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So true, so true: according to our goats they are always starving: regardless of how much they've had to eat!
I built them a new manger yesterday; hopefully that will cut down on the worm problem, as their former "manger" was a cluster of young trees fused together at the bottom...
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No, not entirely correct.
If you're graining the wethers...then you MUST use alfalfa hay. Grain + grass hay = UC
Alfalfa, IMO, is the perfect food for bucks and wethers. The Ca/Ph ration is as close to perfect as you can get.
Also, as Chaty said...AC at the appropriate times will...
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tod1972, from what I have been told there is a very good goat vet in Morrilton, AR. I have not had to use him yet. His name is Cy Shurtleff and the number is 501-354-1738. Good luck.
Morrilton is quite a ways, especially since I don't have a really good way to get...
For many months now, my biggest pygmy wether ("Goat Boy") has had sunken hips. He still has the fat belly, but around his back hips he looks undernourished, even though the other goats do not (and of course are eating the same things).
My vet is little help, because while he is well-meaning...