"I personally would not lock the babies away from mom at a couple of weeks of age. I don't separate at night until they are 4-6 weeks and eating other foods well. I have two girls feeding quads - I substitute one each of…"
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Sharing my baby pictures
Started May 15, 2016 0 Replies 2 Likes
I know all babies are beautiful but this year we are having some lovely ones. Healthy - bouncing and pretty colors also. This has been a good year. Two more girls to go.…Continue
Does anyone like the white tattoo ink?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Deborah Niemann-Boehle Sep 9, 2015. 3 Replies 0 Likes
I had two animals that the linear appraiser couldn't read the tattoo in their dark ears. I had done them with the green ink. They have been readable for several years but maybe fade. He suggested…Continue
An update on our little spoiled baby.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Deborah Niemann-Boehle Feb 18, 2016. 5 Replies 0 Likes
From the 1# 3oz little weakling - she is now just over a month old and quite the little character. She can get out still thru the 4 in squares in the fence, under gates and cruises the farm. She…Continue
Adorable bottle baby
Started this discussion. Last reply by Emily Aug 20, 2015. 2 Replies 0 Likes
We had a little one 1# 4oz - weak. Had to drip milk into her mouth the first day and half, then tried holding her up under her mom and she would suck a little. Took some work - I think my dogs…Continue
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Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Glenna Rose's discussion Comment please, alfalfa and males"I hear so many varied views on alfalfa and the bucks. Back years ago when I had Nubians I feed alfalfa to all my goats. Usually some grass hay top dressed with alfalfa. Never had a problem.
I do the same now - my bucks and…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Julieanne Cook's discussion Reflections on my first breeding season"I loved your story. Goats are so amazing and I have experienced the same feelings as you. And also as Deborah said - I love them all for their own qualities. I started with three and now have 20. …"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Kali Sink's discussion Picky Eater on the Milkstand"I have one doe that is still missing her baby after a month after it's sale . Doesn't want to eat her grain and doesn't really want me to milk her in the evening. Some of my does really are effected when their babies…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Jabe Thomas's discussion Prime Breeding Age For Bucks"I agree with Deborah - if well cared for a four year old buck is in his prime. I bought an older Nubian buck years back and had him for quite a few years before a divorce caused me to sell him.
I have Nigerians now and my bucks have…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Julieanne Cook's discussion Bye-bye to my first baby"I always have a problem when I sell a baby - love them all too much. You are not alone. This year I was very lucky and found good homes for my little ones but still have some girls that need to be sold. I also should sell a…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Sally Knight's discussion Milking once a day.."I have a girl that doesn't want me to hand strip her. When I hand strip I hardly get anything more so why bother. My machine seems to get most of it and I just finish with that and dip her teats and forget the hand…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Julieanne Cook's discussion Dansha farms milker - what a joke!"I also have arthritis and needed a milking machine. We converted a Babson surge milker and it works great and was less money than a new milking machine. Would be very reasonable if you already had a pump. I have the…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Emily Howe's discussion Overweight Doe"Maybe sometimes it is just in their makeup to be on the chunky side or the opposite and be thin. Just like we all are different. I have 10 does and one girl and one of her daughters are all big. I have had visitors ask when…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Teresa Seipel's discussion Laying down and panting"There's a product called bloat guard. A small bottle of a clear thick liquid. Only had bloat once when I bought a new buck. Vet used this on him and I have always kept some on hand since. It worked quickly and only…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) posted a discussionSharing my baby pictures
I know all babies are beautiful but this year we are having some lovely ones. Healthy - bouncing and pretty colors also. This has been a good year. Two more girls to go.Boots%20with%20her%20triplets%20-.JPG…See More
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Kristi Stone's discussion New mama with blood 5 days after delivering?"Clipping the tail and down her back legs and udder helps to make clean up easier. Some of my girls get pretty messy and we do the washing down twice a day to keep them clean. "
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Melissa Senesac's discussion Disbudding"We have the Rhinehart X30 - I guess it is 1/2 in. We have had some scur problems but now my hubby keeps a torch and if the iron isn't red hot he uses the torch on it. We think that was our problem - it wasn't getting hot…"
Winding River Farm (Bev) replied to Old Haunt Farm's discussion Big Kids & Grain!!"I think the exercise is the most important thing for pregnate girls. Ours gets lots - they are let out of their penned area every day (if there is no rain) and they roam quite freely by our house. Afternoons we take them supervised…"
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- At 6:56pm on October 3, 2014,
Myra Isaac said… - Thanks for the pic!!! I love it!!!! :) I was really worried after I got Mckinnley that I was allergic to rabbits but it turns out there must have been some residual chemical in her fiber that set me off. The longer she's with me the less I react and the less chemical she's been around. I'm very pleased. I'm hoping my husband will soon have some time to help me build a hutch for her. She's such a sweetie and I want to give her more room than she has. Wish you could teach me how you spun straight off of her!
I'm jealous of the sheep too altho my breed of choice would be the CVM/Romeldales. Eventually I hope to have a couple alpacas as well. I know, but it doesn't hurt to dream does it?
- At 1:07am on September 28, 2014, Myra Isaac said…
- I just got some papaya tablets! Thanks for the info! Now I'll know what to do if that would happen - Shudder! I have a beautiful (of course I'm biased!) French angora broken sable doe. She's a real sweetie. I love to spin altho I'm not super good at it yet. What other kind of animals did you have for fiber or was it just angoras? I'd love to see pics of you spinning from her back! I'd like to do that!! Do you have any of pieces of advice for me? What did you keep her in? Cage? Hutch? Mckinnley is in a wire cage with a board in it to rest her paws.
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