I have a herd of four right now, a buckling from this spring, a whether from this spring as bucklings buddy, and a mother/ daughter pair, mom a few years old and baby from this spring as well. My question is on grain and goats. I'm sure it varies by
Read more…I am sure these questions have been discussed before but I couldn't find a recent conversation, so accept my apology if this is a dead horse that you have beaten enough. Also these questions might be "controversial" so if the answers would create an
Read more…I've been trying to sell goats since september with no takers. Currently I have 11 goats and I need to get back down to 5, as I recently discovered my county only allows me to have 5!
So it's very important that I sell goats as soon as I can.
I have
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I am looking for help : I want to keep ND goats and my village of Justice told me " no farm animals allowed" I live 7 miles away from Chicago where they are legal to keep! I read the village code and did not find a line where they prohibi
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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.
Read more…I'm in a Creative Writing class for college this semester (required for English minors) and so I wrote this list poem about goat ownership! Still rough, but my professor didn't understand it and I told her that any goat person would, so I thought I'd
Read more…Babies are here!!! Cornerstone Farm STS Ammi and Firestone Creek HWD Katmandu have 2 bucklings and 1 doeling! I did this breeding last year and we all kicked ourselves for wethering the buck (2 does and 1 buck last year) and I retained a doeling. Eve
Read more…I couldn't find a category for this, so I thought this might be an ok place to ask. If a buck is not going to be used for breeding, what age do you castrate him? I've heard 4 weeks, I've heard 8 weeks. I have a 6 week old that I will be keeping in
Read more…Hi! I am new to Nigerian goats, I want to purchase at least 2 does to start but I want to make sure that I am doing everything right. My family had goats when I was growing up but I don't remember much. Please advise, how important is it to get regis
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