[tandy28]

What does everyone use to worm their goats and how often?

 

[ksalvagno]

http://www.thegoatspot.net/forum/f217/start-getting-fecals-done-before-worming-151299/

 

[lottsagoats]

I fecal weekly during the warmer months and monthly during the winter. If the worm egg count is high, I deworm using the medication that targets the worm(s) that they have the problem with.

I also have been breeding with worm resistance in mind. Some animals have a higher worm resistance, so I keep kids from those animals and sell the rest. Eventually my herd should be worm resistant.

 

[TDG-Farms]

http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/slowdrugresist.html

 

[AmyBoogie]

We use herbal but you need to stay on top of it and follow the regimen. We check their eyes often (famcha) and run fecals every so often.

 

[ThreeHavens]

I also use herbal. I use Fir Meadow herbs; GI Soother for coccidia and barber pole, and DWorm A for stomach and tape worms. I combine both and give it twice weekly at Kat's suggestion, since my area is prime for parasites. It usually keeps them in very nice condition. This year I had one kid come down with cocci -- I treated with acute dosages of Fir Meadow and he cleared amazingly fast. Doing great now. I prefer the herbs as the parasites cannot grow resistant to them, and since I am using the meat and milk from my goats I am more comfortable with that. I love the thought that the herbs nourish their system, instead of stripping the flora like chemicals do.

I don't have anything against chemicals at all, though! I just like using herbs when I can, because then if I NEED a chemical, it has a better chance of working because the parasites on my farm shouldn't have grown resistant.