My family has a small homestead, 1.7 acres, and we are ready to begin learning all we can about the Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats! We want them as pets, of coarse, but also as our source of milk and dairy products. We have never owned goats before and a
Read more…Hello All, I started last year at this time with two little registered does with hopes of possibly showing and breeding but things have not worked out and now we might be moving and I am thinking I should find a nice home for my two sweet girls. I li
Read more…Hi my name is Jane,l and my husband and I are owners to 3 very sweet baby Nigerians. We have 3 small children, and I also run a daycare. We wanted a breed that would be the best with children. We have a soon to be weather names Jasper who is 5 wee
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We have a small herd in Belmont MA. Just had our first kiddings, 2 sets of triplets. 5 doelings and 1 buckling Beginners luck, I guess!
Read more…For many years I've been thinking about setting up a homestead, I just didn't have a house or land of my own. Well we finally have a home on an acre in NC. Having organic food and raw milk has always been important to me and with the laws ever chan
Read more…Hello everyone! I have 5 Nigerians (3 does, 2 wethers) and just love them! We've enjoyed making cheese and soap from the milk, and they are soooo much fun to have around. I'd like to get involved in showing AGS or NDGA in the future, so thanks in
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Michael has finished building the house and will post pictures in the next few days. I have a load of those silly questions...
Our doe and wether arrive on Wednesday and I was wondering if for the first 24hours it is better to keep
Read more…Hi everyone. My husband and I are just getting ready to get a couple of ND's. We want to be more self-sufficient and besides that they are just so darn cute. We have 16 chickens (1 happy rooster and 15 hens) and will be building a goat barn and pa
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I am a brand new goat owner...just got a 4 week old buck, he is missing some fur on his legs, is this common?
Read more…hello. I have just started to build my herd of Nigerian Goats and the end of Jan. we had our first kid.She is gorgeous . so including her(Fairy Dancing) we have four does (fancy, Dancing Moon, And Shooting Star), and one Billy (Dunkin) he's my very s
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Thanks for letting me join this group. We recently sold a small farm (well, we bred a few horses and had a small garden) in NC and are currently in a rental house until my son graduates from high school in June. Then we are moving to the fa
Read more…Just getting started with Nigerian Dwarf Goats. We started 4H with our kids this year and are looking forward to a fun year. We should be bringing home our first four goats at the beginning of June. We need to get ready for them. Can't wait. Thanks f
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I was so glad to find this message board, and all of the information! I can't wait to read through!
My husband, my son and I have a small farm outside of Raleigh, NC. I don't work if you don't count caring for 5 horses (an Egyptian Arab
Read more…Hi Everyone! My name is Sue Dowdy, and I live in southern Iowa on 80 acres. I have always been a country girl, but am totally new to goats. My 13 yr old granddaughter, Taylor, and I are purchasing 2 milking does, 1 kid buckling, and 1 kid doe fro
Read more…My name is Theresa and we are hoping to get our goats in the next couple months. I especially like the Nigerians but we also are getting a LaMancha doe for mini-LaManchas. Looking forward to the discussions here.
Read more…Hello everyone. At this point I am thinking of starting my own website. I am fairly computer literate but have never done anything like this before. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Read more…We're moving in June to a home that has 5 acres on it. We're binging our horses home - yeah!!
Once we have the hens, rabbits, and horses set up (we already have all of these guys), we'll be setting up an area for the goats. We're looking for a pair o
I was wondering how much to bottle feed a two week old Dwarf Nigerian goat. I brought him home today. He is so cute and small. I am worried that he will not be warm enough. I fed him by bottle the first time tonight. He took about 6 ounces. He
Read more…Hi! Currently I have four mini silky fainters. I got them last summer. They are all wethered and pets. They were my first goats. This spring I wanted to add two more goats to my herd.
The mini fainters are scarce in this area and also very expen
Read more…I found this website very interesting and signed up. My son always wanted goats and we always had other animals and I always turned him down until he started asking for a large house dog. This wasn't such a good idea because I had two stray cats in
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