We live on about 2 acres very near Philadelphia. Once we moved in 4 years ago we began building fences--fences for the garden, fences for the chickens, then, last Spring, we built fences for our two nigerians. Olive and Buttercup came to us from Te
Read more…My daughters and I just got back from the NDGA nationals in Greenfield, IN. It was amazing to see so many quality Nigerians in one place. We were a little nervous to show against so many awesome herds, but everyone was so nice and welcomed us immedia
Read more…Does anybody have any advice about goats, barns and heat. We put our goats up everytime we leave, because we are afraid something will happen to them. The barn is a little warm and our temps are averaging around 80's. Does anybody leave goats outs
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Does anybody have experience with Alarms for there barn? We have a metal barn and concerned about breakins?
Also, is there any particular Camera system that you use for a metal barn? I need one for kidding time and would really like to watch on TV
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Hi, I'm from Central Louisiana and just started raising the Nigerian Dwarf Goats with my 9 year old daughter for 4h. We got our first doe and wether in May 09. We have grown very fond of the little rascals and are planning on increasing are size.
Read more…Lisa, our son Rowan, and I are living on a third of an acre near Porltand, Maine. We have been implementing our permaculture design for 5 years or so. We teach permaculture, reskilling, and relocalization in an ever growing community. We have acce
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My husband, Jon, and I have developed some strange symptoms lately. They started when we purchased two garden variety, non-registered pygmy goats. We noticed shortly thereafter that we were spending too much time in the yard and were u
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I live in NC and wish I had a farm, but as of now I don't. I do have a few animals and chickens coming when the weather warms up. I am currently trying to convince my fiancé that we need some dairy goats...I have used the we won't need m
Just found this group and looking forward to getting to know everyone. I've been breeding Nigerians since '04 on our 6 3/4 acres of north central Texas. If you'd like to see my goaties take a peek at my website, www.debpnigerians.com . I love to show
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Thank you for all of your kind welcome wishes. My husband, son and I have a small herd of ND goats, NW of Portland OR. I am a member of ANDDA, ADGA, AGS and NWODairy Goat Assoc. Our breeding program puts an emphasis on productive dairy animals, that
Read more…Hello all! Its taken me a little while, but I am finally getting around to an introduction. My name is Angel Cole. I live in Boydton, VA with my family; my husband Mark and our four boys, Bradyn, Declan, Liam and Landon. We have had Nigerians for ove
Read more…My name is Karen & we live in the Central NY area. I'm not new to farming, but I'm new to goats. We raise miniature horses & Llamas. I have been doing a lot of research on the Nigerian Dwarf goats & cant wait to start raising them. If any of you know
Read more…We are just starting to join the wonderful world of farming ! Chickens this spring, and now I want to learn all about goats before we take the next step. Looking forward to hear all about your goats , good and bad :)
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I am Aleesha and live in Southern Michigan. I recently bought 2 Bucks 1 1/2 months old (Pez) and 1 3/4 months old (Pete). My sister in law has 4 does that we will be breeding with... I'm going to send her this sites info so she can join al
Read more…My name is Becky and I have 6 children, 4 grandchildren, 2 wether kids, 2 dogs, 2 guinea pigs, 3 hens and 1 rooster. That is every one for today, you never know around here. We have about an acre and a half. I love my goats. I have had goat off a
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I don't have any goats at the moment, but I am most interested in ND's because of size and cost of feeding. I live on 5 acres of grass, pine and oak. I have a 5 and 3 year old boys who are also excited about the goats. I think I have just succe
Just had a dog go after my two yearlings one a doe the other a neutered male....no visible injuries that I can see...should I treat them for stress and how do I do that? What a terrible experience!!
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