Hello! Today my 4 year old doe kidded quintuplets - all 5 seem healthy. I read the article that Deborah wrote about a mother not being able to produce enough milk for all 5, which makes sense. I am wondering, how long do I have, before I will need t
Guys I’m looking for suggestions on helping a buck fatten back up. He’s finished breeding for this year and while I know bucks tend to lose weight during rut his weight loss seems excessive. He is skin and bones. I’ve increased his hay and he always
How potentially fertile is a two week old buck? I have a buckling that is acting as if he were in full rut. I’ve never had one act like this so early. Tongue flapping, blubbering, peeing, and now attempting to mount any goat near him. Should I be wor
I along with many others received messages from one person that looks like a spam/scam situation in the last couple of hours. They either hacked the site or were accepted. May want to review or remove them from the site as they don’t seem to be here
My Name is Chrissy, in my online forums and Vlog, I go by Cricket. I grew up in Northern Ca and raised many farm animals along with our children, most of my life. My hubby and I moved to an area for about 13 years where we were unable to have anythin
We have at least two members here from Australia growing their herds, one being Michael Garwood. I've been thinking a lot about them and wondering if they have managed to escape the fires so far. So, our Aussie friends, how are you doing?
I have a doe who has a single (twin died during birth). I have been milking her from day 1 and froze the colostrum for emergencies. I am wondering how much milk should I keep in the freezer for future kids that might need it? I do not bottle raise, b
My neighbors full size buck broke through their fence and ended up in my pen with my Nigerian does. He bred one of my girls who isn’t even big enough to be bred to a Nigerian buck! Long story short my vet gave me Lutalyse. How long after I give it to
When I sent my questions about my two does not coming into heat, i had used forum, so don't know why forum was suggested in your response. But, I'll try again: My two does were born in June of 2018. They have never shown any s
Hello, my name is Shirlene. I will be receiving my first two little does Friday. I am busy making them a play area and can't wait for them to arrive. I look forward to meeting you all. I live in TX not too far from Waco. This is our first year her s
This morning my husband found what looks like a string of the back teeth from one of our 8 NDs. Their front teeth are much taller than the ones he found on the ground, when he was cleaning their area. So we suspect they came from the back of one's go
I bought a new doe in milk back in July. She started coughing a few days after I got her and at fist I just thought it was because of the stress of joining a new herd. Unfortunately it kept up and got worse. Sometimes it is a dry cough and sometimes
I got my hands on some and stocked up for the winter--mainly because that's what was available by the time I got around to stocking up for the winter. A friendly acquaintance had grown it experimentally for
Would it be worth adding a buck to my herd that is 7 years old? It’s his blood lines that I’m really after and I have a unique opportunity to get him at a great price from a herd dispersal but at 7, I’m hesitating. How many years can I realistically
I seem to always be going back and forth on what to feed our milkers. For several years, I have been feeding DuMor sweet feed, mixing in BOSS, sometimes alfalfa pellets. Our goats always have access to Sweetlix Meat Maker loose mineral, Thorvin kelp,
