Breeding (384)

miscarriage?

bred a doe on Nov 9th.  heat behavior on the 27th.  ran out of fenced area to edge of field, bleating.  next day noticed bloody tinged tail hair on edges.  nothing coming from vagina, however.  still fence watching, appetite slight, calling out.  tod

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inbreeding

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

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Winter shelter idea

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

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own a buck or no?

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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10 days until due date

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

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Again?

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

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How Do You KNOW?

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

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