Hey everybody, I am in a quandry, and need some opinions. My 18 year old son, who is, as I type on his way home from signing up in the army chose our herdname. We all just love it, especially because of the story behind its birth. Bent Penny Acres -
Read more…I have been waiting and waiting and WAITING to be able to come here and CONFIDENTLY say...
GINGER IS PREGNANT!!!
:::dancing in my boots:::
Her sides definitely looked big to me... but she has looked large before, so I didn't want to jinx it by sayi
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I have a few questions on clipping.
1) We were given a WAHL Stable Pro clipper along with a #5 attachment and two of the same blade sets ( Animal Adjustable Blade Set 30-15-10 Standard 3/64 " - 3/32 " cut). Are these good for show clippin
Read more…We just brought home an 8 week old buckling to our two does (1 and 3 yrs) They are not giving him a very nice welcome. Should I keep them separate overnight...or leave them to work it out. The two girls are ganging up on him and butting him all over
Read more…Just wanted to "brag" about our first additions to our little farm. We doubled our herd size in one day! :) Cee Cee had three boys and a girl on April 1st, 2012. They are doing very well. She is a great mother. My other doe, Leah, is due July 1s
Read more…I have a question about registering with different registries. All of my herd came with AGS paperwork and several have ADGA, but my young buckling has all three. Now my question is after I get back the AGS papers can I reg. all of them w/ the other 2
Read more…I don't have my goats yet or my homestead. But we should be closing and moving in during May. I'm very excited about designing the layout, choosing fence and pens and homes, and bringing my first goats home. Went to visit Crazy8Ranch in Effingham
Read more…I have a brand new baby...she is one week old today and I want to get her disbudded. Problem is that there are virtually no vets in the area that work with goats. I am going to have to drive at least an hour and they want to sedate her and give her C
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My goat Iris has been displaying what I thought might be “buckish” characteristics. In the last two-three months she has become increasingly unfriendly. She has always been skittish despite being held, handled and loved since birth. For
Read more…I'm in a Creative Writing class for college this semester (required for English minors) and so I wrote this list poem about goat ownership! Still rough, but my professor didn't understand it and I told her that any goat person would, so I thought I'd
Read more…After 8months with us, our goats showed a "light load" in their fecal count...So now we have to give them some Ivemec...I picked up the pre-loaded syringes from my local vet office (my large animal vet was good enough to leave them for me since I had
Read more…Hey guys, I am hoping someone here can give me a heads up on what may be going on with some of my goats.
I have 2 almost 2 month olds that have developed loose stool. I wormed them on 4-8 using panacur and I gave them 3ml each per my vet's instruct
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Gerle Ranch Maxwell X Frostbitty Japanzy Born 4/23/12 3:00 P.M. 4 lbs. We are so thrilled with little Shammy. What a sweet little cutie he is, and so special since he's the first kid born on our farm! His blue eyes are a real
Read more…This is one of those "will probably sound stupid questions", but here goes anyway. HOW do I find out about where and when shows will be. I have been looking on the AGS/ADGA sites and don't see list of shows for the year. Is this info available somewh
Read more…This has happened twice now, but what is my doe telling me when she is sitting on me and then pees on me :/?
Read more…Hello all, I am new to this group, I joined in hopes of finding someone who would be selling NDG in my area, I am between Kingston and Ottawa ON. , half way between Brockville & Smiths Falls. I have owned goats in the past but a few years ago now sin
Read more…Hi, my name is Maggie. I live on my fiances' family farm with 4 rabbits, a herd of dairy cattle and obviously my fiance! =]
I don't have any goats as of yet, but I am getting a purebred NDG in a couple weeks that's in milk with no kid and a bottle fe
Read more…HI..we have a nigerian dwarf doe who had a cough for awhile and then about three months ago she lost her voice. She has no lumps or bumps anywhere, she's about five years old, doesn't seem sick at all. The cough went away and was replaced by the no v
Read more…I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips on what to improve with my doe. I would like to improve my stock and eventually produce showable Nigerians, I don't have any pictures of her udder because she is a first timer. Thank you for the help!
