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New to goats!

Hi everyone! My name is Laura, and I'm here because I want to do some research about goats! I raise AMHA/AMHR miniature horses as well and will have two foals this year, so no stranger to farm and breeding! I'm just wondering a couple of things. I wa

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Introduction

Hello to all! My name is Shannon and I am new to the forum. I just wanted to say thank you for adding me to the group. I kept Nubians for milk when my children were little, but have not had goats in several years. I moved back home to South Mississip

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Hola from Puerto Rico!

My grown daughter and I moved from Texas to Puerto Rico to become regenerative farmers. We are registered as a nonprofit because we plan to do a lot to give back to the communities around us. We are buying a registered buck,  whether, and 3 does from

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Possible Rectal Infection

Hello! I'm new here and a new goat mama! Our breeder gave us this goat yesterday with this odd lump underneath its anus. I can't figure out what it is and she wasn't sure either. He is a 9 week old buckling. He is eating and going to the bathroom fin

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New member plus a question

Hay y'all! my name is Justin Hiduk from northeast Pennsylvania. I have some goat experience via showing through 4-H as well as being around all the ones on the farm (though those years have past), and if things work out I will have many more years wi

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Enlarged udder - hormone induced lactation? Call vet?

I'm concerned about Ginger.  She has always been heavier than she needs to be, since she was a kid just a few weeks old. That has not changed. However, her udder is concerning me. If I were milking her, I would REALLY be concerned but she has been dr

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Introducing myself

Hello everyone , my name  is Miriel,  my  husband Bill and I Iive in Burrillville,Rhode Island on almost 3 acres, we raise Alpacas, and now I decided to get two Nigerian Dwarf  Goats,  my goal is to raise them for the milk to make yogurt. Cheese, soa

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Hi fellow herders!

Im in Central Texas trying to milk my way to riches. HA HA HA. I make cheese, fudge, soap and lotion with the milk. Love my little Nigerians and have been breeding them since 2013. Each year teaches something else or another way to do it. I have some

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New to this site

Hello, My name is Cheryl and I leave in Mohave Valley, AZ. My husband and I just recently moved from Reno, Nevada and we are loving our new home. We live on a little more than an acre of land. We are planning to raise chickens (have 7 coming soon) an

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New member Hello from Florida

I cant believe I havent found this group before now.  lol  I have had goats since ~2005.  I started with two does and borrowed a buck (from the lady I bought them from) every year to breed them.  When those does were getting older, I kept a doeling f

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New Goat Owner

Hi thank you for letting me join this group. I am new to having goats and just brought home two 9 week old NDGs wethers (brothers) today. I have experience with sheep but know that there are differences in caring for each of them. I primarily wanted

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New Member Intro

Thank you all for allowing me to join the group.  My wife and I will be adding three Nigerian Dwarfs this spring to our family.  We currently have a miniature horse, full grown goat, Nigerian Dwarf (male), goose, duck, six guineas, six outdoor cats,

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Welcome to new group moderator

Hi everyone!

I want to introduce you to Tammy Gallagher who will be a group moderator and help me answer questions here. She has been a member of my Goats 365 membership program since the beginning and has taken all of the Thrifty Homesteader Academy

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Twin oaks goat and vegetable farm

Hello. My name is Rob O’Hagan. From Bridgeville Nova Scotia  My wife Leah and I are new to goat life. We have two Nigerian dwarf weathers ( Ollie and Opie) just for pets obviously.  They’re close to 3 months old and we’ve had them since they were a d

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Introduction

Hello Everyone,

My husband and myself, with our 17 year old son, currently live in Montana on 26 acres with our little heard of 12 Nigerian dwarf goats, 2 dogs, chickens, and will soon have a few more piglets, as our last two are in the freezer! I li

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Hi everyone

My name is Annie and I live with my husband at Tambo Upper in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.   

I recently purchased two ND goats, a buck called Bruno and a wether called Anthony.  They are beautiful boys and I love them to bits.  I am also get

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Doe and Wether For Sale San Diego

Two ND kids available in San Diego County. Available to go home mid August. 

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New Member and New to Goats

Hello,

My name is David and we just moved to NW Washington state a year ago from Utah.  As part of the move we wanted out of the suburbs and into the country for some land.  We got a little over an acre to have us a small homestead.

Our plans so fa

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Pregnant goat and copper bolus.

Hi, everyone! This is my first time writing on this forum. :) We have four adorable goats on our farm, and one is pregnant (our first!) due around June 21st. I have a couple questions. My goats have access to our horses’ mineral block, and I’ve seen

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Our little family

  we r new to this group, and very glad to find ,such a group that loves goats the way we do. My wife and i are both retired, my wife wanted something to do, when she retired, she ask, How about goats?? will i will thinking maybe a cruise or somethin

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