My question is about Ginger. This was not her first pregnancy but the first time she delivered babies (had to be hand delivered but two full term babies, 5-lb. buckling and 3-lb doeling) and the first time she has had milk. A year ago, she miscarri
Read more…Hi there I have a goat who miscarried her first kid yesterday evening. I reckon she was about three weeks early, the kid was perfectly formed and there is milk in her udder. I milked her this morning and she had plenty.
-Can I continue milking he
Read more…Is anyone aware of a source with the meaning of results of milk tests and what they should be for goats? I found several for cows (and not all the same) but none for goats.
For now, I am having Ginger's milk tested on a weekly basis to track butterf
Read more…I've posted before about my older doe, Daphne, being my "problem child". I'm her third owner and so she has serious trust issues. She's come along fairly well in the last few months, especially since she kidded in June. I didn't even try to milk her
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I had a first freshener go into labor over this last weekend and we lost all three of her kids. First one was breech and by the time I realized the problem we had lost them all. I would still like to milk her but she doesn't seem to be producing
Read more…At first milking today, Ginger's left teat had a cut on it. I have no idea how she got it unless it was from blackberry vines that had been cut and put in their pen. She freshed on March 8th (babies delivered dead) and I started milking her late on
Read more…I'm getting ready to buy a milking kit from either Hoegger's or Caprine Supply, and wanted your opinion on which one would be better. I don't need to buy a kit per se, but since this is my first kidding/milking this year, I want to make sure I'm not
Read more…I have 4 does that are in milk and 7 kids. The kids all have lice, but only one mama has lice (and we are not milking her). First I tried DE as a lice treatment, but it did not help. So now I used Adam's Flea and tick which I have had success with
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I would love to have some feedback on these barn plans before we pull the trigger and go ahead and purchase the materials to build. The barn is 24ft wide and 8 ft deep. It is essentially made up of three 8ft by 8ft sections. The center s
Read more…I just attended a presentation on goats given by a man that I've known for several years. I have a lot of respect for his knowledge/experience on goats. He owns full-sized breeds, has never had Nigerians.
He has a farm and is extremely busy on the fa
Read more…A friend has just posted to a facebook group with something I had not heard of before and want to know if it is safe. This would be mostly for one of her children who has autism.
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Ok. So I have a gallon and a half of almost week old raw milk
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I have a dear friend whose goat appears to have milk but the two boys in the herd are fixed. She didn't acquire the goats for milk but more by happenstance. The female's utters don't appear to be hot but my friend is still concerned. Is it po
I'm looking to buy some more goats and I often see does that have one side of their udder bigger than the other - I assume they had a kid who preferred one side. Is this possible to correct by milking out the smaller side more regularly or somethin
Read more…I am milking two does and both of them take 'forever"-- about 45 minutes to milk both of them" dry". I get about a pint from each but when I go from one teat to the other and back, there's more milk, time after time. I s this normal or am I being t
Read more…So it tastes weird. and it could be that i am just not accustomed to goat milk. i recall that when i first had free range farm eggs i couldn't eat those straight, so i would mix them with store eggs til i got used to the flavor. this is also from the
Read more…Who knew keeping dairy goats in the city of Chicago would be so...awesome!!! We got our NDs in June with one on her FF -- such amazing animals!
Being in IT, I thought I'd make a website to track everything related to goats, herds, milking, care, bre
Read more…Could someone here explain what all the initials and number from a linear appraisal mean and what is poor, average, good and outstanding? I can't seem to find this info anywhere. A friend just sent me an email with the results from a local outstandin
Read more…Here is a site listing recent changes in raw milk laws.
http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/blog/2015/06/18/state-raw-milk-legislation-recap/
Read more…I have a FF with twins who I've been "practice" milking since she kidded, to get her used to it. It's worked out great. She stands beautifully, and has no problem with me handling her udder or teats. At first, for about maybe a week, she was letting
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