Some recent pictures!

How to treat Bloat in a goat

I thought I would post a few small articles that have helped people in the past. This one is on how to treat bloat.

How to Treat Bloat

                We have experienced goats getting bloat, and have treated them all successfully. This information is just from our experience - we are not vets or professionals. It is what has saved a few goats' lives.

When a goat is bloated, the left side will be hard, and the right side will feel "airy." The goat will be much wider/bigger looking than normal and will usually not want to walk or move around very much. Thus, bloated. Bloat is usually caused by goats either eating too much grain (that they are not used to) or getting out on new lush green pasture. Bloat is a very serious condition and needs to be treated immediately.

For treatment, there are a few ways to go.

- my first line of bloat treatment is to go to the Therabloat bottle or the like. There are many brands of bloat treatment for goats and cattle. The dosage is normally on the bottle.

- if I do not have the above, give about 1/2 cup of Oil (mineral, corn, etc), add a couple of big spoonfuls of Baking Soda to the Oil, and drench it down the goat's throat with a syringe (withOUT a needle). Do this slowly and carefully so you do not get it down the goat's windpipe.

- I always give C&D ANTITOXIN. This will not hurt the goat. It is a water soluble, and this if it is not needed in the gut, the goat will pee it out. This helps balance the rumen and calms things down. A lot of the time, after a goat has bloat, a few days later they will come down with Enterotoximia, and that is a very fast, life threatening situation also. If it is an adult goat, I give about 10 cc of C&D ANTITOXIN, sub-Q, a couple times until they recover. With a kid, I would give about 3-5 cc.

- along with bloat, some goats will also get diarrhea. You can let it run it's course, just make sure the goat is staying hydrated and offer then electrolytes a few times a day.

- if you know how to tube a goat, you can tube them and let the air out. Only do that if you know how to tube a goat, safely!

I hope this helps. Again, this is just our experience. We are not veterinarians or professionals.

Website update, and things going on at the ranch

I got some of the website updated today. I updated the Kids page so there are pictures of all of the kids and the new kids are up now. I also updated the Standard Nubian does' page with all of the new does (Maggie, Rosie, Doloris and Almond Joy). I still have to put Willa up on the MiniNubian doe page, and her buckling Sapphire on the bucks' page. Other than that, I think we are pretty much up to date though. If there is anything that you see that needs to be fixed, let me know! I would appreciate it.

I thought I would give an update on other things going on at the ranch, besides goats. We put all of the 6 yearlings (Quarter Horses, you can see them at www.diamondmlivestock.com) out on the 40 acres and they are finding a lot to eat out there already. They were not very interested in their hay the other day! I was also given one of the yearling geldings for my birthday. His barn name is Tank, registered name is Royal Gypolena.

Other than that, I don't think there is too much going on :).

More babies, and more new does!

We have had more babies born and bought a few more Nubian does. Here's the updates. I am going to try and work on the website in within a few days and get new pictures and info up on everyone.

Last Friday we picked up our two new Nubian does, Maggie and Rosie (mother/daughter). They are beautiful girls, and they produce like pros with great udders! They are both a pretty brown with white ears, and their udders are very nice with very easy to milk teats. Pics will be up on the website soon, Lord willing. Thank you Linda Denmark!!

As for babies born, Northwest Goats Lil' Prissy kidded to a beautiful doeling on the 25th. Her sire is Junior Mint and she is a F1. She is just adorable though! Her ears are super long, her type is very nice, plus she is extremely colorful and is a sweety. Her dam is a wonderful milker with a very nice udder and her sire comes from great milking lines also. We are keeping her and her name is Starlight Mint ("Starlight").
Then yesterday, the 30th, PawPawNin Verona kidded to beautiful buck/doe twins. They are both very colorful and have nice ears. Verona is milking very good also! The only problem is that the buckling's front feet are a little deformed - when he stands or walks, he is walking ontop of his foot. Hopefully that will straighten out with time. He got a BoSe shot also. We are thinking about keeping the doeling. She doesn't have a name yet though!

Time to go. Have a great day!

Third gen. MiniNubian buckling for sale

Hello all,

We have a beautiful 3rd generation MiniNubian buckling for sale. He comes from great milking lines, and I can send udder pictures of his dam (PawPawNin Willa) and related does. He is about 7 weeks old and is being dam raised. He is a very flashy little guy also, and has nice pendulous ears, though he does have some ear control. We are asking $100 (negotiable) for this handsome buck. Located in Northeastern Oklahoma, transport might be workable to various states.

Email me for more info and for pictures - sf@goodgoats.net

Thanks,

Suriyah

Time for another post!

I think it's well overdue time for another post. I've just been busy lately. Here's an update on everything.

Baby kidded on February 27th, around 2am to two beautiful bucklings. We are keeping on of them as a wether, and the other one is sold already. Baby ended up not doing so great and getting very thin, and not milking as much as she should. She is doing a lot better now and putting weight back on. Needless to say, our feed program has changed some and all dairy goats are getting ALFALFA!

