecal? I did go ahead and separate them back into their own little area.
These girls were about the same size a week ago.
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