Farting Goats???

Kye022984 · #1 04/06/11, 07:42 PM

My goats fart a lot and it smells. Is this something normal for goats? I am mid switching them in their diet to more protein and calcium via free choice alfalfa pellets and new grain on the milk stand. I make sure to add little by little to now overwhelm them with something new but, they are still farting a lot. One of the does seems to have some significantly clumpy poop while the other doe isn't as bad but still a little clumpy. Is this because of the diet shift? Or, is there something else I should be one the look out for?

Goat Servant · #2 04/06/11, 07:47 PM

Yeah just dont get your face too close to their behinds

Goats do pass gas & freshly burped up cud is just as bad.
Change in diet could be a contributing factor to the clumpy poo, one gal's system might be a little more sensitve than the others.
You are changing slowly right?

Kye022984 · #3 04/06/11, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Goat Servant

Yeah just dont get your face too close to their behinds

Goats do pass gas & freshly burped up cud is just as bad.
Change in diet could be a contributing factor to the clumpy poo, one gal's system might be a little more sensitve than the others.
You are changing slowly right?

Yeah definitely changing slowly by the cup

I was trimming one girl's hooves today and... wow. Unfortunately was too close to the behind. Stinky.

luvzmybabz · #4 04/07/11, 12:11 AM

My goats fart and queef ( sp) when the are prego it is disgusting and my kids are appalled by it when them farting is just hilarious? Go figure?

April · #5 04/07/11, 08:57 AM

I particularly like the sneeze/fart combo move.

Sherry in Iowa · #6 04/07/11, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by April

I particularly like the sneeze/fart combo move.

LOL...I was thinking the exact same thing! Little Black usually garbs up a cud, then sneezes and farts at the same time. Then bless his heart, he looks at us like..what?!?!?

Kye022984 · #7 04/07/11, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Sherry in Iowa

LOL...I was thinking the exact same thing! Little Black usually garbs up a cud, then sneezes and farts at the same time. Then bless his heart, he looks at us like..what?!?!?

:smiley-laughing013:

These are all wonderful!

sammyd · #8 04/07/11, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by April

I particularly like the sneeze/fart combo move.

Blue Run Farm · #9 04/07/11, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by April

I particularly like the sneeze/fart combo move.

ROFL, my goats haven't done that yet, though my horses love the buck/fart/gallop combo. We call it their gas power.

Kye022984 · #10 04/07/11, 12:20 PM

Ha Ha HA! Very clever.