I posted my first blog of our new adventure. Our two new does are here and settling in. I posted some candid pics that I probably should have made them smaller (oops). I hope you'll take a look. :)
Read more…I am not quite sure how to handle this situation. Any advice would be most appreciated. We have 3 does: 2 adults Honey and Clover, and Honey's doeling who is now 13 weeks old. And we have 2 fenced areas. The primary area that the goats love is partia
Read more…Can I used Red Cedar Shavings in the goat house?...I asked hubby to get pine, but well, now we have cedar..is it safe for the goats?
Read more…We are having an annual family picnic with 40 people on Saturday. A highlight of the day is the water balloon toss. The group has grown and I don't have time to fill all of those balloons. I'm planning an egg toss instead, with grocery store chicken
Read more…Well the fair is over. I have to say I did pretty good. Irena won a blue and
Reserve Champion ribbon and we won a red ribbon in Showmanship. Willie got a
blue ribbon in his category. I also showed my friends baby Nigerian Dwarf, she
won a red. I had
This may be a youth thing or maybe not. Both Capri (mom) and Summer (1.5 years old) are quiet goats, rarely saying anything. Ginger, on the other hand, is quite vocal. Of course, since we are in town, I would prefer she be less vocal like her mom
Read more…When I joined this group about 3 months ago I quickly learned that I was over feeding my 1 and 4 year old girls. So I have been decreasing there food until all they are now on is hay and water. Now I feel so bad everytime I feed the chickens or water
Read more…Hey guys,
This is a theoretical question. I have 3 does and 2 bucks now. I would like to test them- was thinking of running the WADDL biosecurity screen (CAE, CL, Johnes and Brucellosis) on them all. I don't suspect any of them of being sick, t
Read more…I have a first freshener that we plan to show next weekend. We have been working with her as far as setting her up in the show ring. The problem is that she wont stay still for longer than a second! I wonder if there is anything you can give them-her
Read more…Hello all,
I've been on this forum for awhile now (though, admittedly, I haven't logged on since our last kidding.). I own 3 Nigerian Dwarves, and I've gone through a great deal of trial and error in order to figure out how to milk them efficiently.
Read more…Does anyone here garden? Do you have any tips for keeping goats out of the garden? Are there any garden plants that are good for goats (I mostly grow leafy things like kale, collards and mustard greens)? Does mint (just the regular garden varieties)
Read more…Tonight when I went out to put the goats to bed, I felt badly. Putting them to bed entails giving them carrot treats and putting Ginger in the crate for the night. They were all three laying in the far corner of the pen where the moonlight was shin
Read more…I am going to have some really happy goats. Today, I bought a 15-lb bag of carrots are Winco; they are sold as juicing carrots but these will be goat carrots.<g> I give the three of them a carrot cut into coin slices at bedtime when I put Ginger in
Read more…For those who might be interested, from Totally Natural Goats:
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My three year old doe passed a pink, slimy looking "thing" in her berries this morning. It had small yellow looking seed like things all around it. My first guess is worms. So since I have owned goats for one week, and have NO experience with the
Read more…Ok so my little guy is 4 weeks old and he is itching terribly. The other day I seen some bugs on him that were a light color so I know they weren't fleas. So I am assuming it is lice. Well after doing some research ppl say to use seven dust on the
Read more…Okay, folks, I know that some herbs are good for goats and goats will eat what is good for them when they need it. So, what herbs would be good to plant in the goat area? In the extended pen, there is a concrete bordered flower bed next to the fenc
Read more…Well I took our four babies down to the big livestock vet in town to get them disbudded yesterday... Needless to say they did a horrid job. After calling my goat expert friend (lives almost 4 hrs away) she thinks they used the wrong size iron (too bi
Read more…Hi everyone,
I'm hoping someone might have some thoughts. I have a small herd of does(9), it was commented on by a breeder that my yearlings looked smaller than they should at a show.
I feed free choice grass/alfalfa and they have access to 4 a
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