Don't take this personally, but your first mistake was buying at a public
auction. Disease is known to run through those places like wildfire. In
the future, you might wish to get to know a few people raising goats and
buy
from them. It sounds like you want to buy young, raise, and then sell.
It
would be good to know a few families who raise goats to supply you with
new
goats twice a year.
As far as mouthsores etc. I have no idea. I just bought my first three
goats last Friday. It's all I can do to milk the two older ones twice a
day. It's quite the hassle, but I have built a stanchion for them for
milking, which seems to help somewhat. I give them feed while I milk
them.
The milk is delicious by the way.
Good luck with your goats.
<bcurtiswall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I just started raising goats.. hopefully for profit, but so far it isn't
> turning out as planned. With pink eye, bad hooves, and now..
mouthsores,
> it
> seems like I am fighting a losing battle. I have about 60% boers and
the
> other 40% I wish I didn't have. The land that I am running the goats on
> has
> been a cow pasture for the past 30 years with no diseases in the cattle
> herd. I have had the goats for almost 2 months and I have had nothing
but
> problems. I do not know the history of the goats since I bought them at
a
> public auction.
>
> Questions:
> 1. How long does it normally take for Mouthsores to incubate and to show
> in
> goats?
>
> 2. Once mouthsores are in a herd, what is the best way to get rid of it?
> (I
> am planning on selling 100% in September)
>
> 3. What is the suggested vaccination regimen for goats? (I want quality
> responses, not like the vets who want my money)
>
> 4. Is there any recommendation for an "all encompassing" website that
will
> help guide me in my present dilemma and in my future decisions?
>
> 5. Does anyone want to have fun "playing" with ideas you never had the
> desire to try with your own goat raising business? If so, this may be
an
> op****tunity to test out your theory if you can make a valid "business"
> argument about why you want to do it..
>
> Any answers and/or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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