We are seeing progress with the new girls. Banshee already seems to have grown a bit, which really excites me. When she arrived, she seemed hunched up. Her front end appeared shrunken, and was both smaller and shorter than her rear end. She almost looked like a big tick! Her front end seems to have grown in the short time she has been here. I started her on Purina Goat Chow, and she gets a good portion every night. I have seen both her and Poit scarfing down minerals like crazy, so I am hoping that some of their deficiencies may be reversing. I have been giving them a vitamin gel once a week, with A/E/D & B12.
I still need to get some Copasure so that I can bolus them. I have been looking at their tails, and I think they show signs of being a bit deficient. They don't have obvious chunks missing from their tails, but I think I can see a little of a "fish tail" look to them. My other goats have much more full looking tails. I also need to get some selenium gel to give to Poit. If I give her the recommended dosage once a month, I highly doubt I will be over-doing it. I think I have seem some improvement in her way of moving, but her legs don't seem any less crooked, and I may be imagining an improvement. She has been getting grain as well.
I will have to post photos soon, but I haven't had time to do anything with the goats beyond their daily maintenance and some teasing. It took me awhile to finish the cocci treatment for Poit and Banshee, and I will be worming them with Valbazen tomorrow to be double sure about any worms. Dakota turned out to not be bred to Tomahawk, so I took her to visit the last two days of October. If she is pregnant this time around, I may just think of some Halloween themed names for her kids. I haven't seen Pearl go into heat again at all since she was bred in the first week of October, so I am feeling good about her being settled. I am going to be breeding Jolie this month, and possibly Val if Gizmo is up to it. Jolie may not be as old as I would breed most kids, but she is enormous. She is nearly as tall as her dam. I am crossing my fingers that she doesn't go over height, because I would love to show her, but I am feeling more and more as if that is a hollow wish. At this point I can only hope that she was simply fast to mature, and her growth will slow dramatically. I delivered her full brother, Dutch, to his new home this weekend. He wasn't nearly as enormous as his sister, so I am sure his new owners will have no issues with his height. I am excited about his new home!
