Well, we are on the way: the first nigerians in Australia....
We cycled 21 does for surrogate work, but on the day, only 16 were ready and "willing." Sixteen embryos were implanted. We only did one per doe (I had thought to do 2 embryos per doe) but
Read more…I've been obsessing (what's new) about finding appropriate homes for any kids I create. In my area - there are 8-9 Nigerian Dwarf Goat herds - all producing kids around now. That is a lot of kids flooding the market. I don't know how others find home
Read more…I need help.
I need to provide some names of commercial dairies which use Nigerian Dwarf goats, either completely or in part, for their milk source. By "commercial", I mean enterprises which are proper businesses, either large dairies which produce m
Read more…What are your goats names? Why did you choose that name?
I would love to hear everyone's stories :)
I want to name my goats Zweena and Lewa which are both african names meaning beautiful.
Read more…I recently watched a program that discusses weird natural things. One episode was about "weird farming" so while husband slept on couch - I turned to that program.
WOW- first farm they covered (true stories theoretically) was about GMO sheep. Sheep
Read more…I have one Call Duck - his buddy died. So lonely boy duck. Don't want a girl since they are a tad noisy - so am looking for 1 boy duck so they have each other. If I got 2 - it would be them against him. So just 1 - any goat person have call ducks?
J
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Has anyone ever used these goat pajamas from the Hoegger Supply Company?
You can check it out here: http://hoeggerfarmyard.com/xcart/Goat-Pajamas.html
Read more…I can't seem to post just the video but here's the page it's on. It's hilarious! Gotta love goats!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/17/goats-play-on-metal-sheet_n_4805908.html
Read more…From Judy and her Nigerians at Capra Diem Farm, Massachusetts
To: All of you wonderful teachers and e-friends!
Here is a picture you all can relate to!!!!
Not sure how close the tornado damage is to Deborah but prayers for her, her family, her animals, and of course all of her neighbors close and far are in order.
Read more…We butchered our first goat kid today. I am really looking forward to more after tonight's dinner! We tried a couple of chops, the heart and the liver. I liked the liver best, hubby the heart and chops and kids the chops. Here are the stats:
It w
Read more…Does anyone know about any fun/cute goat crafts?
I've seen some really cute goat pajamas, but I havent seen how to make them.
If anyone has any links to crafts with instructions, I'll put it up.
Thanks for everyone's help!
Read more…So, a little off-topic for goats, but I though maybe someone might have some ideas.
My border collie managed to get into the barn through the cat door and attacked my 4 week old turkey poults. They're all still alive at the moment (6 of them). If the
Read more…So about 2 weeks ago I sold 3 goats to a 12 year old girl. One buck and two does. I had them listed $100 for the two does and $25 for the crossbred buck. Well I talked to the little girl and she asked if I would take $50 for all three and I thought a
Read more…Last Friday at work, one of the employees told me he hated me. Surprised, I asked him why. He said that since I told him about the Jingle Goats video and he showed it to his 5-year-old son that his son has to watch it every night. Then that leads
Read more…My book is here! They just arrived today, hot off the press!
So excited! They won't be in stores for 2-3 weeks while they make their way through the supply chain, but if you'd like to order an autographed copy now, click here for info. You can also
Read more…As I've shared before, my husband and I are heading to Nova Scotia, Canada to live on his family's farm of 105 acres. When we decided to get married we discussed where we would live, since I lived in Washington State and he lived in NS. We dated for
Read more…I have been looking at a buck to lease and when we got down to the price I am not sure she is being reasonable. She wants to charge me $60 per breeding (OK, that's fine) + she wants to charge me $20 each month I have him? What!? Why would I pay anyt
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