Today I noticed that one of my does was stamping her feet and twitching all over like she was plagued with flies, but there are no flies. Could it be fleas or lice??? None of my other goats are acting the same, there are no other signs of itching,
Read more…I took one of my junior yearlings to be bred Sunday evening. They did the act three times and there were all the signs of it being successful so I brought her back. However, she's still acting like she is in season. She is still red, still flagging,
Read more…HI..I have a one year old Nigerian Dwarf that has recently lost is two bottom front teeth..is this normal or does anyone know what can cause this? Any help would be great..
Read more…My daughter wants to do 4h with our goats this year. When I was at the county fair they had all the 4h goats in a shed on display and I was looking at them and petting them and then suddenly I got all paranoid that I would bring something nasty home
Read more…Hey Everyone. I joined this site a few months ago and have learned quite a bit from reading your questions and answers but now I have a question of my own. I have four Nigerians - two does and two 4 month old doelings. One of my doelings, Chrysanthem
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I know it's been a long time since I've been on this site, but setting up a farm is some hard work and we had an exceptionally wicked Winter.. ANYWHOO, one of my does just gave birth yesterday and I'm in a pickle!! My doe had three kids..
Read more…I'm looking at the tattoo kits at Hoegger's site. which size would I get for the ND? They have the 5/16" or the 3/8".
Read more…I was feeding my doe, Spot, some brazil nuts this morning, and she dropped two of them while trying to chew. She's being syringe-fed "grain porridge" and there seems to be a lot more grinding noise than I would expect for soft food, so I looked (wit
Read more…My doe, Spot, kidded with triplets three months ago. She had gotten thin during her pregnancy and had some digestive imbalance right after kidding, but that cleared up with probiotics. We've been slowly increasing her grain ration, and now she's up
Read more…I don't have her yet, but in 3 more weeks my first doe is coming home. She'll have weaned her kids and be ready to be milked. So my time is limited to get my act together! PLEASE tell me what I am going to need!
I have basic animal husbandry skills,
Read more…we have a bottle baby who is now 2 1/2wks old. almost dead, tongue hanging out on day 1. raised body temp-took 6 hrs. began syringe feeding mother's milk, 1 oz at a time. by 4 days old she was drinking from a pritchard teat. by 6 days old, she was wa
Read more…I swear... I'm going to scream if I have to post one more "I hope she's pregnant and then NOPE she wasn't!" post!!
This is Ginger today:
Here is what she looked like in October of 2010 when I bought her:
I'm just hoping that it's REAL this time, and
Does anyone have experience with either using a buck service for your does or using your buck to service other people's does? My does went to visit some bucks for three weeks in December. The buck owner still hasn't decided what would be an appropr
Read more…We reserved a pedigreed doeling (our current goats are grade) months ago through a breeding plan, and she was FINALLY born last week. We are all atwitter with excitement. We have not met her in person yet, but hope to get out to the ranch soon, aft
Read more…My buckling is nearly eight weeks old, and still has only one testicle dropped. It's been down a long time, and no sign of another. Could he have just one? I know I need to neuter him very soon.
Read more…Haley, Misty's daughter from last year (one of triplets) delivered twin doelings today. Now I have 5 girls and one boy!
Could someone explain milking records? How do you measure #'s of milk and how is butterfat measured? I would think it would be good to know.
If you do keep milking records - how is that documented and how do you obtain stars and letters. and wha
Read more…Now I need help.
I don't want to over feed them and I don't want to feed every minute. For 3 pound plus babies what is the amount they should have? How often during the waking hours? Right now I have bee taking them into Mama and distracting her so t
Read more…Hello, may I get an idea of how much colostrum everyone likes to take from a doe, (not a first freshener), to freeze and have on hand for next years kidding? When do you like to collect it and how much so you are not taking too much from the newborn
Read more…My doe Millie was acting completely normal yesterday so I really didn't think too much about her going into labor. I checked on her several times through out the day and was letting her be out with everyone since it was a beautiful day in Colorado!
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