This is a FIRST draft of things to keep on hand.... will be updating it.
For the milk house:
Milk Stand (I have two that I built following the fiascofarm plan)
Paper towels (regular)
Paper towels (blue, cut roll in half, remove cardboard, place in plastic coffee can, pour in udder wash)
Udder wash of your choice
Trash can
Little cups for kitty milk (first squirts from each teat to clear orifice bacteria)
Fly spray
Broom
Small shop vac
Plastic trash cans with lids for feed
Motion activated night light
Medicine Cabinet (supplies):
Iodine
Alcohol
Chlorhexidine concentrate
Vitamin E capsules
Cotton balls
Thermometer
Small disposable paper cups
Rags of all sizes
Syringes (3cc, 6cc, and 12cc)
Red top vacuum seal blood collection tubes
Kid puller
Bolus gun
Drench gun
Medicine Cabinet (meds):
BoSe
Copper boluses
Banamine
Various antibiotics
Dexamethasone (anti-inflammatory)
CDT
Tetanus antitoxin
Lysigin
E Coli vaccine
Vitamin C powder
Tums
Oral Calcium/Magnesium supplement
B Complex (injectible)
Thiamine (injectible)
Cydectin
Ivomec
Safeguard (for tapeworms in kids)
Herbals/Homeopathic:
Mo'Milk - Fiasco Farm
Dairy Maid - Fir Meadow
Mastoblast - Jeffers
Better Daze - Fir Meadow
Kelp
Books:
Sheep and Goat Medicine, Dr. David Pugh (Textbook)
(Also google Sue Weaver Goat Books for a variety of good starter books)
Mineral options:
Cargill Right Now - Onyx
Purina Goat Mineral (loose)
Jolly German Ultimate Goat Mineral
Cobalt for top dressing
Monday, March 18, 2013
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