worming kids

KOHL HAWKE · #1 05/14/10, 11:29 AM

If I worm the dam will the kids get the same treatment from the milk? They are ready to wean and good weight ~20lbs. I have wormed nursing mothers before and not had any problems, but I dont want to OD the kids on it. I have not wormed yet.

Alice In TX/MO · #2 05/14/10, 03:17 PM

No, they don't get enough dewormer through the milk from the mom.

I'd deworm at 9 weeks with Valbazen.

Then, at 12 weeks with Cydectin.

This is similar to, but not the same as, the info on:
http://dairygoatinfo.com/index.php?topic=2077.0

ozark_jewels · #3 05/14/10, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KOHL HAWKE

They are ready to wean and good weight ~20lbs.

What breed are they?? If they are standard breeds, 20 lbs is extremely undersized to wean.
No, kids will not get wormed through the milk.

deineria · #4 05/14/10, 05:21 PM

I was going to ask the same question. . . on the weight side - unless they are minis. . .and even then, very small minis - 20lbs is too early, by far, to wean.

As for worming, I just worm with Cydectin around 12 weeks.

KOHL HAWKE · #5 05/15/10, 10:29 AM

They are 4 month old, ok maby they weigh more than 20lbs but they look so small next to mama. about 1/2 to 3/4 her size. My does are on the small side, alpine and alpine nub. mix. they both weigh under 80lbs. The other are spanish bores and have weened/weening their kids all were born in late Jan.

Alice In TX/MO · #6 05/15/10, 11:41 AM

Are you sure about those weights? I don't have *any* adult does that small.

deineria · #7 05/15/10, 11:44 AM

I have a 1 yr old doe that is probably no more than 100 lbs - she had a bad bout of cocci and is stunted.

If they are 4 months old, you are fine then. You are probably like me and prone to underestimate weight.

KOHL HAWKE · #8 05/15/10, 02:55 PM

I will take a scale out and check those weights, The alpine is regesterd stock and the other is from regestered stock, I know they are smaller than the "northern" stock because growing up our alpines were much larger/taller.

Vicki McGaugh TX Nubians · #9 05/16/10, 03:12 PM

Yeah the whole notion of smaller stock in the south and bigger stock in the north is because of the erronious worming and cocci ideas going around all the time. Kids on prevention for what severe cold winters does for you up north are as big or bigger than their northern counterparts. Why nobody who lives in the south should be following anyones management that lives where they have freezes. We can't guess here, if you don't manage cocci and worms it will manage you, in low weght kids, small does who simply can't milk to their potenial, death. Vicki