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…We have two doelings, 3 months and 12 days old. In all my reading I'm seeing that offering grain is something that many do, and even say that we must do. I have a friend who raises/breeds larger dairy goats (LaMancha and Nubian) and keeps Nigerians (
Read more…I learned so much in our last discussion regarding pregnant does, I would love to have a discussion about buck feeding. I have 3 young bucks-- 2 who are about 1 year and 1 little guy who is 5 months. They were all extremely small when I got them and
Read more…So I've been reading on this site for 2 years and have learned SO much. But again I made a mistake and learned the hard way. I have a 2nd freshener who started showing at 2 months and I was SURE she was having triplets or quads (she had triplets last
Read more…I am working on our farm plans and want to incorporate producing all of our goats food here on site. I am finding it really difficult to get any solid figures on how much of what per day.
How much hay per day? I free choice right now but if it was p
Read more…Hi, I could use some help/advice. My 2 bucklings are 4 and a half months old and been separated from mama for about 6 weeks. They live with an adult buck (one and a half). When I first put them in with him, they were quite fat from mom's milk and eat
Read more…I have been treating my two five week old bucklings for coccidiosis (vet said one of them had) with Albon but the one buckling who tested "positive" for it has continually had loose stools overnight and then seems better in the day time. Tonight when
Read more…Due to info on the forum about the effects of giving grain to pregnant and dry does, and males we started cutting back on the grain. We were giving them quite a lot! Spoiling them! We also decided we didn't like their hay as much as we thought, so we
Read more…I know there are way too many questions out there about feeding, but here is another one! I have one 35 lb buck , one 26.5 lb wether and two does 24 lbs and 25.5 lbs, all of them about 4 months old. They boys are in one area and the girls in anothe
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