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Maybe this list should be in a thread of it's own do you think? Even first hand personal experiences you've had with sick animals like what Summerthyme posted would be a big help and a part of the information. Btw, thanks mom, grower, and others I can't recall at the moment who have helped with advise.

Quote: Originally Posted by grower One other point...If the udder is hard as a brick, so that you can't even milk anything out, it could be CAE (caprine arthritis encephalitis). might be, but most likley because she wasn't emptied when she delivered. read my above post as to what to do. and use Ivomec, to warm them if you can.

Lehman's Hardware has little booklets on different topics like cooking on a woodstove or building outbuildings, for just a few bucks apiece. That might be a project/service that some "tree-dwellers" with knowledge in certain areas could do...compile the information into little e-books to post on the site...

Maybe this list should be in a thread of it's own do you think? Even first hand personal experiences you've had with sick animals like what Summerthyme posted would be a big help and a part of the information. Btw, thanks mom, grower, and others I can't recall at the moment who have helped with advise.

I appreciate the comments. She is still doing it and seems very happy.

You have to get oxytocin from a vet, or a friendly dairy farmer. It's a hormone which stimulates milk "let down" (and uterine contractions, as well) Not sure about the cayenne pepper... I usually make a salve with peppermint essential oil as well as other EO's for udder salve. But ANYthing which will soften up the tissues (and help those chapped, painful teats) and let you massage the udder so it can release any...

Quote: Originally Posted by Carol We are planning a place of refuge/sanctuary. Goats have been in the back of my mind for a while now. I've never been around them, so it would be a whole new ball game for me. I have questions/concerns. (by the way the advice here has been wonderful!!). In current times, one has money and access to vets. What if the time should come when one no longer can do this? Everyone knows goats eat grass...but what...

I bought plans from DIY.com as advertised from Backyard Chickens. They are 63 pages of goobledegup! The instructions repeat themselves page to page and the diagrams are so faint that they cannot be read... even after printing. What a waste of money! I just want to build a coop using SIMPLE PLANS! It not the space shuttle. It shouldn't be this difficult to find good plans.

I bought plans from DIY.com as advertised from Backyard Chickens. They are 63 pages of goobledegup! The instructions repeat themselves page to page and the diagrams are so faint that they cannot be read... even after printing. What a waste of money! I just want to build a coop using SIMPLE PLANS! It not the space shuttle. It shouldn't be this difficult to find good plans.

A friend in MO. passed this along this morning. AN INCONVENIENT COW Note; Just to be clear, we do not have the documents on this yet but choose to put this out now as by the time we get the documents this program will probably already be several weeks old according to Dr. Taylor Woods. This is what we have been told as of this morning 12/07/09 Red Alert! We'll, it seems we are finally here, USDA is finally mandating NAIS. Of course, they...