Does anyone have experience w/ AI ? I am not setup to own a buck and after finding out the buck I was going to use to breed my doe tested POSITIVE for CAE I am not sure I want to use other peoples bucks. I really wish I could own my own but it is not
Read more…Penny & Annie were bred near the end of Sept so if it took, they ought to be about 2 months along now. Annie looks pretty round, but she looked pretty round before she got bred lol.
Penny basically looks normal to me.
Its that bad news or can t
Read more…I have ND doeling and buckling siblings living in the same pen. At what age should they be separated? They are 12 week old at the moment.
Read more…I have a doeling who is 7.5 months old. She weighs currently 38 lbs. Her mother weighs 59 lbs. The doeling will be in heat in 2 weeks. I need to move my buck out soon, but would love to breed her to him. What does everyone think? Is 2/3 of her mother
Read more…Penny, Annie, and Velvet are all pregnant!
Panny & Annie, AGS Nigerian dwarfs, will kid in feb by Bliss
Velvet, mini-mancha, will kid in March by Miyagi.
Got the BioPryn back just now. I was too impatient & cannot stand to not know something f
Read more…Sweet Pea, my doe was born June 4th. She is in heat and my buck, Charger is rutting. Should I let them breed or seperate them?
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I'm looking for a buck I could potentionally use for breeding Irena. My friend said I could use her buck, the problem is she is getting him in December. I want to breed Irena in December and need a backup plan incase she doesn't have Jackson yet. I'm
Read more…Glenna saw a post on my Antiquity Oaks Facebook page and said I should share it here, so I figured why not! After all, y'all probably have some funny stories to share too!
Originally, I just posted this:
Read more…Tip for the day ... NEVER try to walk a buck t
How much do you think a doe should weigh before she is bread. My yearling is 50lbs.
Read more…Okay, folks. Now I have a buck rag. What do I do with it? Do I wait until I think Summer might be in heat or do I let her sniff it every couple of days? It is terrycloth and packed into a gallon jar. Tonight, I let both Summer and Ginger sniff i
Read more…I hope this isn't a taboo subject, but I'm milking 5 full-size goats now (LaMancha and Saanen) and want to breed them all to a registered Nigerian I bought from good milking lines. I'm excited about the prospect of smaller goats, less feeding, and r
Read more…Penny & Annie are going to be bred to the new buck ASAP, am picking him up this weekend. Both have pretty good eye membrane color, good body condition, good poops. I would say they are on the line between acceptable and borderline on the FAMACHA ca
Read more…Just curious...I will have 3 girls bred this year. Do most people breed them all to kid right about the same time or a month apart or what?
Read more…Just for fun...here is an update on Miyagi the superbuck's love life. I am going to another farm this weekend to see a mini mancha that I might buy. I just realized from reading an old post of Deborah's that if you breed a ND buck to a 1st gen mini
Read more…My girls were in heat Aug 27/28th.
They will not cycle again or by receptive to breeding until a month has passed, right? Should I not even bother bringing them to see the bucks until the end of the month?
Am hand-breeding in the hall way, I ju
Read more…Hi all...
I have a lead on a buck I'd like to buy, his milk pedigree is stellar...
He is AGS, AGDA registered. The owner showed him this year & he measured under the breed standard at shows, but he looks leggy in the pictures so I asked her to measur
Read more…Someone please help...as I am hoping I am doing the right thing. Piper is my first goat and was supposed to have babies Oct.2nd...she did not look pg so I brought in Beau...the minute he hit the pen she was all over him...he tested the waters (so to
Read more…Ok so I have decided I'm going to breed my Nigerian Dwarf Irena in November or December. She will be One year 9months by then and will be a first time mother. This will also be my first breeding and I have all these pros and cons, well the cons are t
Read more…I think I have a problem. My Nubian buck just jumped my 5' fence and may have bred my Nigerian Doe.
How serious is this? Would she be able to carry and birth it?
Ekk!
Read more…Question about my troublesome little doeling Truffle. She is quite long but very narrow. If you look at her from behind next to my older girls she is noticeably way narrower than they are- I will try to take a pic if my desription is fuzzy.
Might
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