new baby goats

[tpassmore]

I need any help I can get. I have 3 new baby goats. All girls. Nig. Dwarf. They are 6 days old. I have so many questions. Shots, disbudding, worming, I am so lost. This was not planned. Anyone who can help?

[riverwolf]

Pam Lamont would be a very good source of info for you . She is a Puna member. Hopefully she will see your post.
Good luck.

riverwolf

[pslamont]

Unfortunately I am all about sheep. However Linnette Quade is the Goat Woman. I will get her to contact you. Take a deep breath; al will be well. Right now they need to be fed and kept warm. That pretty much covers it.

I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says

"Oh Crap, She's up!"

[Rene Siracusa]

Not much difference in caring for lambs or kids - nursing, keep them warm and dry and, if possible, with mommy. If you want them to be very tame, give them lots of cuddles daily while they're young. There are books at the library and at the feed stores (Del's, Miranda's). Enjoy.

[Rene Siracusa]

forgot to mention:

shots: no need

debudding: only males. females may have horns but if tame won't butt you, so no need mutilate them.

worming: not an issue as long as they are nursing. Once they are on a browsing diet, just keep checking their gums. Pink gums = no worms. White gums = administer wormer asap.

[mailesomaha]

You must vaccinate them. Del's Farm Supply sells everything you need for them; CD&T is in the refrigerator and don't forget about cocciodosis. The best is added to their feed so you prevent! And worming meds are there too.

God forbid they step on a rusty nail. It's incredibly cheap to boost their immune system by vaccinating lest you watch in horror as your beautiful baby suddenly begins to gorge on a newly introduced food source and dies a horrible death for which you can do nothing about once they develop Enterotoxemia. If you take them to the vet, they may tell you there's a chance they'll survive and treat them. You'll end up with a dead goat and a bill to boot.

A guy on craigslist has an ad as such:

Tired of trimming those tough hoofs ,or just dont have the time to maintain them or maybe not sure how call me Ben at 960-9725 I do mobile hoof trimming for goats and sheep

When I was having problem with my sheep, I place an ad on craigslist under farm and garden and I got wonderful and helpful advice!

And I would disbud the females as well; not only does it remove a potentially dangerous situation, it also helps to prevent them from getting stuck in things. If they are pets or petlike, they'll get stuck in plenty of things. Of course, if they're out in a field and not being monitored properly they need their horns for protection against dogs.

3 is alot at once. Can you foster one out?