My 1st Goats!! Many Questions

[Duckfarmer1]

I haven’t tried it...I thought it was more for horses. What if you mixed a lot of oats, some pellets, BOSS, soybean meal, beat shreads, and sweet feed. That’s the mix I was doing for my girls before they got pregnant...but if you made it three parts oats, and the rest one parts....perhaps that would work. I enjoyed making the mixes for them....and I was told that it was a good ratio. I only had my buck for a short time...but that’s what I did for him.

 

[RoosterML]

They have arrived
Meet Raz:
Meet Daisy:

 

[RoosterML]

Should I worm them ? If so which wormer should I use? Also how much? I see pelleted wormers at TSC

 

[RoosterML]

Does anyone treat for lice and fleas with pour on insecticide?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My goats wouldn't eat the pellet wormer. I personally use ivomec or pancur orally. It's best to not worm on a schedule. Worms can become resistant to wormers. Getting a fecal done or checking the eye membrane color is what I do.

I have used the powder on the back for lice. If you worm with ivomec it will take care of external parasites too. I use the cattle one the ivomec plus, although a few months ago I had problems finding it here, so we used to goat Pancur from tractor supply. It doesn't kill as many worm types.

Nice looking goats.

 

[chickens really]

Should I worm them ? If so which wormer should I use? Also how much? I see pelleted wormers at TSC

I'd ask the previous owner when they last had a treatment first..

 

[chickens really]

They have arrived
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Congrats on the goats...

 

[chickens really]

I haven’t tried it...I thought it was more for horses. What if you mixed a lot of oats, some pellets, BOSS, soybean meal, beat shreads, and sweet feed. That’s the mix I was doing for my girls before they got pregnant...but if you made it three parts oats, and the rest one parts....perhaps that would work. I enjoyed making the mixes for them....and I was told that it was a good ratio. I only had my buck for a short time...but that’s what I did for him.

I was told that too much grain isn't good for male goats. It causes urine stones in males.

 

[RoosterML]

@oldhenlikesdogs what dosing did you use. This says cattle but is ok for goats?

 

[Duckfarmer1]

I was told that too much grain isn't good for male goats. It causes urine stones in males.

That’s very true, that’s why I just thought, maybe a mixture of mostly oats would be ok....but, like I said, I only had mine for a short time.