Okay, so I know this is a Nigerian Site, but I know some of the members either have sheep or know someone who does....so here goes!
We have an Aged Suffolk Ewe who is having health problems. It seems after she eats her mouth starts foaming, snot co
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I have a lead on a buck I'd like to buy, his milk pedigree is stellar...
He is AGS, AGDA registered. The owner showed him this year & he measured under the breed standard at shows, but he looks leggy in the pictures so I asked her to measur
Read more…A few days ago I put Anchovy back in for a tub soak and cut the last big chunk of her dead hanging skin off. I did not see any of her little maggot friends left, so obviously they have done a great job of getting rid of her gangrene and kept her from
Read more…OK, if this discussion has been covered I apologize but I have not seen this! I know that some people use cameras to watch the herds, especially for kidding etc. I also know that if you know what to get and where to get it that it does not have to be
Read more…Well I think I have one of those "False Pregnancy" things going on with my 10 year old doe. She has not been around any bucks except the babies before weaning from their mother... and that was back in July.
Yesterday I noticed (giving shots) that she
Read more…Sigh . . . apparently Purina has created another Noble Goat feed in addition to the medicated feed that is already pretty popular. It is not medicated and is made specifically for goats in milk. It's called Noble Goat Lactation High Fiber, and here i
Read more…Yes. I totally DID just Google "vulva changes in pregnant goats" and ask my 11 year old to take photos of goat cooch. lol I'm starting to HOPE that Ginger really IS settled like I originally thought, and will kid in June. I'm prepping for it like she
Read more…I have to many related does in my herd so he is for sale or trade. $200 obo or trade for a Nigerian dwarf buck can be a baby or adult He is 2 yrs old and a Broken buckskin with blue eyes he was de horned as a baby but does have small scurs. He is fr
Read more…http://www.betterhensandgardens.com/2011/07/31/whats-so-great-about-dwarf-nigerian-goat-milk-anyway/
This is a great article about our sweet little goats. If you know of someone considering, it might be a good one to share.
Still want to get Miyagi that Nubian this fall...has anyone added a big got to the little herd & if so were there any precautions. I know lots of people keep big and little together. It would be 3 against 1, little to big :)
And also- this will b
Read more…My little 4 month old buckling Chuckie won't breed my does but he is more than happy to try and breed me. I have taken to carrying a riding crop when I go in there to clean because he wants to hump my leg and blubber at me. Miyagi has never gotten
Read more…Penny & Annie are going to be bred to the new buck ASAP, am picking him up this weekend. Both have pretty good eye membrane color, good body condition, good poops. I would say they are on the line between acceptable and borderline on the FAMACHA ca
Read more…Have any of you had personal experience with this?
http://nationalpyr.org/lgds-and-goats
Read more…We are ready for Nigerians on our small farm near Elkins WV. We would like two young does to raise over the winter and kid in the spring. We need them to be from good milkers.
We will come and pick them up within driving distance of a 100 miles or
Read more…I have my little ones (13 weeks now) in a horse stall that has pads in it. I am using straw for bedding. It gets kinda stinky from pee, even if I'm cleaning it alot! I pressure washed the stall out on saturday, and it is smelly already. Is it ok
Read more…I have a yearling doe who has had creaky knees for a few months now. Her dam's knees creak occasionally, but I have never heard her sisters' knees creak. Is this a deficiency in something? I have Golden Blend minerals and baking soda out at all times
Read more…Winter is around the corner so it's likely time we get a real start on the goat barn. Though the girls love being where they are and it's very convenient having them just outside my kitchen through the garage to the patio, they really should have th
Read more…Pooka had her triplets yesterday, 2 doelings and a buckling (the runt of the bunch). They were all pretty tiny, between 2 and 2 1/2 pounds, but healthy. They're mom is on the small side. I may keep both doelings, we'll see. The orange doeling was
I'm new to my two baby goats, and this wonderful site! I am so thankful for all the information I've read so far. My little girl, Lily, has got a very round kinda hard tummy. She is eating, drinking, and very playful. She doesnt seem to not be fe
Read more…Question about my troublesome little doeling Truffle. She is quite long but very narrow. If you look at her from behind next to my older girls she is noticeably way narrower than they are- I will try to take a pic if my desription is fuzzy.
Might
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