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Goat horns

Hi I have young pet goats. Their horns are still growing and are a few inches long now. Goats where made to have horns so I don't believe in removing their horns. But I was wondering if there was a way to try and train the horns to grow straight back

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Scammer deleted from site

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I've deleted Tracy Meltone from the site. She's the one who had two very odd posts -- one about fostering goats and one about electronic ID -- but basically they were sales posts, and she was linking to

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Can you keep a goat inside your house?

Is it ok if you own a indoor goat?

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RIP Pokey

Pokey the wether goat, beloved by all. 2/14 - 1/17

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Ebook sale on Just Kidding for July

Just Kidding is 25% off for the month of July.

Click here for details and to order.

It is available for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and other ereaders, and is also available in PDF format. You can also get a free Kindle reader for your computer, if you want

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BOGO free book special

I'll include a FREE copy of my book Ecothrifty: Cheaper, Greener Choices for a Happier, Healthier Life when you buy a copy of any of my books, including Raising Goats Naturally. So, if you want to buy the goat book for yourself, you can give Ecothrif

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Fortunate goats rescued from wildfire

Here's a link to news about some little ones in the Clayton Fire.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-fire-goat-rescue_us_57b29dd4e4b0c75f49d7fa74

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Field Trip Fun

I just want to give a special shout-out to Ruth Goode for letting Willow and me tour her farm and see her kids! It's fun to put a face with an online profile, and her farm is such a sweet, pleasant place. We learned a couple new things to keep in min

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Good balanced article about GMO's

I love articles that provide good information instead of biased hysteria on either side. This one gives really good "food for thought".

http://modernfarmer.com/2016/03/gmo/

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Win a free copy of Just Kidding

I'm giving away five copies of my ebook, Just Kidding: Stories and Reflections on Goats Giving Birth

Click here to enter!

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Permies.com

For those of you that haven't caught it yet, Deborah has been doing a great job over at permies.com answering goat related questions. I have been racking my brain to ask a good question for her so that I could win one of her books but after all the

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Hatching chickens

I've a hen sitting on 14 eggs and is now day 22.  Two chicks were born yesterday morning but none of the other eggs have hatched yet (at least 29 hours later).  I suspect some of the eggs may be from other hens who laid in her nest once she was brood

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Happy Holidays!

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Prayer Needed! Thank you.

Please, any of you who pray, pray for my sister in law and family over the next few days. She is getting a scan within the next couple of hours to see what has happened with the cancer over the last 6 months. Tomorrow morning they will meet with the

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Milking breakthrough!

I am so excited I just had to share my success with you all because this forum has played an enormous part of my goat-keeping experience.

My Doe Joy freshened May 20th with two bucklings. Unfortunately one of the babies died due to a disbudding misha

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Do not buy this book!

This book was discussed on one of the facebook groups.  Absolutely, do not buy it or encourage anyone else to buy it!  It is totally inaccurate, some of the things on one page only:  Combs are vulnerable to frost.  Weight is 50-175 lbs.  Babies:  one

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Coping with injury or illness on the homestead

Today at 7 am I got bitten by a scorpion on my left index finger – OUCH! With the pain, the rest and recovery, I was basically out of action today, or anything I did was one handed. But it got me thinking about this homestead life – we love our homem

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Tanning Hides

Deborah, and any others who have had hides tanned,

We are looking for good tannery recommendations.  Having some trouble with the one we have been using.

Thanks. :)

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How to deal with other goat people?

I've been struggling a lot recently with how to talk to others who own goats and are doing things that mortify me! I don't want to come off as a know-it-all because I am still learning so much myself and have only owned goats since August of 2014. 

I

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Jennifer Pentland

Jenny Pentland is Roseanne Barr's daughter. She lives in Hawaii and raises ND goats. I follow her on Twitter and Instagram and she posts a lot of pictures/vines of her goats. She's just finishing up her kidding season right now so there's tons of ado

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