What breed of goat is this besides lamancha.

[AnniesFarmFl]

She is healthy and happy,the mom doesn't reject her she is just the runt of the littler, we took care of her hypothermia and she is fine but since it does get cold we keep her in a hatch with a heat lamp, she eats and plays fine a little slower than her sister but nothing to be worried about. The only thing I was worried about were their size but if their sire is a mini then everything is fine.

 

[Stacykins]

She is healthy and happy,the mom doesn't reject her she is just the runt of the littler, we took care of her hypothermia and she is fine but since it does get cold we keep her in a hatch with a heat lamp, she eats and plays fine a little slower than her sister but nothing to be worried about. The only thing I was worried about were their size but if their sire is a mini then everything is fine.

Annie, your goat getting hypothermia when you live in Florida (which is a sub tropical climiate, Chooks, quite warm about 20 degrees Celsius this morning in Bell, Florida according to the forecast. Not Australia warm since you're moving into your summer season (so jealous!), but warm for the rest of the United States) is not normal and quite shocking. Being the 'runt' isn't just her problem, she likely has a clinical problem that needs veterinary intervention. Think about it, your little girl is so sick she is unable to stay warm on her own. Not normal.

 

[AnniesFarmFl]

She is, but I just want to make sure she is safe, the night she got hypothermia she got lost from her mother and sister we found her in the pig pen, we are rebuilding the pen so she won't get out again the temperature was in the low 30 that night. She was checked out by our vet and everything is fine, we just like to make sure she is warm at night even if she doesn't need it, better safe than sorry.

 

[H Diamond]

Have you done a fecal on the momma? From the looks of her coat, she could some copper also. Would almost guarantee she needs wormed.

 

[AnniesFarmFl]

At that time she had a big worm problem, we bought her at an awful auction and it's been hard to get her to a healthy weight, she has been wormed and has put on a lot of weight, the photo is an old one.

 

[chooks4life]

Not Australia warm since you're moving into your summer season (so jealous!), but warm for the rest of the United States) is not normal and quite shocking.

Why would you be jealous? It's atrocious!

Every day the animals (and people) are under threat of heatstroke. There's no escape for the animals.

You can't keep the gardens from wilting --- even if the soil stays damp it still heats up to dangerous levels; the grass has turned to parchment, and we're in the middle of drought to boot. Would not mind some cooler temperatures and some rain! And always the threat of bushfires, no matter where you are. And it's only the start of summer!

I've got higher heat tolerance than most people I know and I'm still not looking forward to this. I want to move down south, maybe get some snow. Never seen snow before.

 

[Stacykins]

Why would you be jealous? It's atrocious!

Every day the animals (and people) are under threat of heatstroke. There's no escape for the animals.

You can't keep the gardens from wilting --- even if the soil stays damp it still heats up to dangerous levels; the grass has turned to parchment, and we're in the middle of drought to boot. Would not mind some cooler temperatures and some rain! And always the threat of bushfires, no matter where you are. And it's only the start of summer!

I've got higher heat tolerance than most people I know and I'm still not looking forward to this. I want to move down south, maybe get some snow. Never seen snow before.

The ground being covered in snow already (it is too soon) with temperatures forecasted to be -17 degrees Celsius within the next week is mading me desire warm weather, hah. Normally we ease into winter, but instead it went from balmy to freeeeezing over the space of a day. The first snowfall is usually nice, very pretty. But it was heavy wet stuff that is a pain to shovel and makes roads slicker than teflon!

It seems like a lot of places globally are experiencing drought conditions, which is quite frightening. I hope you get enough rain to keep the bushfires at bay, that is not cool! Once summer here was dry as parchment, and everything seemed to be lighting on fire. No natural forest fires for a while means there is a lot of fallen trees, leaves, etc. that is great fuel, all it needs is a spark. Thankfully most of the properties were not inhabited at the time (deer hunting camps) but it took out a lot of forest land.

 

[chooks4life]

At that time she had a big worm problem, we bought her at an awful auction and it's been hard to get her to a healthy weight, she has been wormed and has put on a lot of weight, the photo is an old one.

Just a thought, if she's getting a loose mineral lick supplement or sufficient nutrients are provided, you could try giving her rolled oats. It's great for maintaining temperature and putting on weight. The bubs should be fine to have a nibble at it too.

I recently got some kind of 'wool' goat, Cashmere or Angora cross feral it looks like (right now I'm thinking she's Cashmere X), and under her wool she was skin and bones, at the stage where she was no longer eating at all.

I thought worms, Johne's, bad teeth, etc etc etc, but her poops were fine and once she settled in here she started putting on weight rapidly. She now weighs more than three times what she did and is still gaining. Asides from a supplement I've just been giving her pasture and about 370 grams of rolled oats per day.

I started the rolled oats because it was frigid a few months ago, to keep the heat up to her overnight partly by feed, and now it's scorching hot, but anyway, she's put on a heck of a lot of muscle and general mass. So has my ewe, who recently foundered (the joys/risks of living with other people, aye?) --- she got grain acidosis and lost most of her muscle mass, a few weeks on rolled oats and she's almost obese. Not something to overdo, obviously, they never get more than under 400 grams a day, but what a difference it makes. Can make them friskier and a bit rude though, in which case I cut it down a bit.

Best wishes.

The ground being covered in snow already (it is too soon) with temperatures forecasted to be -17 degrees Celsius within the next week is mading me desire warm weather, hah. Normally we ease into winter, but instead it went from balmy to freeeeezing over the space of a day.

We had the reverse, freezing to boiling. Equally unpleasant if not more so, very hazardous for those with cardiovascular conditions (plenty of those in my family), so stressful in more ways than one. You can bundle up when you have summer-thinned blood and it's suddenly cold, but can't easily thin out winter-thickened blood in short order.

The first snowfall is usually nice, very pretty. But it was heavy wet stuff that is a pain to shovel and makes roads slicker than teflon!

lol yes, I'm sure snow would be lovely for about 24 hours before I got jack of it.

It seems like a lot of places globally are experiencing drought conditions, which is quite frightening. I hope you get enough rain to keep the bushfires at bay, that is not cool!

Thanks, we hope so too. The snowy area I'm thinking to move to (!) had massive wildfires in one week and heavy snow the next. Not safe anywhere, even when it's just been monsoonal you can still get a wildfire as soon as it dries out enough. Gumtrees and volatile-oil-bearing native plants... They go off like bombs.

Once summer here was dry as parchment, and everything seemed to be lighting on fire. No natural forest fires for a while means there is a lot of fallen trees, leaves, etc. that is great fuel, all it needs is a spark. Thankfully most of the properties were not inhabited at the time (deer hunting camps) but it took out a lot of forest land.

That sucks, always hate seeing established forest burn to nothing. Forest management is a hot topic here because of all the undergrowth.

Best wishes.

 

[AnniesFarmFl]

I never thought of rolled oats, mainly only give them to my horses. I'll give that a try, thanks for all the help

 

[chooks4life]

I never thought of rolled oats, mainly only give them to my horses. I'll give that a try, thanks for all the help

Hope it helps yours as much as it's helped mine. My goat goes 'mmm, mmm, mmm' very quietly as she eats her oats, lol! Both her and my ewe scoff their oats like it's some kind of race, even though nobody will steal them.

Best wishes.