New kids, lambs, or piglets just born on the farm! Now what?
Being prepared for your kids or lambs or piglets needs before they are born will save you time, money and keep them healthy in their first couple months of life, which is also when they are most fragile. These things are important and some things, like castration and disbudding, are more ethical to do on younger kids rather than older. The older the kids get, the more likely you should be using a vet do to the procedure. Things to get ready for post kidding: (scroll down for lambs and piglets) disbudding iron hair clipper pain relief (metacam is suggested) castration tools (bander, with new bands, or burdizzo) tattoo kit new green ink tasvax 8 vaccine (or similar vaccine) bay cox *determine necessity dewormer *determine necessity (we use ivomec sheep drench, valbazen, or safeguard depending) With Nigerian dwarf goats, you will generally need to disbud them by a week old. We clip the hair on the top of the head before we do this, hence the clippers...
