EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[daxigait]

People come and comment on the the gloss to my coats, how nice my animals look,a how big they are so I tell them what it takes to do it, and then something like this happens. It makes me want to just stop breeding hold them all.
unfortunately, I want to move ahead with my breeding program and simply cannot afford to keep and care for them all.

 

[campingshaws]

people come and comment on the the gloss to my coats and how nice my animals look and how big they are and I tell them what it takes to do it, and then something like this happens. It makes me want to just stop breeding hold them all.
unfortunately, I want to move ahead with my breeding program and simply cannot afford to them all.

What does it take to do it? Asking for a friend.

 

[daxigait]

What does it take to do it? Asking for a friend.

That is a long answer, and one I am learning about all the time. Genetics help, but there are things needed for any herd. Good adequate shelter with ventilation, room to move, hopefully good browse, and if you are lucky somewhere to rotate. Quality hay including a good legume like alfalfa or lespedeza. Good quality loose minerals !!!!! (I keep a good quality and generic available free choice), kelp and rock/sea salts are great in addition if you can afford it. The girls need baking soda, the boys need ammonium chloride in their feed, and both benefit from apple cider vinegar in their water. I have a custom feed mixed up that includes extra vitamins a yeast called Citristim, minerals, a zinc additive, extra A D &E vitamins. I increase the fat oil and protein and putting in whole roasted soybeans with a high protein horse pellet when they're in milk. Then I drop the protein and fat back down when they are dry. My vet who raises goats also recommens putting de in the feed. Regular grooming of feet and lice treatment (I use a pour on once a month down their back and back the other way with a soap bottle like from the kitchen on adults. Only one direction on kids. I recently heard of an alternative that I need to study from Southernbychoice on backyardherds). I am hoping to get some big rocks soon for them to climb around on help with their feet. Then you really must monitor of course for parasites. My vet does not recommend a set worming schedule, but rather attention to each animal and its needs especially with the growing resistance to wormers. I am going to be including sicerea lespedeza in my goat's diet because they have proven it helps prevent worms. Plus things like extra copper and multimin 90. excetera...
There is a whole additional list of things for kids especially if you're raising them on the bucket and things you can do to help prevent coccidia which just tears them up. for instance I mix up di-methox in a gallon of water and put tablespoon to every gallon of milk I feed you need to put it in once the milk is cold if you pasteurize. I get the package of powdered dimethox that makes the 12.5% from valley vet and makes half a package to a gallon of water.
Di-Methox Sulfadimethoxine Soluble Powder For Animals
by AgriLabs

 

[campingshaws]

That is a long answer, and one I am learning about all the time. Genetics help, but there are things needed for any herd. Good adequate shelter with ventilation, room to move, hopefully good browse, and if you are lucky somewhere to rotate. Quality hay including a good legume like alfalfa or lespedeza. Good quality loose minerals !!!!! (I keep a good quality and generic available free choice), kelp and rock/sea salts are great in addition if you can afford it. The girls need baking soda, the boys need ammonium chloride in their feed, and both benefit from apple cider vinegar in their water. I have a custom feed mixed up that includes extra vitamins a yeast called Citristim, minerals, a zinc additive,a extra A D &E vitamins. I increase the fat oil and protein and putting whole roasted soybeans when they're in milk and then I dropped the protein and fat back when they're dry. my vet who raises goats also recommens putting de in the feed Regular grooming feet and lice treatment (I use a pour on once a month down their back and back the other way with a soap bottle like from the kitchen on adults only one direction on kids, but I recently heard of an alternative that I need to study from Southernbychoice on backyardherds). I am hoping to get some big rocks soon for them to climb around on help with their feet. then you really should monitor of course for parasites. My vet does not recommend asset worming schedule but rather attention to each animal and its needs especially with the growing resistance to wormers. I am going to be including sicerea lespedeza in my goat's diet because they have proven it helps prevent worms. Etc. etc. even things like extra copper and multimin 90 excetera
there is a whole nother list of things for kids especially if you're raising them on the bucket and things you can do to help prevent coccidia which just tears them up

Thanks! I see a few easy things I can adjust already.

 

[daxigait]

you also need to have certain medicines on hand all the time and be aware of some basic conditions cuz you don't have time to get a vet diagnosis you need to treat.

 

[daxigait]

Thanks! I see a few easy things I can adjust already.

Glad if I can help at all. I have a mentor that I'm constantly asking things.

I also recently found that you can get that lespedeza in pallets and I'm going to get that instead of alfalfa pellets since I have alfalfa hay. I am hoping to take advantage of some of that natural worm preventative.

 

[campingshaws]

Glad if I can help at all. I have a mentor that I'm constantly asking things.

I also recently found that you can get that lespedeza in pallets and I'm going to get that instead of alfalfa pellets since I have alfalfa hay. I am hoping to take advantage of some of that natural worm preventative.

Did you see my goat kids? Sally helped me over the phone to deliver them. We lost the little one, but not for lack of trying. 3/16 fuel line is perfect for tubing in a pinch.

 

[daxigait]

Did you see my goat kids? Sally helped me over the phone to deliver them. We lost the little one, but not for lack of trying. 3/16 fuel line is perfect for tubing in a pinch.

I did. I even commented a few times when you were dealing with the multiples. Hope they are still just as cute.

 

[daxigait]

so did you ever get Gertrude's test back? If she has CAE they will all have it if they drink any milk at all that wasn't pasteurized. as to your wether unless he nurses or gets a direct blood contact the odds of getting t
cae are really slim.

 

[campingshaws]

I did. I even commented a few times when you were dealing with the multiples. Hope they are still just as cute.

Oops. It’s been a wild summer, I can’t remember if I’m coming or going.