I need some opinions on scales for weighing the kids. I would like to get some that are fairly accurate to the ounce for the newborns, without spending a lot on them right now. Anybody have a recommendation?
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Could someone please explain exactly what dry lot is? I've read about them over and over but still haven't seen what that means exactly. Our 4 wethers are coming this week and I've fenced a 20X22 area lot off the barn to give them
Read more…Can I leave loose selenium vitamin E combo out like I would my regular minerals? The brand is VitaFlex I’ll include a pic of the mineral content. If I shouldn’t leave out free choice due to risk of toxicity what dosage would you recommend for a herd
Read more…I'm concerned about Ginger. She has always been heavier than she needs to be, since she was a kid just a few weeks old. That has not changed. However, her udder is concerning me. If I were milking her, I would REALLY be concerned but she has been dr
Read more…Several years ago, I came across a page which totally explained why our Nigerian Dwarf does should only be bred to purebred Nigerian Dwarf bucks. To illustrate exactly why, they had skulls of the different breeds of goats which showed Pygmy goats, t
Read more…I am expecting my first batch of kids in 7 weeks and I'm getting together everything I need for the birth. I'm wondering if I need a heat lamp. I live in northern California(near San Francisco)and the temperature is usually between 58 and 70 year rou
Read more…This is a close up of what my does udder looks like so far. Based on her udder what would you say how far long she is and when she’ll kid? In a week? 2 weeks? I just need more insight Thanks
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Our goats have a fully enclosed 12 x 16 paddock for sleeping and moving about when the weather is not so great and raining. When its sunny out they spend time out in the pasture for goats (plants, grass) which is 125 x 125 foot area alongsid
Read more…Hello everyone , my name is Miriel, my husband Bill and I Iive in Burrillville,Rhode Island on almost 3 acres, we raise Alpacas, and now I decided to get two Nigerian Dwarf Goats, my goal is to raise them for the milk to make yogurt. Cheese, soa
Read more…On October 25th of 2020, I brought home a buck for my does and the problem is that I was unfortunately not paying attention to when the buck bred my doe. So i have no idea when she was bred however i do know that she should be kidding soon because of
Read more…We are getting our first goats in a week and I've been reading alot about different bedding. The seller uses pine shavings for all of their paddocks and I use to use pine shavings for our chicken coop but they get everywhere and I found that we did
Read more…Hello, My name is Cheryl and I leave in Mohave Valley, AZ. My husband and I just recently moved from Reno, Nevada and we are loving our new home. We live on a little more than an acre of land. We are planning to raise chickens (have 7 coming soon) an
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I want to introduce you to Tammy Gallagher who will be a group moderator and help me answer questions here. She has been a member of my Goats 365 membership program since the beginning and has taken all of the Thrifty Homesteader Academy
Read more…What does everyone do to boost immunity in times of stress such as moving, transport etc?
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If I am going to use the moveable pens for daytime foraging for 4 ND's wethers when the weather is good, do you have recommendations for how large I would want the permanent pen area that would be attached to the barn, where they would ha
Read more…Can someone give me an idea of at what age kids are no longer likely to fit through the cattle panel openings? I'll have 4 wethers coming in the next 2 months and they'll be 8- 10 weeks old when we bring them in. The combination feedlot panels at Tr
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My name is David and we just moved to NW Washington state a year ago from Utah. As part of the move we wanted out of the suburbs and into the country for some land. We got a little over an acre to have us a small homestead.
Our plans so fa
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We live in the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania on almost 2 acres with an old barn and wood sided garage. After years of taking care of other people's farm animals I am finally bringing in 4 NDG's of my own in about 6 wks.Two are does fr
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My husband and myself, with our 17 year old son, currently live in Montana on 26 acres with our little heard of 12 Nigerian dwarf goats, 2 dogs, chickens, and will soon have a few more piglets, as our last two are in the freezer! I li
Read more…Earlier in the fall I bought a new doe that Inintensed to practice AI on. It soon became evident that I would not get the chance to do that because she was already pregnant. When I brought this up to the seller she kind of said oops sometimes my buck
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