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What colour are our two new arrivals considered to be?

Hi there, I am new to the group, relatively new to goats and live in Australia.

These bubbas are hot out of the oven. These two boys were born to Peppa this morning (while I was working…of course). Safely arrived with no help from me and placenta arri

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Pregnancy weight gain

How much weight does the average doe put on during pregnancy? 

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ADGA Genetics: Your Guide to Dairy Goat Information and More / For the Love of Goats Podcast

If you want to view everything we know about individual ADGA-registered dairy goats in one place, check out ADGA Genetics. It’s the brainchild of Gene Dershewitz, who created the database and website. He also responds to questions from goat owners o

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New goats! Siblings may have bred.

Hello! I'm new here and I've read through a number of posts, I love the atmosphere and information.

I had a Nigerian dwarf when I was a kid but that's my only real goat owning experience. I have recently acquired two, 7 month old Nigerian dwarf goats.

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Anti Breeding Apron

Has anyone ever seen or used an Anti Breeding Buck Apron? I was reading about them and several goat keepers recommended using them. I must admit I am dubious about the apron being practical in use but as part of my "learning curve" I thought I would

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Vaginal Prolapse in Pregnant Goats | For the Love of Goats Podcast

https://thriftyhomesteader.com/vaginal-prolapse-in-goats/

It can be scary for a goat owner to see something bulging from the vulva of a pregnant goat days or even weeks before the doe is due.

In today’s episode, we are talking to Dr. Jamie Stewart,

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Buck Health and Breeding | For the Love of Goats Podcast

https://thriftyhomesteader.com/buck-health-and-breeding/

Every aspect of your buck’s health is critically important during breeding season, from his eyes and legs to his reproductive system.

Dr. Jamie Stewart, Assistant Professor in Production Manag

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Goat Birthing: How Much Should You Help? | For the Love of Goats Podcast

https://thriftyhomesteader.com/goat-birthing-how-much-should-you-help/

Practices with birthing goats vary tremendously from one breeder to another. Some people are very hands-on while others want to stay away as much as possible. How do you figure o

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Heat after miscarriage

How soon after miscarriage can I expect a doe to return to heat? Is it ok to breed her again on her next heat? Thanks! 

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Breeding age

What’s the earliest that you guys will breed a doe age wise? I have a doe that is 6 mo old but she’s already over 60lbs and 18inches tall. I usually wait until my does are 10mo but it usually takes them that long to be that size. I have access to a g

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How to tell a Freemartin?

I purchased a Nigerian Dwarf quad doeling at 7 days old as the runt. Litter was 2 doelings, 2 bucklings. Shes 3 months old now.

Her clitoris is enlarged and teats small. She's still very small for her age but vet said she was urinating properly and h

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To breed again or not?

My 4 year old Nigerian doe had to have a c-section this year. This was her 4th kidding and the first time that she has needed any sort of assistance. Her first kidding she had triplets, second was twin bucks, third was quads. This time was twin bucks

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Graphics/Photos of goat skulls - do you have any?

Several years ago, I came across a page which totally explained why our Nigerian Dwarf does should only be bred to purebred Nigerian Dwarf bucks.  To illustrate exactly why, they had skulls of the different breeds of goats which showed Pygmy goats, t

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Infertility

What are some signs that a buck is infertile besides being unable to settle a doe? What about a buck that never comes into rut? Never attempts to breed does in heat? Never gets musky or attempts to pee on himself... what could these be signs of? Othe

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I’m bewildered

Hi everybody, I’m Cathy and I’m new to the group. I need a group where I can learn and ask or answer questions. I have a herd of 14 ND. Ten of my dies are bred, so more to come! My problem is that I released my buck in with my does on the last week o

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Bucks Fighting

I had the first successful mating of my NG doe and buck today. That all went very well, but when I brought the buck back to their pen, he immediately began fighting with his pen mate. This was much more vigorous than I'd ever seen before; previously,

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Spring breeding

Does anyone breed his goats in late March/early April? What is your average success rate?

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Gender selection/specific gender boosting

Ok so I know that on average there will be 50% boys and 50% girls. I also know that it’s possible for some bucks and even some does to consistently produce more of one gender than the other. Just like in humans some families produce more of one sex t

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False Negative?

Ok ladies I have a doe who is typically very regular in her heat cycles. She came into heat at the end of September and I AI’d her. I thought I got the timing really well but it’s still AI so I wasn’t betting on a sure thing. Three weeks passed and n

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Doe rebred too soon

I had to leave town on short notice due to a death in my family in early May. My neighbor stepped in last minute to watch my goats for the two weeks I was gone. She isn’t really familiar with goats but she was my only option at the time. She did grea

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