When I was giving my goats there spa treatment tonight I checked out there ears and neither of them have ear tattoos. Is it common for tattoos to fade or disappear all together? I know they are registered I have there papers, but i thought they had
Read more…In the course of researching for my future homestead, I have come across many articles praising intensive rotational grazing. Everyone seems to say that on the same amount of land you can raise considerably more animals while increasing pasture yiel
Read more…Ok my 7 week old nigerian is acting different today. He didn't want his bottle this morning and that is very unusual but I didn't think nothing of it just thought maybe he had eaten enough hay to fill him up. Well while he was out he kept acting li
Read more…A very interesting study was just published shows does can still recognize their kids' voices more than a year later! Here is the story:
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-mother-goats-kids-voices-year.html
Read more…We need the next three days to be free of rain because our hay guy is coming. If you are the praying kind please pray for warm, sunny weather.
Read more…What's the best type of fencing to go with for NDG's? Would electric post and wire fencing be adequate or should we go with something different? I'd like to be able to move the fencing when it suits us and the goats, but if that isn't feasible, I wou
Read more…6-7 weeks would be quick to notice pregnancy but maybe she is like her people momma. I was always so tiny and shaped in a way that when I was 6-7 weeks you could tell by looking at me. No joke! I just swelled right up every time. Couldn't wear my clo
Read more…I have read that milkweed is poisonous to goats but, when we go for a walk, I have seen them grab a leaf and chew it. I've tried to take it away but then it becomes a game and I will never get it from them. They will stand a safe distance and look
Read more…I don't recall ever seeing anything about this any where. Can anyone give me some range on when they start to "show" as we say about people. I have some does that have been exposed (a couple I saw get bred) and for the most part it is the same group
Read more…I keep googling this to no avail. and frustrated. I want to know what all these little acronyms and symbols mean next to all the registered goats names I'm looking at. Is there a page on adga or ags or anywhere that deciphers what these all stand for
Read more…I started on the goat venture as pets for my son. He had a sheep that got mean so I got rid of him and went to a smaller variety and ended up getting into the Nigerian Dwarfs. I started with one which after a week or so I felt bad and decided she nee
Read more…Hi guys,
I am selling my buckling Chico. He is about 4 months old. Weaned at 9 wks, now living in a 5 acre pasture with his father. He has been recently dewormed, a few weeks ago he had some clumpy poops (formed pellets but clumped into one big t
Read more…Hi all! This is my first post - a friend suggested I come here for info.
My full size doe kidded 4 days ago with twins. By the next morning, one side of her udder was hard, hot and producing 1-2 tablespoons when I milked her. Vet says (no exam, I
I would like to understand goat talk a little better. I need to know if the goats I want to purchase are of good quality but I don't understand the descriptions. "very dairy, attachment, lineage,and such" is there a good book or web page that explain
Read more…Sebastian of Hidalgo, this beautiful pinto colored buck, has Superior Genetics in his line for sale. His dam was the top milker at her farm when we bought him, giving over a quart in her once a day milking.
To learn more about him, visit the Herd
Read more…The doe I almost got rid of because she was giving so little milk last year, compared to my other one has become a keeper. I am weighing all the milk that comes into the house and she has managed to outshine the other two this morning! I am impressed
Read more…I am new to the world of Nigerian goats and have some questions that hopefully I can get answers to here. I have 2 does who just kidded, one 2 weeks ago and the other one just last night. They are first time moms and doing great! The first one had tw
Read more…One of my quad boys has scours. He is 13 days old. I have been trying to get three of them onto bottles to give mom some relief and in order to sell them. Two boys were fine and latched well. This guy thought I was killing him. I separated him and an
Read more…Anchovy now has very runny diarrhea, please tell me she is not going to have more serious problems but that it is a side effect of antibiotics or her only eating alfalfa and other rich stuff with no hay or water for way over 12 hours or something els
Read more…Clover had quads the other day as well. Three boys and a girl also! All is well and she's doing great as a FF.
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