Feeding:

• 1/2 cup Blue Seal Dairy Goat Pellets twice a day in a clean container

• Provide free choice (unlimited) grass hay from a feeder that will keep it off of the ground and prevent them from standing/pooping on the hay.

• Free choice minerals in a gravity feeder or supplied in a small dish that can be cleaned and refreshed frequently

  • Either Manna Pro Goat or Sweetlix Meat Maker are ones I'd recommend

• Provide fresh, clean water at all times

Shelter/Fencing:

Secure, dry housing that provides a wind break and adequate shade is essential. Wire fencing for a pasture and/or play area with wires no more than 6" x 6" squares.

Medications:

Kids will be given a dose of Baycox at pickup. This is to treat for coccidiosis preventatively. We have found Baycox to be the most effective coccidiosis prevantative and treatment. We give it at the dosage of 1cc/5lb body weight orally, one time as a preventative or two days in a row if the kid is symptomatic for coccidiosis (scours/diarrhea is primary symptom).

Safeguard Oral Drench - this is our recommended dewormer. I suggest deworming kids at approx 3 months of age. We use double the dosage labeled for sheep and dose 3 consecutive days. If they have a worm problem (observed symptoms or a confirmed fecal) then we repeat that dosing every 3 weeks for 3 months.

Cylence - for external parasites. This is applied like Frontline is to other animals. We use 1 cc/25lb body weight. It can be applied weekly in the summer to keep flies and ticks away or every 3 weeks to treat lice or mites. If you observe small flea like bugs on the goat, it's likely lice (they are not transmissible to humans). If the goat has itchy, scaley patches, it's likely mites.