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02-05-2016, 07:42 PM
Hello Nanno
Thanks for Insect Repellent Info.
I can understand your caution about using insecticides on your PG or milking stock.
I do have some milking experience (Cow) and agree with your caution.
Both my Guys are wethers and not planned as Dinner guest.
So No PG worries.
Pack Goats,Brush Chompers, Companion animals and their newest talent Plumber's Helpers.
Will have to find out about if they will not mess with each other's flea and tick collars.
Here is a bit of information back for you and all others.
External Parasites like lice,fleas ect. I use DE (Diatmatiouse Earth) on my horses just "Dressed into the hide and brushed in lightly. Do not know if it works for ticks but I never have puled a tick from any of 5 horses in the years I have used DE on them. they also get it as part of their every day feed in the BP mash I feed.
No Internal Parasites and no fly's around the barn so it works when it comes out the other end too.
It is totally NON-Chemical so parasites can not build up a "Resistance to DE."
With the parasite control for goats I have seen here and on other goat sites, It appears many common chemical control agents do not work very good and the dose rate is very high compared to horses when the using the same chemical.
DE has a down side you have to feed it on a every day basis and it is like talcum power so it needs to be fed either in a wet mash or with a "Sticky" sweet goat feed. I use a wet BP mash for horses here all the time so DE in their(horses) feed is not a "Inhalation" problem.
So far Pete and Sam have not been "Introduced" to DE. they both have been dosed with Ivermectin at 2X the recommended dose for horses.
When I do start DE it will be mixed into a Sweet Feed for the same reasons mentioned above.
DE will not get Blood stream parasites or lung worm type parasites . But will get any egg,larval,or adult intestinal track parasite. DE will get Skin parasites when applied "Externally as a dusting"
I still plan on a Chemical worming program with a blood stream agent (Ivermecten) base or combination.
Moving on:
Some of the items I have mentioned above would be hard to do with a "Herd" situation but would work well for the Hobby Goat Packing person. Call me that "for Now"
I am looking forward to both having fun with my goats and promoting goat usage here on the East Coast.
I have never met a animal I did not like, either for work or on the table.
Happy Trails
hihobaron , Pete and Sam
Thanks for Insect Repellent Info.
I can understand your caution about using insecticides on your PG or milking stock.
I do have some milking experience (Cow) and agree with your caution.
Both my Guys are wethers and not planned as Dinner guest.
So No PG worries. Pack Goats,Brush Chompers, Companion animals and their newest talent Plumber's Helpers.
Will have to find out about if they will not mess with each other's flea and tick collars.
Here is a bit of information back for you and all others.
External Parasites like lice,fleas ect. I use DE (Diatmatiouse Earth) on my horses just "Dressed into the hide and brushed in lightly. Do not know if it works for ticks but I never have puled a tick from any of 5 horses in the years I have used DE on them. they also get it as part of their every day feed in the BP mash I feed.
No Internal Parasites and no fly's around the barn so it works when it comes out the other end too.
It is totally NON-Chemical so parasites can not build up a "Resistance to DE."
With the parasite control for goats I have seen here and on other goat sites, It appears many common chemical control agents do not work very good and the dose rate is very high compared to horses when the using the same chemical.
DE has a down side you have to feed it on a every day basis and it is like talcum power so it needs to be fed either in a wet mash or with a "Sticky" sweet goat feed. I use a wet BP mash for horses here all the time so DE in their(horses) feed is not a "Inhalation" problem.
So far Pete and Sam have not been "Introduced" to DE. they both have been dosed with Ivermectin at 2X the recommended dose for horses.
When I do start DE it will be mixed into a Sweet Feed for the same reasons mentioned above.
DE will not get Blood stream parasites or lung worm type parasites . But will get any egg,larval,or adult intestinal track parasite. DE will get Skin parasites when applied "Externally as a dusting"
I still plan on a Chemical worming program with a blood stream agent (Ivermecten) base or combination.
Moving on:
Some of the items I have mentioned above would be hard to do with a "Herd" situation but would work well for the Hobby Goat Packing person. Call me that "for Now"
I am looking forward to both having fun with my goats and promoting goat usage here on the East Coast.
I have never met a animal I did not like, either for work or on the table.
Happy Trails
hihobaron , Pete and Sam