My two kids (Penny's lol) are two weeks old tomorrow. I have been milking her ocassionally when they leave one side full. I would like to start separating them overnight and milk her. This is her third pregnancy (is litter the right word for goats
Read more…I am pretty sure that Tally is copper deficient. She is a black doe and has started to get rusty spots on her hind flanks, her skin is flaky and her undercoat looks to be shedding. She has fishtail but is not losing any hair on her face. She was real
Read more…I helped buttercup deliver triplets tonight! My first triplets ever. All girls! Woo hoo! They are beautiful. The first one, solid dark buckskin was stuck and I had to pull her. The others came on their own, and position right.
Read more…My hubby and I have 2.5 acres in the middle of the city. We have two handsome young men ages 2 and 3! Due to our oldest son having problems with most processed foods we make a good bit of our food from scratch. That of course led to us raising our
Read more…Hi! I am interested in purchasing a Nigerian Dwarf goat. I am doing research on them, of course, and can certainly use some advice.
I live in NYC, I have a house with a nice sized yard. I have 2 dogs and a mini pig. I am wondering if these goat
Read more…Yay! I am so happy and relieved ,I finally found a home for my 3 doelings born in Sept.And seems to be a good home too.Thank-you to all those who wrote and supported me in my post worrying about not being able to sell.Someone said to have patience th
Read more…I would like to buy the Wormer Rotation Pack from Caprine Supply. It's Safe-Guard (Fenbendazole in the benzimidazole class), IverCare (Ivermectin in the macrocyclic lactone class), and Pyrantel Pamoate (in the pyrimidine class). I read that the Safe-
Read more…My girls are in their last month of pregnancy are starting to look pale AGAIN. Last time (last spring)I was told to deworm with Ivomec 10 days apart 3 times. They looked better but have always been more pale than i would like. I have dewormed every 3
Read more…Hi, I am new to this list and happy to be able to finally connect with a Nigerian Dwarf community! My family and I are from Bozeman, MT and have a small herd of NDs and a small flock of Icelandic sheep as well. Currently I am a licensed veterinarian
Read more…Hello All! I am a Southern Illinoisian (formerly Iowan) work at home mom of 2 teenage boys & 4 Nigerians. I am almost 2 years into my adventure of raising 4 of the most fun, loving, curious, mischevious, sometimes confusing and complicated little c
Read more…Hello! I am purchasing a wethered male 4 week old bottle baby. I wondered if anyone had insight on what I can expect. New goat owner here! he's gonna be a pet and live mostly inside with my pig and dogs. I've done research, but wondered what ki
Read more…Hi guys. My most educated guess is that my doe is approximately a month prior to kidding. Do I need to vaccinate her? What is the shot (is it CD&T?, can I buy it at TSC and give it myself? If so, what would the dose be for a smaller doe. She was
Read more…Hey guys...my doe who just gave birth four days ago is getting pale again. I had this problem with her before, she was kinda of chronic, but I finally got her color up after I found a dewormer that seemed to work for her. Actually the three I had a
Read more…well we had some suprises this week. First Star blessed us with twin bucks on Jan 30th. Then on Feb. 3 Rima blessed us with triplets (2 bucks and a doe).We are very suprised because in September they all got loose with our Nigerian Buck and we Ludili
Read more…I have just bred two does to an older buck that I have had for 5 yrs now. No problems before with him settling the does, usually we get it on the first try. This is the 3rd re-breeding I have done with those two does, my last just today. Could this b
Read more…My goat made a pig of himself. We put them out in the new pen with fresh pasture, in just 3hrs he ate so much he can barely walk. I brought them back to the feedless pen, gave him some probiotics and put out baking soda for him. Now he will just have
Read more…Three of my does are due between January 1 and the 13th. Two are experienced and one is a FF. My husband built me three awesome 12x6 kidding stalls...two on one side of the barn and two on the other. The goats can see from one stall to the other an
Read more…I have a doe with a very sensitive nose. She loves her babies until they are disbudded. When I bring them back to her I give her their rears. As soon as she smells the head she does not know that is her babies. The vet tried making her groggie, poure
Read more…I thought I found my oldest doe in labor Friday night. I attempted to encourage her and bring her water but nothing but this red ball had come out. I read that sometimes they want to be left alone while birthing, so I left. I later read more and disc
Read more…Okay, here are kind of a bunch of worry wart newbie questions:
1. How often/long should kids nurse? What I'm really getting at is, how to tell if they aren't nursing enough (or does that even happen).
--Reason is, I got both kids to suckle withi
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