| I am embarrassed |
[21 May 2011|03:56pm] |
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I've been watching this community for a little while, and planning to post about my family's little herd (We have 12 goats, seven of them born this year). I just hadn't got around to actually doing it yet.
I am embarrassed to say that the reason I'm posting today is for advice/opinions. Our ~1 month old buckling, "Nod", is sick with something I can't identify. My whole family are newbies to the goat scene, and there are no vets in our area who treat goats (We live in Alaska).
So I'm wondering if you all could tell me what you think? I would be very thankful for any information about this - my only references for goat health right now are Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats, Hobby Farms: Goats, and Fias Co Farm website. I could find nothing matching the little guy's symptoms.
The patient:
Nod is a mixed bread, la mancha-eared buckling. He was born about a month ago and is a triplet. His mom is our herd matriarch and a very good mother.
The symptoms:
He has diarrhea, is weak and listless. He does have a big appetite still, which is encouraging. Since this morning I've seen him drinking water, guzzling milk, and eating hay. However, after drinking he stands for a little bit with his head back, swallowing repeatedly.
His oddest symptom is a swollen nose. (see below) I have seen no references to swollen noses anywhere in my medical searching, and it's really throwing me off.
( Nod and sister Winken (for comparison) )
These symptoms were all first noticed today. It is possible that they began yesterday and were not noticed at the night feeding. (*fail*) Certainly if that is the case they were not as obvious last night.
The only thing I can think of is Tetnus. He has not been vaccinated at all, but neither does he have any wounds that I can see. We haven't trimmed his hooves yet, neither has he been castrated or dehorned.
Help! Any thoughts at all would be wonderful!
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| Pets photo competition with £250 voucher prize for PixMania.com |
[22 Feb 2011|04:55pm] |
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| Goats and horses |
[08 Sep 2010|08:17pm] |
A little update on Magnethe's kids, Hans and Grethe. They are doing well and are big and fun, like goats should be. A couple of videos:
Someone left the gate to the goat fold open, so the goats and the horses got all mixed up.
Hans and Magnethe duelling
I never get tired of the goats.
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| Goat stampede! |
[31 Aug 2010|02:01pm] |
This is a video I took of the daily goat stampede at the Beacon Hill Children's Farm in Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, British Columbia. Every day just before the farm closes for the day, the goats "stampede" from their pen to their barn, where they have their dinner and settle in for the night.
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| Behavior Correction? :P |
[19 Jul 2010|06:53pm] |
Hello!
I posted a while back, about my pet pygmy Elska. He's about 8 months old now.
 Happy Goat!
So, I have a question. Lately he has been rearing up and attempting to hump us! Is there any way to discourage this behavior? We've been taking him by the horns and putting his head on the ground while saying "No" (advice from a friend of mine), but it doesn't seem to be a huge deterrent for him :\ Any tips? Thanks :) -Emilie |
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| fairy tale |
[22 Jun 2010|07:28pm] |
Did I mention that Magnethe's babies have been named? I can't remember.
In any case they were named Hans and Grethe. The Danish versions of Hansel and Grethel.
And I happen to be the one who named them (I finally got to name goats yay) so don't diss the names. I actually wanted to call them Luke and Leia, but that would have been too international for the playground.
I am currently recovering from (my hopefully final) eye surgery so I haven't seen them in a week and probably won't see them for another one. But here are a couple of videos of the cuties any way.
Hans, the boy, is the one with the black head. Grethe is brownie.
Quiet time with goats
Loud time with goats
Goats don't like rain
fun with goats and humans
They are a lot of fun, as goat kids often are. Grethe loves to jump up on my back and Hans loves to headbutt me in the side. They both love raisin treats.
Hope you all are well and that summer is treating all the goats to sun and happiness
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| Taco consumes a thistle plant. |
[30 Apr 2010|11:42pm] |
I'm always amazed at how goats can chow down on the sharpest, spiniest, most painful-looking plants in existence. She did eventually consume that entire plant, I just got bored of filming her, lol!
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| Zazzle store |
[24 Apr 2010|01:35pm] |
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Hi Everybody, I just wanted to share my new Zazzle store featuring stuff with some of my goat art on it. It's nowhere near complete, I just started with this series of "cute" dairy (and Boer!) does. Will add more products and different goaty artwork over time. I ordered a Nubian t-shirt to test the quality, and it's pretty nice!
See my store at Zazzle!
My apologies to fans of Angoras, Kikos, Cashmeres, Pygmies and Nigerians (and any other breed!) I just haven't gotten around to drawing them yet, but I do hope to in the future. There will be different styles of art, too!
Thanks, I hope that someone reading this may enjoy the products and that this post doesn't seem spammy!
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| Quick question |
[23 Apr 2010|10:06am] |
Hey everyone! I introduced myself earlier (here) and as promised, I am back with a question!
I noticed Elska has been very dandruffy lately. I know it's not lice because he had that when we got him and we know what it looks like...It's also not moving, and basically is most definitely dandruff. :P I did some looking around online and the general consensus seems to be that this is normal when goats shed their winter coats. What do you guys think?
