3 DEADLY Problems Most Goat Owners Will Face. FIX THEM.

My vet is a neonatal and emergency specialist with horses. But he also knows camelids. When I had a 2 day old cria with diarrhea, he said some animals have issues digesting milk at first and to give 1-2 doses of Lactaid dissolved in water. Can also give 1-2 doses of Imodium to control the diarrhea until the Lactaid works. I have only had to do this twice in over 10 years, but it worked both times. This is only for newborns. Once they are a week old, it will be something else. And prime time for a newborn to go septic is 3-4 days old. Either they are born septic or get the infection through their navel. ALWAYS dip the navel and make sure they get colostrum.

On our second week of goat ownership one of our baby goats strangled themselves in the fork of a tree. I had just gotten her to start eating out of my hand the day before.

The other 10% just brought home their new goats 2 days ago 😂

Same can be said of chickens and ducks. I've lost a calf as well. That's farm life (and death).

How have goats survived up to this point? It sounds like they are on the verge of death constantly. We had goats for several years when I was young and we never had any problems or had to have a vet. What has happened?

Deborah is the BEST!

Human grade diatomaceous earth for Parasites. Works great for us humans and we also give it our dog. Wonder how effective it would be for goats?

So if I live in a very dry climate (New Mexico) do I not need to worry about parasites? We have sand with just some bushes, no green pastures like you have, haha.

Can you leave your Buck on pasture 5-6 hours instead of hay? During the spring? I have loose minerals and some grain GMO free/

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Good video, but your channel's already persuaded me not to get goats.

Where did those goats ears go @2:35??????

Good information an good video

Basic H in their water works wonderfully for my herd of Boer goats

I should be fine in the desert. Get a bit of rain (and weeds) in the winter, and monsoon (and weeds) in summer.

3rd month of pregnancy? How long are goats pregnant for?

Anybody else watching the amazing YouTube channels coming out of Ugandan goat farmers?? 👃👃👃✌️🇨🇦

not one thing was ansered, just a lotta talk what not to do

I call corn my goat Elle-May's, goat crack. Sometimes she will GO plum silly for corn 🌽... 🌽=🐐 crackout... 😆

Electronic ear tags and a good set of automatic scales will tell you when any of your animals are losing weight. That's a common first symptom of anything going wrong.