I'll likely be retaining one doeling, but the others are for sale. Some of Shell and Tempo's kids are already doing well in the show ring. You can visit my website for info. http://acafarm.webs.com/
Licorice had twins, a buck and a doe, at 9:00 last night. The doe is the buckskin with blue eyes. Everything went pretty smooth and Licorice is a great mom!
Read more…As reported, months ago on here, we are doing barn renovations. In order to get all of the horses on the same side of the barn, we're building new stalls. Long story short, we'd like to turn the goat stall into a feed room because it is right next do
Read more…Hi,
I know i've posted a lot latley but i'm still new to goat care and i just want to find out as much as possible before my goat (going to get anouther one with it most likey) comes home.
Alright so, as with all my animals i try to make a first aid
Read more…I just had a buckling die. He was a twin. I got them and they were too young 4-5 weeks. I bottle fed both of them for several weeks, provided water, hay minimal grains. I weaned them from milk and they were fine. I kept them away from my other g
Read more…Just a quick question - can goats safely eat purple clover? Or is it poisonous?
Read more…I have a doe due march 9 last year she had triplets and had no problem nursing them. This year she is huge and I am afraid she may have quads or quints. She is a smaller doe that is not a great milk producer and I do not feel she would be able to fee
Read more…So my doe is due on the 16th of February, but I keep thinking she's going to have these babies anytime. Tuesday my friend who is a midwife came over because she's never seen a pregnant animal and wanted to see if she could hear the babies with her D
Read more…Just found this article and wanted to share it with everyone:
http://www.mtcapra.com/benefits-of-goat-milk-vs-cow-milk/
This is the best explanation I've seen of how goat milk is better for humans than cow milk!
Read more…My doe, Spot, gave birth 1/17 to triplets.
This is a digestive smelliness, not the uterine infection discussed before, which cleared up nicely.
During her pregnancy, I had been feeding alfalfa hay free choice, baking soda and Manna Pro minerals f
Read more…I have 2 pregnant does, first timers, Pygmy and Nigerian Dwarf crosses. They were having grain each day until I read on this site that you should not feed them grain, only hay. I weaned them off it, and use it only as a treat now. Seems to be fine. T
Read more…I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I have a goat that has both knee's all banged up. The fur is gone and he's constantly reopening the scabs. Is their something I can use to wrap his knee with or some other type of remedy ? I keep
Read more…My kids were disbudded at 1 week old by an experienced local farmer, and I felt very confident that they were done correctly, so didn't pay much attention to the burns since then--but now, at 3 1/2 weeks, I've noticed that all of them, even the doeli
Read more…I was asking a breeder about a 11-mo.-old doeling today, and she said she's hoping to get her up to 35 lbs by April so she'll be ready to breed.
I have a 10-mo-old doeling who looks much too small to me to be bred, but she's certainly near 35 lbs.
Read more…I know there's some things you're supposed to keep handy for kidding, so I want to know what everyone keeps.
What things would you consider necessary, and what other things are just nice to have?
How much of the stuff do you need right then and there
Read more…I have a Surge Belly milker with teat cups that was set up for cow. I need the inflators for ND do I need a different size teat cups or can I use the ones I have?
Read more…No milk after 8 hours!!??
Brandi is from good milking lines, has a good udder and teats, as well as large orafices (no spell check...?) She is a 3rd freshener, and kidded with triplets 24 days ago. I normally separate at 2 weeks but decided to wait a
Read more…Nice to meet everyone! I don't have goats yet, but I will once I have my own property (I'm still in college and living at home) I do have 10 little chickens and a big garden on two acres. I'm looking forward to learning from everyone on the forum.
Read more…Is it ok to breed a 1-yr-old doe with a ten year buck? And vise versa? Or is it generally not a good idea and something to stray from?
Read more…Penny is right in her delivery window based on the breeding I think took...
This morning I put her out to pasture and she just stood around hollering. I went to see her at the gate and it looked like her tendons were gone. Plus she wouldn't graze
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