Lavender had quads today! Three boys and a girl. Our ratio has been slightly skewed towards boys this year, but we're happy with the number of girls that we've had so three boys is not disappointing.
I didn't have to assist at all with the birth, La
Read more…I don't even really want to write about this. So maybe I'll skip my long explaining sentences and hope ya'll understand. I don't want to write but kind of feel I should, in case of possible good advice I may need and cause I could use your prayers an
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My doe Crescent has been giving me about 2 cups of milk a day. 1 cup morning and night. Lately she is only giving me 1/2 cup at each milking now.
Is she trying to dry herself off? Can they do that?
She kidded in March and I have only been m
Read more…Just finished posting the new babies on our site. We have 2 little doelings, 1 buckling and 1 wether for sale. Having a great time with all while they are here. All come from amazing blood lines. Check them out at www.riverdancefarm.com
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For several weeks, it has been in the plan to expand the main goat area, i.e., where they spend most of their time. In the beginning while awaiting the two weeks for Ginger's birth and the first two weeks afterward, their outside space was only abou
Read more…We have one little buckling with a scrotum but nothing in it. We realized this when we went to band him at the age of 9 weeks. He's going to be sold for meat in the fall, but I was wondering if anyone knows the likelihood of sterility in the meantime
Read more…So I have the doses for DE written down. I'm worming my cats, and giving it orally. Suddenly it occurred to me... are we talking so many tablespoons DRY or WET!? I feed it to them wet, because they eat it really well that way. (Actually, I'm giving t
Read more…I am just wondering what exactly are the health risks of drinking the milk of a goat that has recently been wormed? I know there is a 2 week milk withdrawl, but why exactly?
Read more…The twins are just over two weeks old. I held them off of Ginger overnight last night, and milked her this morning. The milk tastes "off" to me. Not goaty, but tangier than it did when I bought her in milk. Do you think this might be partly to do wit
Read more…Miyagi is polled. Maybe four or five months ago we started feeling these little buds on the tips of his poll "bumps". One has grown to be maybe an inch long at this point, the other maybe half that. They are not really horns, you can wiggle them a
Read more…Well, folks, my two youngest granddaughters were here this afternoon (4 and 11). I promised Victoria when she visited again she could milk Capri even though we wouldn't get much milk. That little stinker got 1/4 cup even though Ginger had been with
Read more…Don't it put a big smile on your face when something really silly and little gets your children all excited! My 9 yr. old (youngest KATE) just got so excited and started squealing because "It's such a tiny jar. Look, it's so tiny. Mom, didn't you not
Read more…I have a First Freshener Nigerian Dwarf who had 1 kid. Before kidding her udder was uniform, now I notice that her left side seems to always be full and her right side is almost empty. I thought maybe the kid was favoring a side, but I have pulled t
Read more…Since Truffle's baby died, if I dont' milk her she'll dry right off. I have been milking her, partly just because it might be my only chance to find out if my experimental training worked. (which it seems to have worked, yay!)
Anyway if I keep he
Read more…I had quads on Thursday night and by today have already sold two of the boys! (Not leaving until they are bigger). I have someone wanting the third one as well. In order for me to keep my goats and maintain a great herd I need to make sure I make reg
Read more…After hearing about one of our members here on NDDG building a yurt it reminded me of a website that a good friend of ours told us about sometime ago. They build hexayurts out of plywood, for about $100.00, may be more now due to inflation. These s
Read more…I have two very nice 3 month old doelings ready to go to new homes now available. First one is chochlete roan comes from good milk/show lines Cleopatra. Long , has a level top line angular and dairy$275.00. Second is Eve she also comes from good milk
Read more…I have two nigerian dwarf does that recently had one kid each. As someone new to goats, I wasn't sure they were pregnant. I thought perhaps I was overfeeding them. I had a friend check them and they didn't think they were pregnant either. To make
Read more…I have posted on here some time ago but really got no help at all so thought I would use this approach.
My goat has been tested positive for EOSINOPHILIC PUSTULAR DERMATITIS. Which is EXTREMELY RARE. It appears no one knows how to treat it or pr
Read more…Does anyone know of a better way to find pics of the ancestors on our pedigrees than googleing their name and hoping for the best. I went through heck trying to find a pic of this goat that is Butter' sire (and he is pretty famous, I guess you could
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