Domestic/Farm Animals

Recent Answers

2013-06-17 Goats - sore jaw inside right cheek:

Sounds like she is either having tooth issues that have caused an infection in the mouth.  It is possible she also just got scratched or poked with something inside the mouth and that has caused an abscess/infection

2013-06-16 Goats - pulled muscle:

Any swelling in leg? Any heat to the leg? Most of the time in goats this is not pulled muscles but more a sprain/strain.  This happens with goats from jumping and playing and then stepping in a hole, etc

2013-06-15 Goats - confused and starting to lose patients:

The best way to dry up a doe is to be sure to take away their kids so no sucking on the mammary system is happening.  You stop all grain, milk out, let the doe fill up for 2 days, milk her out again, still

2013-06-14 Goats - Jumping goat:

Unfortunately Alpines are known as jumpers.  About the only thing that really helps is a hot/electric wire at chest height on the fence which keeps most goats from jumping.  The only other way is to put

2013-06-13 Goats - breeding:

Not at all - what you look for is if there are no major conformation faults in the goats then it is okay to breed within the same lines/relatives - if there were a major fault that is when you would want