I know that some goat owners inbreed. I talk to a lady last weekend that bred father to daughter. I think that is to close and would never do it. But I am wondering how close is too close when inbreeding. Would breeding a doe to her half brother be t
Read more…At what age do you personally stop breeding your does and why? Thanks!
Read more…We are moving our goats to a winter exercise area and want the buck and his companion in there as well. Since he isn't welcome in the doe pens inside our garage I want to put the two dog igloos in the exercise yard for shelter. I will stuff them with
Read more…I have read in another forum that this is normal. But, my doe was bred on Friday and today I see clear mucous and she is a little red on the rim of her vulva. On Saturday after being bred on Friday, she just sat and chewed cud and ran from the buck
Read more…What are the thoughts on this? I have only seen one breeder that offered "buck" service. Does anyone have any ideas on my luck with this? A neighbor has goats and she offered a buck rag for me when fall comes. My girls were a year old in March an
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After alot of consideration and research I have decided that I would like to purchase a couple of these little dairy goats. Does anyone know if there are any breeders in the UK? Unless I am wrong the UK seems to put these under the title of pygm
Read more…Since I've never owned Nigerian Dwarfs before I am not sure if she is pregnant or not. The seller gave me a due date of June 25th. She is barrel shaped but no udder started yet. She is acting oddly..more quiet, wanting to be near me, laying down a l
Read more…Hi we are new to goats in general. We want to breed them as you have to to have milk. Anyway we were reading about male goats (these where not nigerian dwarf goats that we were reading about) we read that they can get pretty gross. Are dwarf nigerian
Read more…How do you guys keep track of who is bred to who and whose kids are whose and such? Just curious on peoples methods.
Hello, oops...I meant to post on the forum and instead posted a blog so I'll try here.
My milker was down on her milk today. The weather has gone from very hot to fall weather. She hang on the buck fence as soon as she got into the outside fence...tail up. standing. When I put her in I watched him penetrate and hunch and minutes lat
Read more…I'm breeding my ladies for the first time and have the buck out in the pen with them. He's having a ball, but is going to have to go back home soon. Only problem is, I, being the newbie that I am, have no idea if they've done the deed! Here's what
Read more…I do not wish to keep my doe in milk thru this summer and would like to breed her back. How do you go about the weaning process and then when can I breed her back? Her kids were born mid April.
I'm having a kind of strange experience with my 5 month old doeling. I'm pretty sure she's in heat (tail wagging, wet rear, and her wethered brother is knocking her all over the place without a response) PLUS (and this is what's worrying me) she's m
Read more…I want to have my does bred in October. They were a year old in March 2010. My 2 ladies are out of Camanna Petite Paradise in Siletz, OR. Anna said she only had a couple of bucks she would allow out for breeding. I am hoping to find someone close
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Before committing to these fine animals, I want to be sure that I can find a breeder that provides a stud service, whether, dropping off a doe or renting a buck. I am in Goldendale, WA, which is about 2 hours East of Portland, OR and 2 hours No
We exposed our doe for the first time on January 21 and saw a few good couplings. Now that we are about a month away from possible kidding, my husband and I are doing the "Does she look pregnant?" "I think she looks pregnant" dance.
Is there any w
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We don't have any bucks on our property. However, I was wondering what is a typical price to have a doe breed?
Thanks,
Tammy
Read more…Our goat is 1 1/2 months pregnant. Appears healthy and well in every way. Eating well, comfortable. The other day I went outside and in the snow were several areas in the snow that looked like urine w/ copper/red color. Our doe also has a slight
Read more…How close is too close in line breeding? Anyone have any examples you can share?
