I have been lurking sense September and finally decided to pop in and say hello.
I am a 33 year old mother of four. My hasband recently got out of the Navy in September after over 12 years of service. We have a small homestead in the mountains of no
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Brand spankin' new to this forum. I just got my first two goats this year and I fell in love immediately... didn't we all? I traded 65 bales of hay for two Saanen girls from a good friend of mine. I actually bought them for my ailing mo
Read more…Hello! My name is Randi and I live in south central Kansas. I live on the "right" side of the city boundary road, on one sweet little acre, with my husband and three kids, 1 dog, 1 cat, 4 hens , and our most recent additions, 2 Nigerian dwarves. I h
Read more…I know people wash their goats for shows, so there must be some sort of shampoo for goats or something.
Does anyone here know of any that they would recommend? Not necessarily for showing, but one of our goats right now just looks really dirty and I
Read more…After waiting longer than I wanted to check it out, I drove to Mulino which is 40 miles from me to get some Chaffhaye. Fortunately, they gave me two samples though I bought a bale of it. It is a great idea and I have read good things about it. How
Read more…Friends, My son & I bathed our dear little doe, Cherish, to ready her for her part in a small live nativity inside our church. She was a participant last year also, but we did not bathe her for it. This year we did as she was close companion to our
Read more…Born 11.21.12. Our bred dam, Irene, from Caprinos produced two beautiful and healthy males. The dam may be homozygous. The black and white one appears to have better conformity and is still available. We were going to retain the grey-white chamois
Read more…Double checking our herds feeding plan and supplements. I thought I read a thread on here, and now I can't find it, indicating that a nigerian needs about a tablespoon of black oil sunflower seeds a day. I know more can be fed if a doe is in milk.
Read more…It just occurred to me that I should let everyone on here know that I'm giving away a copy of Homegrown and Handmade on my Thrifty Homesteader blog. Click here for more information! Deadline to enter is Friday night!
Read more…I though I have heard you are supposed to separate buck kids after you weather them.. Is this true? If so why and how long?
Read more…So what I am considering doing is purchasing two bucklings from the best breeder I can afford and air shipping them...
Btw I think i have to buy two because I will have no other baby boys for one to be paired w/ and now that Miagyi is with Bliss I
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Hi! Is it absolutely necessary for the babies to have a tattoo for registering or selling? I hate to have this done. My vet did the debudding and I realize that the fee can add up quick. Does anybody have any ideals? When should it be done? At wh
Read more…This is for 3 pregnant and one open, dry doe. They go out on a big pasture with plenty of grazing and browse (not a lot of variety browse, just scrub oak and pepper trees, neither of which is terribly nutritious I don't think). Aprox 10.5 hours a d
Read more…These are two pics I had to go up to the pen to take because of it getting dark. I look out my back door and Mia is on the dog house staring, just standing on the dog house staring at my back door. Why, don't have a clue, kinda spooky. This is the on
Read more…I was just about to order some copper bolus for the first time and was wondering why I just couldnt use the stuff at the store labeled for humans? Does it matter what source it comes from? Also, what is the correct dosage for a nigerian?
Read more…Hope it works. I've only been able to watch a little, but this has taught me more. Hope you can watch it..
Read more…I called and asked my vet clinic about getting a health certificate for goats going over to different states. The lady I talked to was quiet and it sounded like the certificate is only valid for 10 days? The vet who does goats was out so she had to l
Read more…I just can't believe this. I am always learning what NOT TO DO. I put a small bucket with a little bit of feed on the OUTSIDE of the fence so I can get through the gate to get the goats in their pen to feed them.
Mia jumped up and tried to stick
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