OK, So once again, I am full of questions! This time, about feeding! I now have my does getting nice and fat. They look really cute that way, and it makes me feel good BUT...They are also finally starting to seem pregnant! So now I am worried about h
Read more…Just spoke with the people at Thorvin Kelp and they referred me to 7 Springs Farm in Va. to order 50lbs. of Kelp. They are Organic but you will find a few things that are marked as not certified but untreated and non GMO.
Well, as I looked over there
Read more…Okay, I admit to being somewhat of a wreck since Cupcake passed away. I admit to eagle eying my pregnant does, and analyzing their every move. I am concerned about a couple of things though.
#1 How fast is too fast for a very pregnant doe to be b
Read more…I have been reading about what everyone feeds their goats and finding it very interesting.
Then I start to wonder if I am not feeding enough or am I being a bad goat owner by not giving them lots of treats etc. This also then leads into feeding my d
Read more…I want to get a few things, for emergencies and need suggestions! I had a couple of problems this past year I wasn't prepared for and had to run around borrowing last minute.
Anemia- I have been told to get the ferrodex pig iron. which I haven't yet
Read more…So a friend of mine who has nubians is pretty taken with my Nigerians. She thought they were so cool she wanted to switch. But the cost of dairy bred registered milkers was too steep for her in my area. I suggested she just breed some of her nubia
Read more…My sister sent this to me after witnessing a birth on MareStare where kids were lost:
http://www.tennesseemeatgoats.com/articles2/toxoplasmosis.html
Read more…I'm a little confused about the fecal test. When I took a goat care class a little over a year ago, she showed us how to check for worms and put material on the slide. Today the vet said the fecal count was low on the "float test" and they did not
Read more…Can I feed my goats cracked corn or is it only for chickens and other birds. I'm not gonna use it as there regular feed but I would just like to feed it to them as a treat.
Read more…Hey guys...Penny's little buckling had yellow goop all over his heinie and his back legs this morning, stuck to him. Never had one look messy like that. He is two days old today. Does this mean something is wrong with him? I think the color is no
Read more…Okay, goat peeps; time to have your voices herd (ha!). I am putting together, in theory at least, a comprehensive goat management app. If there is already one out there, please let me know, as I have been unable to find it. I need to outline its func
Read more…Any body have any ideas of what could cause this and what to do? She does not really seem sick symptom wise just a little lethargic.
May be pregnant and eats regularly just not aggressively. Yearling has had a horrible time with this, so bad one day,
Read more…I have a FF doe due on 4/10. I just noticed has some clumpy fecal material in the pen (a lot of it) and she was hiding in the igloo in the barn. She is not normally in there. She has some stuck to her rear end also. She did not want any grain either.
Read more…I have been studing up for months (if not years) for the prospect of getting goats for my little homestead. I have aquired a shed to use as a barn/shelter and have saved up money for fencing with plans to fence off a nice portion of my backyard woodl
Read more…I put Penny & her now 3 day old boy back in with the rest of the herd today, around midday. It was about 85 degrees today. The whole herd, including the big LaMancha cross was wonderful to the new boy, just curious and gentle. They were great with
Read more…I always forget what the normal temperture for goats are. I have looked it up on the web and I get various answers. So what is the normal temperture for goats.
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When I first started raising goats I decided I would just use a chemical wormer because it was just easiest as thats what most people do. But latley I have beem thinking a lot about useing herbal wormers because it is so much healthier for the goat,
Read more…Last night when I went out to put everyone away for the night, Iris was coughing on and off. None of my goats have ever had problems with coughing except for one doe in 2011 and that was only for a single day. This morning Iris's cough was worse and
Read more…Do any of you have experience with using a kid holding box for disbudding and tatooing? Does it make the jobs much easier or is having a good "human holder" more effective?
I am also shopping for a Burdizzo tool. Like the dehorning iron, there ar
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