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Goat horns

Hi I have young pet goats. Their horns are still growing and are a few inches long now. Goats where made to have horns so I don't believe in removing their horns. But I was wondering if there was a way to try and train the horns to grow straight back

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Bucks in Rut

I've been trying to find an answer to this question, and with all my research can't seem to get one! How long are Nigerian Dwarf bucks in rut, and how often?

Thanks!

Lily

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Hair loss around ears

I've got a doe who kidded a couple of weeks ago who has hair loss around her ears. Not just a patch, but pretty much hair loss on the whole ear, both of them. The hair loss forms a circle at the base of the ear where the hair loss begins and ends. I

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Dairy Goat Feed

I've been feeding my lactating does DuMor Sweet Feed for a couple of years. I add BOSS and top dress it with kelp. Quite often, the does will leave behind the pelleted part of the feed. Umbarger makes a dairy goat feed and doesn't really have pellete

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Newbie!

Hello everyone! My name is J.K. Cooper. I read a lot of interesting or useful posts and comments by other members, and are very glad to be one of you. I'm now doing research in Creative Biolabs and am currently doing research on goat genes. Hope to f

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Buying 1st goat

We just recently moved back to my husbands home town for him to farm the family farm. I am new to everything that comes with living out here but have so far been raising my chickens. Goats are my next venture so we are going to look at what I am hopi

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Goats for Birthday Party

I received the following message from the family that bought two of my boys last year.  Does anyone in the general Portland, Oregon, area know of anyone who might be willing to provide goats for a birthday party?

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I have a friend who

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Food?

I have not gotten my goats yet, but I will be getting them sometime soon. I plan on getting 2 wethers and 1 doeling. I have a few questions about food. First of all, can wethers and does eat the same food, or do they need different things? Secondly,

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First Goat Meat

We butchered our first goat kid today.  I am really looking forward to more after tonight's dinner!  We tried a couple of chops, the heart and the liver.  I liked the liver best, hubby the heart and chops and kids the chops.  Here are the stats:

It w

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New dairy goat milker!

Hello all,

I've been on this forum for awhile now (though, admittedly, I haven't logged on since our last kidding.). I own 3 Nigerian Dwarves, and I've gone through a great deal of trial and error in order to figure out how to milk them efficiently.

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Maggie's doeling!!

Meet the newest addition to our little farm! I think I'm going to name her Lilith, after the fabled 2nd moon... since she faked us out so many times with her arrival (and her daddy's registered name is "Dark Side of the Moon").  Born last night.

Magg

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Moldy Hay

Another learning opportunity?

I have been keeping a super close eye on my herd, spending hours out there to observe who is chewing cud, to give supplements, etc.  Tonite I went out right after they were fed (not by me) and noticed that there was mold

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For Sale

We have 3 bucklings and 2 doelings for sale.  Several are blue-eyed and all are registered.  They come from excellent milking lines and have all been well socialized with people and other animals....for more information and pictures...www.bashertfarm

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Shivering Goat

My littles doeling, who is about 9 months old is shivering and doesn't want to stand this morning.  It is 8º, but was below zero last night.  I gave them all some grain before we shut them up for the night to help them stay warm.  WHen we fed them, s

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It's the little things you remember...

HAHAHAHA!!! I am still laughing over what happened this morning! So I had to stay up really late last night because my computer died yesterday afternoon, and I had to outfit one of our home built machines for my needs. All my work is gone, at least t

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