Pippin was a little bottle fed Nygora kid, goat kid , that is. She was sold to a very great home near by, but came back when her new owner went away to college. Pippin had so much love, care and attention when she was a bottle baby and then at her new home, that she feels she should still always be the centre of attention. She has learned to be a goat, now, but gets herself into all kinds of trouble, like getting her head stuck in the fence. The wind was fierce today and the temparture has dropped to minus twenty and is still on its way down. The north wind is what makes the cold so bad tonight though. All the animals are huddled in their shelters and the sheep are in the barn. They ate and drank and again retreated. One of the goats has not been doing well, not since I got her. As a matter of fact, since the Nubians arrived, I have had sorrow, for most of them have died. The veterinarian was not useful in helping me to determine exactly how to accommodate them and ensure their health, but only to say they required a different wormer as they had developed resistance to white wormers. They have everything now, that I can possibly think of, incluiding copper wire filaments which they get in a capsule form. These filaments lodge in their bellies for up to six months delivering a very small dose of copper, which goats require. In our heavy iron laden water, the molybdenum binds the copper somehow and it is not available. The goats have mineral, mineralized looose salt, alafalfa in small quantities and all the good hay they wish for. Because of the poor health of the Nubian doe, I have taken her out of the shelter and fed her separately and today, I brought two huge fork loads of hay to the shelter so she would not have to brave the cold wind. Still, she is failing and I don't know what else to do.
Pippin had a large wormload when she was young as well, but it was corrected when she was in her new home and she appears to be well and trhiving, thank goodness. Next year she will be the mother to her own little kids, bred to a pure bred Nigerian Dwarf buck. It is a long process to produce coloured Angora and Nigerian crossbred goats, at least four generations. Pippin is just the first. She is pretty cute though, isn't she?
Pippin had a large wormload when she was young as well, but it was corrected when she was in her new home and she appears to be well and trhiving, thank goodness. Next year she will be the mother to her own little kids, bred to a pure bred Nigerian Dwarf buck. It is a long process to produce coloured Angora and Nigerian crossbred goats, at least four generations. Pippin is just the first. She is pretty cute though, isn't she?
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