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I don’t suppose I do, no. Just what I’ve been told from other people over the years. Could just be Redneck gossip, or a way to get people to leave those poor ‘Dillo’s alone. Wait what? My family has been raising goats for 20 something years and we’ve never once vaccinated them from anything. We’ve only ever lost a handful from sickness anyway, and vaccinating birds just sounds retarded. Never once has any of our goats contracted rabies.
A moderate amount of suspicion is warranted nowadays I figure.
Yes, really, they want you to vaccinate everything. I do not vaccinate my goats. So far, I haven't lost sales, when asked if I have vaccinated them I usually follow up with: " I raise these to drink their milk; I don't want any chemicals in them at all at any point."
I keep CD&T anti toxin on hand just in case. But hopefully I'll never need it.
The goats that win shows are so full of chemicals, both wormers and vaccinations, plus their diets are so heavy grain to get the really thick appearance that wins shows. Entirely unhealthy animals that are unlikely to survive without pharmaceutical interventions. People pay thousands of dollars for those kind.
I'll stick to my simple dairy milk star tested goats and leave the shows to the fakers.
Probably pharmaceutical companies just wanting to make more $$. I’d just call them “organically raised” goats, but I’ve never been the one to make the sale so I don’t know what we say, though I don’t think anyone’s ever asked.
We’ve only ever brought our goats to the local shows at most, but we’ve had pigs go to the big ones. Unless I’m just out of the loop I’ve never heard of us getting them vaxxed either.
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