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Last April I bought my first calf at an auction. Was told he was an angus calf. I bottle raised him, and he’s grown up to be a great looking bull so far. Well today I was petting him and he has rounded nubs starting to grow. I thought angus cows were polled? Any ideas what he could be crossed...

Sorry I just saw this. I didn’t get a picture, my husband looked at it and says it looks like he somehow tore them off. It’s done bleeding and starting to scab. We got it cleaned up, gave him a pain killer and a preventative antibiotic and we’ll keep an eye on him. I don’t know how he would have...

To start, we have banded our own calves for some time. So how hard can a goat be, right? Everything was going great until today. My boy got out of his pen, I looked out the window and saw him standing in my driveway with his legs covered in blood. It’s only been a week and they already fell...

Also, he’s a toggenburg and he was a bottle baby so he literally wants allllllll of the attention.

I’ll try to get a photo of the fence later. I have 5 strands of hot wire, first strand is about 5 inches off the ground, highest is about 5 feet. He gets out, gets blasted, then he’s afraid to go back in so I have to drag him. The panel fence I think he jumps over. So for last night I put him in...

I have a goat that can literally escape any fence. I’ve put him in a goat pen, electric fence, woven wire. He will literally escape every fence. He keeps going to my neighbors and they are not happy. I’m afraid I’m going to have to rehome him before my neighbor gets mad and shoots him! Idk what...

ive tried googling but have found so much conflicting info but nothing that really pertains. I have a free range goat. My soy bean fields were planted last week and my goat loves the sprouts. He’ll graze in the soy beans for about 20 minutes, then spend a few hours in the pasture and go back...

Thanks everyone. It was very disappointing but I told my husband he likely got something contagious from the sale barn. The only reason he bought this particular calf was because they brought him out with a herd of black angus calves and the person that bought the lot was sitting next to my...

He was a brown Holstein

I raise chickens and goats but my husband just bought his second calf from The auction barn. First calf scoured for the first week but we got him better and now he’s thriving at 2 months old. The calf he bought the other day was 2 days old. We didn’t get any history. Came home, scoured like we...

Goats need treated for this at 3 weeks old regardless of symptoms because it’s extremely fatal and the number one cause of death in kids. I’d really only like responses from people that know something about goats. Thanks.

first time goat owner. After reading about proper care for my bottle kid, I saw I should give corid at 3 weeks old. He will be 3 weeks tomorrow so I bought some corid. I’m really confused on the dosage though. He only weighs 3 pounds so I’m really unsure on how much to give him. Can anyone help...

So to update this morning, he still has the runs. He got a 4os bottle of milk. I’ll go out in about 2 hours an give him more electrolytes. He’s full of energy and still extremely playful so I’m not really sure where to go from here. I do believe he just got milk overloaded. When should I start...

He’s a Nigerian dwarf. Should I replace all milk bottles with electrolytes until it clears up?

my bottle fed kid is a little over a week old? Not sure, got him from an auction with no info on him. First several days he was doing great. Drinking 6-7 ounces every 6 or so hours. He sleeps in a dog kennel in the house at night. This morning I woke up and he had diarrhea all over his kennel. I...