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

[Lucky Lemon]

I challenge you to hit 2000 by Halloween.

I usually don't step away from a challenge.

 

[Chaos18]

just 1 strip on the tongue. It usually fixes it with in 15-20 minutes of giving it. I've seen people be able to save a goat with the strips when they were like 5 minutes away from dying before. ;o the stuff is a freaking miracle.

Currently it doesn't seem to bother him. He just blows up like a balloon and continues on about his business.

 

[kajira]

I usually don't step away from a challenge.

Well, your now 1 post closer

Currently it doesn't seem to bother him. He just blows up like a balloon and continues on about his business.

I gave my goat a daily dose of the gas X strip after it rained. Being in Nevada, they weren't used to the rain/green grass when it rained in the spring. They were used to eating dry hay and tumbleweeds.

In TX, the goats here, are far more used to eating green lushness... because our dry season is about 8 weeks in the summer lol

 

[BantyChooks]

Currently it doesn't seem to bother him. He just blows up like a balloon and continues on about his business.

Huh, strange.

 

[ocap]

I am so glad that when I do get my goats, that I have all of you to come to for advice! Thank you all!

all wethers are cheap, even from a herd of show goats, if you live in north TX give her a call, her wether prices might be on her web site

yeah #1000

 

[kajira]

all wethers are cheap, even from a herd of show goats, if you live in north TX give her a call, her wether prices might be on her web site

yeah #1000

Did you know that down here, people want intact males, for eating on certain holidays? The male goats here, go for quite a bit, due to religious holidays.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: I'm getting 2 eggs/day sometimes, but usually 3. Of course, I only have 3 layers ATM. The oldest crop of juvies should start contributing soon; they're 25 weeks old now, born May 29th.

I thought I'd lost one of the layers last night. The birds in her pen had been out scavaging all day, which they normally are on alternating days. They've never once failed to all come home by last light, but when I went out to lock up, there was one missing; only 2 birds in the coop, where there should have been 4...rooster was also missing. Naturally, my 1st thought was predation, but there was no sign anywhere. I found the rooster bedded down in the shed I'm building, but no sign of the hen anywhere (she's his favorite, judging from her sparsely feathered back), so I gave up.

I went out a little while ago to open up; going first to the juvies' coop. As the door raised, guess who was the 1st one out. She'd flown over the 4' fence separating the two pens.
Glad you she was safe!

Morning everyone.

Hi Pensmaster!

Morning everyone!

I just got a call from my post office. She thinks all my goose eggs are broken. Gonna have to get refunded on ebay, I guess. She's bringing me the box, but told me it doesn't look promising.

Oh no, bummer.

Hi Liz!

I made a deal with my daughter that if she takes care of all of the indoor pet chores (feeding, watering, litter boxes, cleaning fish tank, cleaning up messes from animals, etc) for 70 days straight, without missing any days, that we will get some goats. We made a big calendar on our dry erase board to track her progress. If she misses a day she has to start over on the count.

So.... what kind of goats should we get? We only want them as pets, but it would be great if they help keep the pond overgrowth under control too. I only want to get 2. Suggestions? @daxigait and @Sally Sunshine and anyone else with goats ? ?

Nigerian Dwarf

Quote: Technically all goats give milk. No, mammals usually only give milk after birthing.
And they'll dry up eventually if not re-bred

 

[Chaos18]

Well, your now 1 post closer
I gave my goat a daily dose of the gas X strip after it rained. Being in Nevada, they weren't used to the rain/green grass when it rained in the spring. They were used to eating dry hay and tumbleweeds.

In TX, the goats here, are far more used to eating green lushness... because our dry season is about 8 weeks in the summer lol

Thanks for the info.

 

[Lucky Lemon]

all wethers are cheap, even from a herd of show goats, if you live in north TX give her a call, her wether prices might be on her web site

yeah #1000

I am in Alabama... there is a place that I drive by EVERY DAY that breeds goats of all kinds. We drive by every day with envy in our hearts. LOL.

 

[kajira]

Thanks for the info.

not a problem. I don't know why more vets don't know about the gas X strip. After I moved away from NV, I've been the one to inform most goat people/vets about the strips working better than baking soda, and it's one of the first things that comes up when you google ways to treat emergency bloat in goats... or, at least on my search engine it is