Need to know your location. If you are in the South, herbal dewormers are not as effective because we don't (normally) have deep killing freezes to reduce the worm load on the pasture.

Monthly (at least) use the FAMACHA method to check your goat's lower inner eyelid for bright red color. This indicates that she is not anemic. Anemia (pale lids) indicates a blood sucking worm load. Also check body condition. Also get fecal tests done if you suspect worms. Then, deworm accordingly.

FAMACHA info: (for sheep and goats)
http://sheep.osu.edu/2010/06/16/373/

Body condition: the body cross sections show what you will be feeling for on your goats
http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/sfn/spg09livestock

 

Thank you for the links, I will check them out now.

We live in Northwestern PA.

thanks!

 

I live in a selenium deficient area; so I supplement this for my goats with the injectable Bo-Se.

I also leave Baking Soda out for them ALL THE TIME.

The "loose" mineral I use is Hoeggers' Golden Blend. Have used it for years and really like it.

Fresh clean water in 5-gal buckets HUNG ON THE WALLS is good and you can get them heated too. (I like to keep 2 heated ones during the winter months. My herd is only 4 adults.) I also like to add about a cup of apple cider vinegar to this fresh water. The goats love it and it helps keep the buckets clean too.

I recently started using Replamin Plus and really like it too.

 

Here is what I do,

Once a month I trim hooves. And sometimes more often for younger stock.

BoSe injections are given to my herd twice per year ( every 6 months)

Selenium gels inbetween the BoSe months

Copper bolus 1-2x per year

CD/T once per year

They are wormed as needed (usually twice per year)

Loose cow minerals always free choice

This is how I do my annual/weekly maintence. Hope it helps some

 

Here, we copper bolus/CDT/BoSe 1 month pre kidding. Varies with your kidding season.

We also copper bolus/BoSe around a month pre-breeding.

Hoof trims as needed on the dairies - definetely not monthly though. Maybe every 3 months or so. The boers we used to do every 3 months because it required a round up.

Other than that, I don't really do anything to them.

 

My goats need hooves trimmed monthly. I don't have rocks here in Texas.

 

thanks everyone, this helps me out a lot!