How we SAVED our goat from parasite overload | Goat Herd Care | The Head Family Farm

[@sherylduncan1178]

OH MY WORD! IT IS SO NICE TO SEE AN UPDATE, HAVE MISSED YOU ALL

[@diannewood3012]

Good luck sweetie 🥰

[@tiffanytupper8983]

Good to see how you are doing!😊🧡💜🧡

[@darlenemurphy4968]

Glad to see you back. You have been missed.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you so much!

[@janemay8721]

So GOOD to see you!

[@Linda0513]

Good to hear from y’all again. Looking forward to seeing you guys again!!

[@karenmccleary7616]

Welcome back!❤

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Karen!

[@janinepennell2130]

So nice to see you again. The place has changed a lot in the last several months! Hope things continue to go well with your goats, so sorry about Muffin. Good luck in contain your meat pig! He’s a tricky one!😅 Blessings to your family!🤗💖

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Janine! So far so good!

[@sharonhavron3000]

So good to see and hear from you again. I am so happy you got your sire goat back on the way to good health.

[@edierice5233]

Who needs a tiller when you have a pig😂! I'm glad Cap is doing better!! Nice seeing you!

[@bessiebrooks7353]

Really missing you all. What has Elenor been up to? Does she still fish or is it to cold?❤see you next time.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Always fishing!

[@AdventureswithMeandT]

Oh Jaclyn, It's so good to see you and to get an update on your Homestead adventure. I'm so sorry about Muffin... she was a gorgeous girl 😢. Barberpole is no joke. Worst parasite EVER! Body scoring and Famacha checks on a monthly basis are helpful but sometimes even our best attempts at herd health aren't enough. Those parasites are sneaky! I'm so glad Cap got treated quickly and that you were able to save him ❤ We found adding a few crushed up Flintstone vitamins to the feed helped them improve immensely (in alpacas anyway). Looking forward to more updates in the coming weeks and months and hoping to see y'all at Petal's in April. Hello to Zac and Eleanor... I'm still wearing the chicken earrings she helped me pick out last September... everybody loves them 🙂 Hugs from Florida ❤ Launda

[@nancyhodge8247]

Missed you. Glad you are back

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Launda! I don’t think I’ve ever hated something the way I do these parasites! I check famacha weekly and I’ve got to order solution again because it came busted but I’ll be running my own McMasters fecals regularly on our herd. I’m excited to develop that skill. The last time the vet came and did fecals, famacha was the best it could be on everyone and we still had 2 goats with fecals above 2,000 EPG, so I have a distrust of the famacha scoring.

[@AdventureswithMeandT]

@HeadFamilyFarm true, the Famacha is iffy sometimes. The McMaster system is awesome! We did ours, originally, in a sugar float in time increments (1 hour, 4 hour, 8 hour, and 12 hour) as different eggs will rise at different rates and that was a great source of information but time consuming and labor intensive. McMaster's is the way to go! Especially for a good-sized number of critters! Wishing you great success! ❤️

[@teresaparish3266]

So happy to see you, missed your videos 😊

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you!!!

[@lillianperry6451]

Wish you luck containing your wild pig. Will have a lot of work repairing its mayhem. At least you didn't have a garden bed started for it to destroy.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

I’ve actually decided to use her handy work in the backyard and expand my flower beds!

[@annietind262]

I've been wondering if KZbin unsubscribed me since I haven't seen any notifications from your channel. That's happened with some of the others I've subscribed to. Glad to know I'm still subscribed. Great to see you. 😊❤

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

We’re here! Haha thank you!

[@zanieburdette55]

Oh what a joyful day!!! I’m so glad to see you back on KZbin again. I have missed you all so much. You guys are awesome. I hope you all get better soon. I agree with you it’s the crazy weather, warm then cold. I believe it’s getting to most people. God Bless.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you! We appreciate your kind words!

[@organicgal7751]

Nice to see you all again. Sorry about your goat that got sick but glad he is getting better

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you! He’s doing great!

[@loriewells]

It is so good to see you have a blessed day

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Lorie!

[@teresamurray7839]

It's wonderful to see a video from you!

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Teresa! I’m happy to be back!

[@marywesley316]

Welcome back! I’m so happy to see y’all! Praying you continue to get better. This weather has been crazy.

