Looking for some opinions on dis-bdding babies.
Not sure what to do. I have 4 Nigerians that have their horns and 4 that don't.
Our babies are 5 days old. One looks as though she may be polled, but the little buck isn't.
I can't decide if I
Read more…She is not doing well. She does not suck and mom isn't really interested in her. She is three days old. I gave her coffee and pedialite yesterday. She probably took less than an ounce. Then I took her temp . 100.1. I warmed her with rice bags in her
Read more…One of me Nigerian/pygmy mix doe is starting to go bald. She is under a bit of stress because we lost our pygmy doe due to enterotoxemia . We had to completely take all the grain away and now she is only getting hay and alfalfa cubes, along with a
Read more…My Queen Tilly has developed a limp and after examining her I discovered she has split her little front hoof on the outside from the bottom up. The split goes pretty much to the top of her hoof. Does not seem to be swelling or infected. Any advice
Read more…I just brought home 9 new goats. There are a couple of them that are coughing, should I be concerned. They were not coughing when I went to get them. Also I have Great Pyrneese as my guardians and one of them is barking at them incessantly how do you
Read more…Hey guys...this is the first time I have had Penny in full milk. I have weaned the buckling, the doeling is still on her during the day. At night, the udder is completely empty on one side and super full on the other. Obviously the girl prefers th
Read more…Hi all, I am new here and I am very happy to find a forum that specifies in Nigerian Dwarfs. I am in NW Arkansas and I started my herd last spring starting with 2 bottle bucklings. Since then, my herd has grown into 2 bucks, 2 weathers, 7 does and 7
Read more…I posted a discussion late last year about my doe who's not drying off (thank you, Deborah, for your advice!). I've been milking her every 48 hours and getting slightly over 3 cups each time for the past 3 months. She is getting 1/2 cup of alfalfa pe
Read more…Hello,
I live in northern British Columbia on a small 5 acre hobby farm with my husband and two children ages 11 & 14.
We purchased our first 2 NDGs in the spring of 2011 as pets. They were 3 mos old twin sisters and we christened them "Loretta" and
Read more…Hej from Sweden,
My Frida who we think is between 8-10 yrs old, has started breathing rapidly. She was out with the other goats playing in the stable this evening, the usual, running and just having fun. When I put everyone back in thier boxes, I wen
Read more…One of my bucklings has the runs. I don't have the money to take in fecals for a float... so I'm going to assume it's coccidia.
Nothing has been changed as far as feed goes, other than I remembered I dosed with selenium paste the other day... I notic
Read more…Hey guys...
I cannot get through to Hoeggers. Does anyone know if their pasteurizer will work at less than capacity. It is a 2 gal.
Can you put two quarts in there and run it? It would take me forever to save up 2 gal just from my one doe.
T
Read more…I have a male goat that had his horns burnt by a vet at 1 week old and will be 5 weeks old on Saturday. I noticed today that one of his horns looks like it is growing back but the horn almost looks pink. The original burn scab has not fallen off, i
Read more…Spot, our doe, was ill recently, and since then has been getting serious about weaning her 2 1/2 mo. old kids. This is unlike her--she is a doting mama and will let kids nurse into infinity. She has also been a serious stinker on the milk stand--we
Read more…We think by her size that Elly is pregnant! Well lets just hope so otherwise someone has been sneaking in with her and feeding her extra grain!
The last few days we have noticed that before she has a poo she has to flex her lower back as if she is tr
Read more…hello,
I'm getting two goats for a compainion for my mini horse, and i need a little help with a show name. I'm not sure that i'm ever going to show, but even if i don't i'd like to have one on it's papers.
i know they call these names show names f
Read more…Hello to all!
What a wonderful forum. I’m happy to have discovered you – and your wisdom. Thank you Deborah for making this communication possible. I own each of the books you highlight and find them all insightful. I’ve enjoyed reading all about lif
Read more…According to my dad, one of our goats has fleas.
What do you think is the best way to get rid of them?
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