Next doe due was a Togg doe named Jess. She kidded on March 3rd (on day 148) to a buckling that looked very premature. I don't have a clue why that happened. He did not make it :(, and she didn't have any other kids.

Everyone else is doing great though! All of the kids are sold except for one F3 Mini Nubian buckling - see below for more info on him. We now only have 5 does left to kid. They are - Prissy, due tomorrow; Verona, due April 1st; Vanilla, due May 13th; Doris, due May 25th; and Whitney, due June 8th. We also have a Nubian/Boer doe that is due in May sometime - I forgot to write down when she was bred!

I am very excited to say that we now own PawPawNin Willa (F2) and her two F3 bucklings - thanks to Aliza Vanderlip for such a beautiful doe! Althou

gh Willa has lots of the same lines as lots of our other Minis, she will be a great addition to our herd. Look at that udder! Willa is also a very small doe, about the size of a Nigerian. We are keeping one of the bucklings, but the other is for sale. Email me if you are interested in him (sf@goodgoats.net).

I think that's all the updates for now. Have a great day!

New kids, updates, etc

Hello all!

I have been very busy and have not had the time to post. Everyone is milking very well and doing great. Here are some updates.

Almost two weeks ago we got 2 more beautiful Nubian does. Both of them are about 2 years old. The one came with a doeling on her, so she is in milk and milking pretty well so far. Her udder is very nice, and her teats are very nice sized and easy to milk! They are both very colorful girls - the doe in milk is brown with white spots and frosted ears; the other doe is black with frosted ears and a white stripe, with some brown. They are also very nice typed and put together very well!

Monday the 22nd, Adams Funny Farm Daisy Mae, bred to Quiet Wyatt, kidded to a buckling and doeling. Both of them are just adorable! The buckling has very nice ears and type and I think he would make a wonderful sire. The doeling's ears will probably end up being 2/3 drop. She is also polled. They are 2nd generation kids. Daisy is being a wonderful girl and milking like a pro, yet again!

And now yesterday morning, the 23rd, PawPawNin Vivid Bridget kidded to one beautiful buckling. He is small, compact, and looks a lot like his sire as a baby, just different colors. His ears are pretty nice, and is very well put together. I just look at him and go "wow"! He is also polled, and is a velvet-red with white swirl all over. Very cute little guy. Bridget is also milking very well. The buckling is a 3rd generation kid.

So anyway, I think that is most of the updates. One of our Nubian does, Baby Ruth (bred to a Boer buck, CVC Gander), is looking very big, due on the 28th. I think she is going to go within the next day or two. She should have some nice 50/50 kids. I am also looking forward to milking her again as this is only her second freshening and she milked great last year.

Have a good night!

Suriyah

Updates!

Well, I have not posted in a little while. Jolinar, the last doe due for January, kidded on Wednesday the 21st to big twin bucklings. Both were very healthy and everyone is doing great. Jolly is being a great milker with a beautiful udder also!

We are sold out until more kids are born. All the bucklings are gone, and a few doelings still have to go to their new homes, but they are sold. We are keeping 3 doelings for now - French Kiss ("Frenchie"), 2nd gen. out of Icthus VML Champagne Kiss and Dreamy-Hollow Parker; Princess Piggy Pants ("Princess"), a 2nd gen. out of Good Goats JM Piglet and PawPawNin Quiet Wyatt; and last but not least, Blush Rose ("Blush"), a Togg/Saanen, out of The Bowles Rosie Cheeks and a Saanen buck.

Time to go! Have a great day!

The Bowles Rosie Cheeks kidded!

On Monday night, Rose (Toggenburg first freshener bred to a Saanen), had a few bubbles hanging out. We watched her but she didn't seem have be having much if any contractions at all. So we went in and found 2 big tangled kids (after trying to figure out what we were feeling). My cousin, who is a big guy, when in and it took about 40 minutes total to get both kids out. First what there was, was one kid's front legs, and the other kids head. So he pushed the head back, found the other kids head and pulled her out. Big healthy doe kid. The second kid wasn't going to come on its own either. So he got his head, couldn't easily find the legs, and pulled and pulled till his head finally came out, then he found his legs and out he came. Another big healthy kid, a buckling this time though. Momma was a little dazed - poor girl, this was her first kidding and it was probably the roughest kidding we've had here!

Rose ate grain and hay and had warm water and electrolytes available right afterward, while I milked her. She actually seems to be doing great for how hard the kidding was! Thankfully, about 4 hours after the kids were all out, her placenta came out fully. Rose is also started on Pen G to prevent infection.

Later!

6-goat milking stanchion is done!

Well, our 6-goat milking stanchion is done and in use! I really like how it turned out. It takes the does some getting used to, but it makes milking time much faster and easier. Here are a few pictures. Let me know if you want one too :).