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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 750 Registered: 07-2005  Rating: N/A |
Many chickens carry salmonella and they poop everywhere including ON the goats. I don't think that is why the goat aborted but it certainly is something to think about with the kids who put EVERYTHING into their mouths and are very vulnerable to disease. Chickens scratch incessantly and foul feed troughs and water buckets, they roost on hay feeders and poop into the hay...I once let my chickens stay in the same barn as my goats but no more. And about keeping sheep and goats together. The trace mineral needs of sheep and goats are very different. Goats need a significant amount of copper in their diets to maintain a healthy immune system, for reproductive and mammary health and to maintain healthy fur and skin. The levels that are needed by goats would be deadly to sheep. This is true for cattle too. Their mineral needs are much closer to that of goats than that of sheep. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Alison Rourke New member Username: alisonrourke Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2005 Rating: N/A |
Hello Everyone, my friend has goats,cows, sheep and chickens all are kept in the same barn .The chickens are allowed to go where they please,in the pens with the goats and everywhere else they choose, My question is that i have heard that goats and chicken should not be together, all her goats are pregnant ,Please could you explain the reason for them to be sepererate.I of the goats aborted 2 weeks early ,could this be something to do with the chickens,can the goats get some disease from the chickens. Any advice would be great Thank You Alison |