Call Ducks or Bantams...Crazy Animals Around the Farm

[happy duck]

@happy duck I read your entire Blog. Well done.

aww thanks so much! Honestly..if there is ANYTHING that is wrong..please tell me! I don't want to be giving people wrong info..so seriously tell me if there is anything you think needs to changed.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Shannon Bonnie is a partridge. I had a two of them once.

I'm beyond sad today. My most favorite goat has been losing weight and today he has reached the point of shivering. I have tried worming but I know that's not it. He and my 3 pygmy are 11 years old. I don't know what I will do without my Joseph goat. Now I have to ponder putting him down. I don't want him suffering in this weather. We will see how it goes over the next week or two. I see one of the pygmy is getting slow and looking old too. They aren't keeping weight on like they used to.

 

[gokittygo]

Shannon Bonnie is a partridge. I had a two of them once.

I'm beyond sad today. My most favorite goat has been losing weight and today he has reached the point of shivering. I have tried worming but I know that's not it. He and my 3 pygmy are 11 years old. I don't know what I will do without my Joseph goat. Now I have to ponder putting him down. I don't want him suffering in this weather. We will see how it goes over the next week or two. I see one of the pygmy is getting slow and looking old too. They aren't keeping weight on like they used to.

I’m so sorry about your goatie. Maybe a copper bolus and some B vitamins? Put him in a stall with a lamp or a coat maybe?

 

[chickens really]

Shannon Bonnie is a partridge. I had a two of them once.

I'm beyond sad today. My most favorite goat has been losing weight and today he has reached the point of shivering. I have tried worming but I know that's not it. He and my 3 pygmy are 11 years old. I don't know what I will do without my Joseph goat. Now I have to ponder putting him down. I don't want him suffering in this weather. We will see how it goes over the next week or two. I see one of the pygmy is getting slow and looking old too. They aren't keeping weight on like they used to.

That's sad Lisa. I hope you figure out what's wrong.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Shannon Bonnie is a partridge. I had a two of them once.

I'm beyond sad today. My most favorite goat has been losing weight and today he has reached the point of shivering. I have tried worming but I know that's not it. He and my 3 pygmy are 11 years old. I don't know what I will do without my Joseph goat. Now I have to ponder putting him down. I don't want him suffering in this weather. We will see how it goes over the next week or two. I see one of the pygmy is getting slow and looking old too. They aren't keeping weight on like they used to.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I’m so sorry about your goatie. Maybe a copper bolus and some B vitamins? Put him in a stall with a lamp or a coat maybe?

I have tried such things in the past and they always end the same way. They have unlimited access to a loose goat mineral containing copper. When I rub his cheeks I can feel his molars, I wonder if they get teeth problems, but he eats okay so probably not that.

I'll do what I can to make him comfortable and may try another worming and vitamins, but I doubt it will help. I've had a lot of goats over the years and generally when they start getting thin I cannot stop it no matter what I try.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

That's sad Lisa. I hope you figure out what's wrong.

I'm pretty sure it's his age. He's not ancient, but he's at the average. I have had vets out before with no answers because they don't know goats. I have seen this many times before and I'm pretty sure it's just deciding when to end it.

 

[happy duck]

Hello! I forgot to say hello this morning so just wanted to say it now(I might as well say my "good morning" that I forgot to do this morning too)!

 

[chickens really]

 

[chickens really]

I didn't get pictures taken yesterday. I had to go to town and trade the heat bulbs I bought. I picked up clear bulbs last week and needed Red....Good thing they still had 3 red yesterday... Then I had I to water the Horses and do my chores.
Today I'll take pictures of my critters.