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Scurs and Horns with Attitude

I have two separate questions. First, I am taking care of a neighbor's goat that escapes their pasture so was locked in a stall 24/7, he is now living in my pasture with my 2 goats and 2 horses. He is a loner but they get along fine. My question is,…

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Coccidiosis

Hello, everyone! I am new to this forum and had a question that has been weighing on me. This is our second year having babies and we are so excited. Our doe just gave birth to a beautiful doeling on Sunday and baby and mama are doing great.…

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Posted by kenneth spear on December 19, 2020 at 9:49am

 our girls are really getting big now, and showing . they will be due late March early April, we r so excited .  we wanted, to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.   will keep u all posted later, bout our girls

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My ND goats

Posted by Julia M Willams on January 2, 2017 at 2:26pm

Hi everyone! I thought maybe you all might want to see some pictures of my goats. So here they are, I hope you enjoy them...

I'm glad they don't mind the snow, because we're sure getting a lot this year!…

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A Year (and a half) in Review

Posted by Naomi D'Andrea on December 11, 2016 at 9:29pm

Bought the kids July 2015. Bred Mira January, first travel and goat-sitters March, babies June, learned how to milk, sold babies August, started playing with chevre and cheddar, built cheese press, rigged a sort of cheese cave, expanded goat yard, added more play structures for the goats...

...and I keep putting off the eternal question from Willow, "Can I keep another doe next year?" I keep waiting for the proverbial bloom to fall. I waited to see if she'd get tired of the constant…

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Old Haunt Blog Announcement!

Posted by Old Haunt Farm on May 21, 2016 at 6:41am

Hi Folks!

I'm announcing my new (still being edited and added to, but published) farm website complete with blog! I wanted to put the blog link here, since it's about my recent (and first) kidding experience. I've gotten a TON of support here over the past few weeks, and I thought I'd share this story with you as a sort of thank you! I hope you enjoy it! Here's the link...…

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Scurs and Horns with Attitude
I have two separate questions. First, I am taking care of a neighbor's goat that escapes their pasture so was locked in a stall 24/7, he is now living in my pasture with my 2 goats and 2 horses. He is a loner but they get along fine. My question is, he has scurs. He's an older goat, several years old at least. One of his scurs is loose and wiggly (pictured). He plays and headbutts with my other goat who is much smaller but horned. Is this a problem? Will the scur break off and if so, will it…
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Spent brewers grain and distillers grain are popular feed for cattle, but are less commonly used to feed goats. We’ve used brew grain to feed our pigs and chickens for about ten years, but have shied away from feeding it to our goats because it doesn’t come with a guaranteed nutritional analysis or even an ingredient list.
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Asia replied to Asia's discussion New goats! Siblings may have bred.
"Just to update this in case anyone cares... No babies were made between my goats. He still mounts her periodically, especially when they are a little stressed (I recently added a new wether to the herd and he kept mounting her, she was ticked). And they are not much bigger than they were at 8 months, around 40-45 pounds at over a year old!"
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