My does will be freshening this spring and I would love to do stuff w/ their milk. I don't want to drink it or make stuff w/ it before I know it is safe to use. Are there diseases that can be passed to humans through raw milk? I don't want to pasteur
Read more…It looks like Summer (Born 1/7/2011) may be coming into heat. She was calling a little when I came home from work which is not usual for her; she is always quiet unless there is a reason (like I took mom away last Friday). Unfortunately, I had to l
Read more…I was thinking of using a marking harhess this year for the buck who will be living with the does he will breed to get a better isea of due dates. Has anyone frund a harness that works well for our small size goats?
Read more…Out of wormer and needed my husband to pick up some for us to do the goats that need it this weekend. He bought Ivomec (ivermectin) Injection for cattle/swine 1% sterile solution that is in a 50ml bottler by Merial. Normally we use Safeguard, they w
Read more…Penny & Annie were bred near the end of Sept so if it took, they ought to be about 2 months along now. Annie looks pretty round, but she looked pretty round before she got bred lol.
Penny basically looks normal to me.
Its that bad news or can t
Read more…i dont know if this is going out or not i am not at all computer savy if i were i could send out a picture of ozzy and sara. i forgot to say that ozzy is brown and white. these guys love to climb and play i have a porch deck that they live on and bo
Read more…rachael,i am located in brooks ky 15 miles south of louisville.thanks for responding.
Read more…Is it possible or even feasible (to make it easier) to inject a piece of fruit or food with the needle syringe of safeguard and then feed it to the goat? The only concern would be if any fruit enzymes might react with the dewormer, which I wouldn't
Read more…I've heard goats milk that has been frozen is the next best thing to fresh milk. Curious to know how long raw goats milk will keep in the freezer?
How soon should you use it up before it looses it's nutritious benefits?
I know most dairy products m
Read more…I'm getting ready to try my very first batch of soap. I have been looking at different recipes and I'm wondering: If a recipe calls for distilled water, can you replace that for goats milk? Thanks :0)
Read more…My goat Zara went into heat today, so I debated whether or not I wanted to bread her yet. She will be a year old in March, but she's pretty good sized. She has great length and width and she seemed to be a good weight. I got my scale out and she w
Read more…I have ND doeling and buckling siblings living in the same pen. At what age should they be separated? They are 12 week old at the moment.
Read more…We are still looking to buy goats and i came across a herd where all the does were tested but none of the kids. Is it safe to buy from a herd like that or should the kids be tested?
Read more…I am planning on taking some blood from my doe tomorrow to run some test. Instead of using a needle w/ a needle holder I am going to draw the blood w/ a syringe because that is what my vet recommended, they said it is easier. I am a little confused
Read more…I started milking my one doe over two weeks ago when her kids were 7 weeks. I've been separating them at night and milking in the morning. The first week she did fantastic. I was really pleased because she hadn't been hand milked in few years. M
Read more…Capri was raising a ruckus this morning; when her udder was so full, I figured that was why. Well, she did *not* quiet down after I milked her! The times I *thought* she might be in heat? Well, today there was no doubt just as many of you have ass
Read more…I think one of our does came into heat for the first time today.
She wasn't much more vocal than usual or wagging her tail too much. Yesterday she was fighting with her brother and trying to jump on him.
But today, her other brother, Chestnut, and
Read more…I opened a brand new Ivomec Plus but only had one goat to deworm.
Should a refigerate the remainder? Room temp? Anyone know?
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
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