-Emilie
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| jump jump |
[22 Apr 2010|08:10pm] |
Magnethe's babies are growing. Full of energy and cuteness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVuUhTKeGt8
There's a little girl in the background who keeps going "see the lamb is jumping!" in the beginning. Adorable.
they are so much fun on eight legs'
PS. Happy Earth Day. Is there a Goat Day? There should be.
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| Pygmy Goat! |
[12 Apr 2010|04:16pm] |
Hey everyone! I'm Emilie and my boyfriend Jack and I adopted a baby pygmy goat in January. His name is Elska and he'll be 5 months old on the 16th. We love this little guy to bits, seriously. I had no idea that a goat could be so affectionate! He loves to cuddle with just about anyone. So far, it's been an amazing experience :) Since this is my first time owning a goat, I may come back with random questions, just to make sure he's OK.
Anyway! If anyone is interested in pictures, I made him a facebook page that should be open to the public -- www.facebook.com/elska.von.b
Cheers!
-Emilie
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| Goat lover and Newbie to your community blog |
[12 Apr 2010|09:40am] |
Hi everyone and nice to "meet" you! My name is Maia and I and my family live on a farm in Colorado where we tend to 34 wonderful animals, 5 of them nubian dairy goats. One of our does, Bubbles, just kidded 3 weeks ago -- QUITE the experience -- I'd never assisted a goat birth with complications before and I really learned a lot "on the spot" . You can read about it on my blog called Going Rural: Discoveries, Insights & Reflections. You can see lots of pics and some cute video clips too.
Anyway, our 5 goats are Mandy, Delilah, Bubbles, Mimsy and Chevy (short for Chevayo, pronounced "Sha VAY oh", which is a Hopi word that means Spirit Warrior). My 12 year old son does all the milking (and lots of the drinking too!). We drink our milk raw/unpasteurized and I don't think we could ever go back to cow milk! :-). I make some cheese as well and as we grow our herd, I plan to make more and make our own butter, yogurt and other dairy yummies as well.
We also have llamas, alpacas, miniature horses, hens, dogs, french angora and minilop rabbits, and an indoor cat. I homeschool and we love our rural, unstructured and animal-centered lifestyle.
I find goats to be so wise and intelligent and inquisitive! Their personalities really shine with warmth, affection and lots of touch and relationship building. They really can become good friends. They also get along with all our other animals which is really awesome since, aside from the llamas, who serve as livestock guardian "dogs", we try to keep an "open barnyard" so the animals can all intermingle and get to know one another. It makes the barnyard THE place to be on a nice day!
Anyway, love to hear and share goat stories and animal stories in general, as well as hear about people's experiences living in the country and becoming sustainable.
Look forward to reading and contributing to the posts here.
Take care!
Warm regards,
Maia Khan
www.AshHavenFarm
Our YouTube channel of lots of cute animal video clips is: www.youtube.com/ashhavenfarm
My blog is: http://ashhavenfarm.livejournal.com
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| long rime no goat |
[04 Apr 2010|08:02pm] |
Wow I have been gone a long long time from here. Anyone still remember me? I am the owner, dontcha know. Been going through some hard times.
But in case anyone is wondering how the goats at the playground are doing, I thought I would make a little update.
Unfortunately Vanilje passed away just over a week ago now. Complications from giving birth. I'm very sad about it. She was a good goat.A very good goat. I will miss her greatly. I know she's with Mads now, probably getting on his nerves a great deal.
She has left a sweet little girl, who looks almost exactly like her. She is in foster care now, but I do hope she will come back to the playground later on. It's good to know that a little bit of Vanilje lives on in her.
Magnethe, Vanilje's sister, also had kids. Two charming little boys. They have really done wonders for my mood. They came just a couple of days after Vanilje's death. So lots of conflicting emotions for me. But they are wonderful.
Here is a video of them:
And there's a few more of them in my youtube channel.
So that is the state of the goats address. I hope you are all doing well out there. I have been mostly away from livejournal for a long time, but I hope you're happy and safe and that your goats are doing well.
Happy Easter and be blissed.
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| Goat babies in the sunshine |
[22 Mar 2010|01:53pm] |
Saturday was a great day for taking goat baby photos. We have six kids on the ground now, and are waiting on only one more mom.
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All the babies on 3-20-2010
We let all of the babies out to enjoy the beautiful weather on Saturday. They played a lot of King of Rock Mountain, and spent a lot of time checking out the crunchy leaves, too. |
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Trillian is queen of all she surveys
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| Angora babies grow up too fast |
[23 Feb 2010|10:11am] |
Our wonderful Scout-goat turned one year old today. Apollo turned one yesterday. Time flies so fast sometimes.
I'm eagerly awaiting this year's goat babies - two more weeks until I can get out my catcher's mitt. I'm hoping for another Apollo, maybe this time in female form. I love me some redheads.
If anyone needs/wants Angora bottle babies, one of my acquaintances has five of them and is overwhelmed. She would love to sell them. She lives in PA.
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| Latest kids |
[14 Feb 2010|02:56pm] |
Born yesterday via AI breeding. Sire is GCH ++*B Sodium Oaks Yreka. Dam is my doe, Shevetts Schw Vague 1*M. Doe is on the left, buck on the right.
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