I took one of my junior yearlings to be bred Sunday evening. They did the act three times and there were all the signs of it being successful so I brought her back. However, she's still acting like she is in season. She is still red, still flagging,
Read more…Is it ok to breed a 1-yr-old doe with a ten year buck? And vise versa? Or is it generally not a good idea and something to stray from?
Read more…So I have been having issues with Aliana getting bred. I just dosed them with COWP and I'm pretty sure she is in heat today or coming into a heat. Bethoron, who I am pretty sure is pregnant, is trying to mount her and she is flagging her tail a lot.
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I have a funny question. I'm wondering if any of you have had a doe that had a major personality change when she settled. My doe Starlight was with a buck from December 1 to 23. About a week ago I noticed she was more stand-offish than u
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I have what may seem as a really silly question but this is a situation we have not had before. It is time to bring in our Rent-a-Buck to service my ladies. Here is the problem: Now the stall he used to use when he came is occupied w
Read more…Are there any risks or drawbacks to breeding my Nigerian does to a buck from another breed? I have some family members who are interested in a few goats for the freezer and had the thought that a larger breed buck would give them more meat while my w
Read more…FINALLY!! I think I might actually have a pregnant doe. lol She is a FF, and she's due at the end of Feb. So far, not showing a huge amount (read: AT ALL) and her udder isn't filling out. To top that off, she's THE MOST BUCKY DOE EVER. When other doe
Read more…I was asking a breeder about a 11-mo.-old doeling today, and she said she's hoping to get her up to 35 lbs by April so she'll be ready to breed.
I have a 10-mo-old doeling who looks much too small to me to be bred, but she's certainly near 35 lbs.
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Penny and Truffle, my two does, are totally unrelated. I also have a buck: Miyagi, who is unrelated to either doe.
Penny just kidded a buck and a doe. If I were to breed her buckling to Truffle next year, the resu
Read more…I have just bred two does to an older buck that I have had for 5 yrs now. No problems before with him settling the does, usually we get it on the first try. This is the 3rd re-breeding I have done with those two does, my last just today. Could this b
Read more…I have raised only Pygmy goats (not reg) for the last 14 years and just recently got a Reg ND buck to get me some different colors on my babies. Oh and the colors I am getting! Not disappointed in that department. I have just recently gotten interes
Read more…So I was going to breed my doe next year, and I was just wondering what breed of buck to use. There is a local Pygora (pygmy angora) buck that I could use, and that way the kids would have fiber that I could spin, weave, etc. However, I would also li
Read more…A friend of mine has a doeling that is very small, 8 months old, might have been bred by her buck that jumped the fence. Does anyone have any knowledge about the correct size, age and weight of a doe to be bred? And should her vet have suggested an a
Read more…Hi
I live in Essex Vt. Looking for a very small 2.5 yr old fuzzy chocolate doe. She is about 22 lbs.
Phone 802 879 4618
My goats are therapy goats. We go to nursing homes, senior living, rehabs, respite, domestic abuse. After having chemo-therapy pa
Read more…Ok, so I have a break from school - retraining to one day go back to work hopefully! Of course, I am using that down time to goat focus ^^, what could be more fun!
Someone sent me this photo of the best of the best -
"last January she walked into
Read more…Does anyone know for sure if you can tell if the baby goats are polled or horned based on their fur on their foreheads ? (smooth fur if polled, swirls of fur if horned ?)
Thanks !!
I guess in just a few weeks I'll know for sure (when the horns gro
Read more…I have 2 does that will be a year old in the spring. I want to explore my options for breeding them. I do not wish to keep a buck. I know that some people lease a buck and that some take their does to a buck to be bred. Is there a good way to fin
Read more…This morning I was turning out my goats and the doe and the buck had a little love fest in the barn hallway. This is the first time I have been sure she was in season, they rubbed on each other and she stood for him to mount her.
I have been sepe
Read more…I'm not even sure this is the correct place to put this...and it's not really a question, just an observation. My "baby" buck is 8 months old...starting to grow a beard...very interested in all the girls but he hasn't been tall enough to get the job
Read more…Okay, I am a bit in a quandary. I have a doe kidding soon, and someone who wants a doeling to keep her other little goat company and eventually breed with. They are planning on getting another wether and doe so they have enough goats to have each hav
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