Treating Scours

We've had wet, cool weather, and unfortunately that sometimes leads to scours (upset tummy's). The signs are loose stools, sometimes a drawing up, or hunching up in the abdominal area, and just off behavior.

I am treating 3 babies for the scours. I work with my vet to get some scour pills, "primor" to give to them. It was orignally designed for dogs, but works well for goat kids. The prescription says 1 per 10# of body weight, and then give for 10 days. It seems to work, and I use a small dog pill gun to make them swallow the pills. After you give it to them you should watch to be sure they swallow the pills, because they can fool you. I usually start treating at the first sign of scours as I do not want them to get dehydrated.

1st Vaccinations

Saturday afternoon my children and I tackled the job of vaccinating all the babies. This usually can be a challenging event as sometimes arguments occur as to who has what job assigned to them. This time, everything worked great. We vaccinated 84 babies. Lori was the supreme goat catcher, Megan was a close 2nd but had the major job of double checking all tag records, and recording them as they received their shots, and Kaylee helped catch the babies, and placed a green mark after they received their shots. This helped us identify who we needed to catch yet. I don't really have working facilities yet, so I rely on the speed of my kids. Nate and Mr. Farmer were at a farm sale so they missed out on all the excitement, but Nate said we missed out on some good pie! I have received a few emails as to what product I vaccinate with so I have included a photo. I order mine from Mid-states wool, but I know Valley Vet, Tractor Supply, and Orschelin's also carry it. 2cc's given under the skin and then repeated in 2-3 weeks. The only thing that could have made it better was if our "Haley" would have been there.