tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post6324241870749602881..comments2023-11-05T01:38:03.385-08:00Comments on New To Farm Life: Hole in the Goat Update (When to Cull?)Aimeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-83757865248302005252011-06-19T20:15:04.781-07:002011-06-19T20:15:04.781-07:00ECTH: she throws good strong kids, usually triplet...ECTH: she throws good strong kids, usually triplets. The doe from this years crop is so nice I'm keeping her as a milker. I guess that's my answer. Also, when the vet saw her he didn't seem to think she was in particularly bad shape. Maybe he sees a lot of really run down goats and mine looks good by comparison, i don't know. But in any case, he looked shocked when I talked about putting her down if she didn't recover from this wound quickly. So it looks like Django has earned a pass.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-90608664079237494282011-06-19T06:18:13.773-07:002011-06-19T06:18:13.773-07:00How healthy are her babies? If she's throwing ...How healthy are her babies? If she's throwing *strong* kids, don't cull. If they're in the same shape she is, she's still not contributing to your herd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-88639708845671049682011-06-16T08:15:20.005-07:002011-06-16T08:15:20.005-07:00Tonia yes I'm planning on giving her a year of...Tonia yes I'm planning on giving her a year off.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-48265154988515012322011-06-16T06:08:57.942-07:002011-06-16T06:08:57.942-07:00I would give her a break from kidding and milking ...I would give her a break from kidding and milking for a year. Let her get some meat back on her and have time to build up her system. They put a lot of energy into making milk and having kids. Vit C will help boost her system a couple of chewables a day. She will think its a treat. <br /> I have a skinny old goat out here. She weighs about 165lbs max and that is about 30-40lbs less then some of my others. She produces more milk, has never lost a kid, given me more does than bucks but has gotten very ill twice once because of my ignorance other because she started going into milk fever. Quads and producing a gallon and a half of milk at each milking. Her kids are AWESOME though. <br /> Nope I wouldnt cull yet.. Try a few things first.. I am not for testing because of the variables that can throw false neg/pos. If te blood has to wait to long ot be tested its more likely to through a false positive. Had a friend that sent off 2 samples per goat. One sample got to the testing lab the same day and the other was mailed to another reputable testing lab and had to sit over the weekend before testing. One that was tested the same day was Negative.. One that had to set was positive for CAE. <br /> I let people know I dont test for it but I have no symptoms either and I have bought from Cae free herds.Toniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09223141257252367520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-50998754927150325002011-06-15T22:51:14.457-07:002011-06-15T22:51:14.457-07:00That CL is a scary, scary thing, isn't it? It...That CL is a scary, scary thing, isn't it? It's the reason I never got any goats! Didn't want to even possibly bring the disease here, to my sheep. To quiet your fear, testing is so smart. I like everyone else's answers, so far, about culling. But if you need to keep the numbers down, anyway, that's a good reason right there.Gail Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644852656633107525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-10079364405713513642011-06-15T15:25:37.644-07:002011-06-15T15:25:37.644-07:00If you're having those thoughts, it's time...If you're having those thoughts, it's time to cull her. If you have kept kids out of her, you can send her down the road (euphemistically) with a clear conscience.<br /><br />You're right - you should have culled her before, but hind sight is always 20:20!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08421589409738817614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-62777013179527395942011-06-15T13:48:28.407-07:002011-06-15T13:48:28.407-07:00Bro - there's nothing wrong with having a pet ...Bro - there's nothing wrong with having a pet goat, or a retired goat. But there is something wrong with having ten of them. My land can only support so many goats - because I want them on natural pasture, not intensively contained and fed purchased fodder year round. The maximum is somewhere around eight goats. I figure that might give me a margin to keep two or possibly three retired, un-useful animals around. The obvious answer would be to eat them but I can't do that. I get too attached to milkers and mothers, and besides, I want to eat healthy yearlings, not sickly old grandma goats. Because I've only been here for four years, I haven't yet had to face the problem of milkers who outlive their usefulness. But they will tend to accrue, and then what?Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358194304460170717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-16192682347515888462011-06-15T11:58:15.672-07:002011-06-15T11:58:15.672-07:00We do not cull except for suffering by the animals...We do not cull except for suffering by the animals or others (overly aggressive animal). But we do butcher some animals for meat. I am not sure what the difference is except I get attached to the animals that produce babies, milk and fiber for me and try to give them a good retirement. The animals for meat I never have that attachment with but give them a good life until then. And I explain to visitors that I have old retired animals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7009967346802541581.post-29061359379283213972011-06-15T11:34:39.938-07:002011-06-15T11:34:39.938-07:00My feeling is that if the goat is not suffering, a...My feeling is that if the goat is not suffering, and is capable of either raising kids or not being bred, and it isn't prohibitively expensive to keep her, don't cull. How much feed does a goat eat? Is is terrible to have a pet instead of a working goat?Dr24Hourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212511946268980294noreply@blogger.com