[@gaylepowers3981]

WoW! I remember you. Good to see you able to move out from your computer and walk around so we can see you. But I definitely understand why you are doing so much computer work. I'm afraid if I asked you to stop that too many farmers would suffer when you couldn't keep them updated. I understand but so good to see you.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Hey Gayle, glad to be back to putting out videos. Everything has continued on here as usual, despite us not filming and sharing, there’s still a whole farm to care for. I’m blessed to be able to work my full time job part of the time from home, as well as our web business serving other farmers and our farm business! Thanks for joining us and for your kind words!

[@sherylduncan1178]

Pigs are so smart, they are hard to outsmart sometimes LOL

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

SO smart!!

[@marciemiller6250]

When I saw her, I thought to myself wow that looks like one of Nick & Zoe’s pigs. Congrats on the new adventure of growing your own meat. Not only will you know where your meat came from but you will know that she had a good life and she was cared for.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Absolutely!!

[@cindyhart3351]

So good to see you again! Looking forward to seeing sweet Eleanor. I imagine that she has really grown. God Bless Ya’ll. ♥️🙏🏼

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you! She absolutely has!

[@factsmatter4030]

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[@janetstevens5990]

So happy to see that your posting video's again..

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

More to come! Thank you!

[@sharononeill449]

Missed you ❤️🦆🐝🐈‍⬛🌻🚜🫏

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Sharon!

[@rohashimoto2774]

So sorry to hear about the loss of Muffin.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you, it was a very tough time here.

[@dawnarnsdorff9143]

Welcome back! I have missed your videos.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

More to come! Thank you!!

[@henmadehomesteadallisonada6880]

It’s so good to see you again! Thanks for sharing the update. Can’t wait to see you guys at petals again! ❤

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Can't wait!

[@deborahwormington3010]

Glad to see you back and sorry for everything you’ve gone thru

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you! We will persevere!

[@amynash4672]

So glad he made it through

[@jamesjessee4064]

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[@tracyzabelle]

Oh you sure have had a rough time. Prayers coming your way

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you!

[@mel49ers]

Good to see you back on here.❤

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Good to be back! Thank you for watching!

[@megslittlehouseinthecountry]

So nice to see you again, Jaclyn! I have missed you, your family and farm. I am sorry you have been dealing with illness on the farm, I hope you all are well now and that Cappacino will continue to grow stronger. 💖🙏💖 I wonder if there is any way to treat the pastures, to rid them of the majority of parasitic infestation, to be healthier for the goats to graze on? I really don't know anything about this, but hope to someday see Cap producing some beautiful babies on your girls. 💖💖💖

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you so much Meg! From our research, there’s not a pasture treatment that won’t affect our pond negatively. Unfortunately it’s just not safe. The answer is pasture rotation, but that comes with big hurdles for us too, especially in winter when there’s no grass growth. We’ve learned these parasites can’t climb more than 3 inches up the grass, so when we cut we need to leave it longer 6-8 inches is ideal and that means as winter approaches also. If we can leave it longer over the winter it will help with recontamination while the grass isn’t growing. Ultimately the best management is rotation. By resting an area for 1 month 70% of the parasites will die off without a host, so the reinfection rate is much lower, the vet recommends moving them weekly because they hatch within 7 days!! To do that we would need double the land we have or only 2 goats 😅 I’ve learned a lot by studying the refugia and pasture practices used in Europe.

[@megslittlehouseinthecountry]

@@HeadFamilyFarm Oh boy, well I learned something new! Good luck and I will continue to pray for Caps continued good health. 💖🙏💖

[@jackiesaylor2487]

I was just thinking about ya'll yesterday. I've missed you

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Jackie!

[@maryrussell979]

I was just thinking of you the other day. Happy to see you.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Oh thank you!

[@denisepierson6904]

nice to see you on here again!

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

More to come! Thank you!

[@sandyarcher8104]

I’ve missed you

[@lindaobrien9595]

Nice to see you!

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Hey hey! Thanks for watching!

[@conniehernandez1915]

Hey Jacquline. Enjoyed the video. Hope to see y’all in April at Petals From The Past meet and greet.

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

Thank you Connie! We’ll see you there!

[@pamalaholliday3915]

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[@deliaschickencoop]

How far Can the animal reach? The size of it head Including the reach of their tongue…. Then that’s how far the fence should be away from the tree plus… if they can’t reach it they won’t eat it!! Just saying 🤷🏻‍♀️ Love you Channel by the way!!

[@HeadFamilyFarm]

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