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Hello from NC

I just wanted to introduce myself and say how very glad I am I found this site. I was sitting on the back porch one day and told my husband, its such a shame to have land and no animals, I would love to have some goats. He replied what kind do you wa

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New here

First of all, let me say how grateful I am for the information on this site. I have had Nigerians for a couple of years and actually had forgotten about this forum (sadly!). We have lost one buckling and have one more not doing well and it was during

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Hi friends

Well I'm kinda new to the goat thing I have a baby goat that's just 6 weeks old His name is Harley I'm from the central ny area close to syracuse ny I've been reading up on the care of this baby but I must say There are a lot of. Conflicting answers

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"Starving Goats"

Ok, so I was wondering if anyone elses goats act like they are starving all the time? I have a small herd of 5 does, 1 wether and 1 buck. Every night that I feed, they are bawling and going crazy! Its like they have never been fed before! They have f

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Hello from Montana

Hello everyone. My wife and I are  beginning our education with the intention of starting our first herd. We have five acres fenced and have plenty of room for some goats. We are interested in everything our future goats can bring to our homestead.

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pregnant goat?

I know my goat isn't a dwarf but instead a pygmy, but I was hoping for some advice. The last sunday in august our girl got out of her pen (she actually dug under the chain link fence) and went to see the neighbor's boy goats. They have neubians and s

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Hello!!!

Hello to you all!!!

So glad there is this forum! I am new to goats but so excited about my new venture into the home dairy farm. I have a small herd of 4 right. I'm currently having an issue with one very mean and aggressive doe, I hope some of you

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Hello from BC

HI all, I'm on the west coast of Canada in the beautiful province of British Columbia. We have a mixed farm with 8 ND goats, and one more to come in December. We have been raising these lovely animals for just over a year now and just adore them! Our

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Cutting back

Recently a friend asked how much I feed my goats and how often. Well as of Monday I have cut back from twice a day to only am feeding (of grain) .They have all the second cut they want and fresh water, minerals and baking soda . We built a 3 sided sh

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Hello from NH

Hello, my name is Carrie and we live on 12 acres close to the seacoast of NH.  We've been on this property for almost 12 years and this is the first year that I'm beginning to feel like we are actually able to call our property a farm.  We have two c

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