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19 Cards in this Set
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How do you keep your goat healthy?
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- Fresh Food and Water
- Medicated Feed to prevent coccidiosis - Keep a clean pen |
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What is a billy?
What is a wether? What is a doe? |
Male
castrated male Female |
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What do you feed?
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At each feeding: she gets
1 pound of Goat Grits 1 ounce of Mineral supplement 4 ounces of Fast Fat Fresh/clean water every day |
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Daily Care
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Feed & water
Check for healthy signs Exercise 3 times a week Tie up 3 times a week Clean the pen |
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What is the hardest thing about raising goats?
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What breed is your goat?
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Boer cross. She has some angora in her.
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Does she get any shots?
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CD/T
CD - protects from overeating (Enterotoxemia) belly ache T - Prevents tetnas which they can get if the get cut |
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How much does your goat gain per day?
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1/4 to 1/2 pound a day.
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What are you going to do with your goat?
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__________
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Where are the head, ears, poll, neck, dewlap, brisket, top of shoulder, back, ribs, loin, leg, stifle, fore flank, rear flank, forearm, hock, pastern, hoof, dewclaw, belly, jaw, nostil?
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picture goes here
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When was she born?
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June 24, 2002
Born and raised as a twin billy and doe |
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How old is your goat?
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_____________
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What is your favorite thing about raising goats?
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????
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What does the Rumen do?
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Largest chamber - like a holding tank with micro-organisms (little bugs)
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How much does she weigh?
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__________ pounds
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What are the four compartments of the stomach?
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Rumen
Reticulum Omasum Abomasum |
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What other care have you done, helped with or seen?
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Dehorning, hoof trimming, giving shots, weighing, haltering, clipping, washing, deworming
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What else can you tell me about raising goats?
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???
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Temperature
Life span Pulse Rate Respiration Rate Rumination |
101.5 to 104 degrees F
8 - 10 years 70 to 80 beats per minute 12 to 20 beats per minute 1 to 1 1/2 per minute |
