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Inbreeding question

Try to follow the family tree:

 

Penny and Truffle, my two does, are totally unrelated.  I also have a buck: Miyagi, who is unrelated to either doe.

 

Penny just kidded a buck and a doe.  If I were to breed her buckling to Truffle next year, the resu

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Castrating Questions

I couldn't find a category for this, so I thought this might be an ok place to ask.  If a buck is not going to be used for breeding, what age do you castrate him?  I've heard 4 weeks, I've heard 8 weeks.  I have a 6 week old that I will be keeping in

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Grain Feeding to Pregnant Does

Ok so I had another question about when to start feeding grain (with many varied answers) but now I want to know, by the time your doe is expected to give birth, how much grain should you be feeding her by then? In ounces would be nice if you've ever

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HELP!!

Spot is due the 11th, and just now when my son and I went out to check on her she was lying down, panting, with a definite bulge back there.  I spread her vulva and saw what I certainly could have sworn was a little pink nose.

 Of course all the hum

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