So...am so sleep deprived & exhausted from something unrelated, I thought I'd put Miss Penny Lane on a leash and let the other two follow the sound of the grain shaking to the pasture from the barn this morning.
It turned into a goatie stampede res
Read more…We're waiting on Ginger to kid in a week, but I also had a doeling reserved with my goat dealer. We got to bring her home on Sunday!! She sat with Macs on the ride home... she misses her mommy, but today she's at least being allowed to lay with the o
Read more…I was wondering if any one uses Python insecticide dust, Co-Ral or Diatomaceous Earth as a parasite control and which one is the best and how often should you use it? Also is the Diatomaceous Earth the same as the one used in pools (white power)?
Read more…Just found this on alternative dewormers:
http://www.scsrpc.org/SCSRPC/Publications/part5.htm
The thing I found most interesting is the study about wormwood reducing fecal egg count by 50% when they fed a POUND of it to goats every day for four days.
Read more…LOL guess who got the milk to come out finally? The hubby was home from work at last, he gives her one little squeeze and "pshiiish" she's squirting milk, after two days of my failed attempts. Doesn't that figure?
I was able to successfully fini
Read more…Hey! I live in central KY in the 'bluegrass region'. I bought my first 2 goats 4 years ago, and now my little herd has grown to 14 goats!!! I just had 7 kids 5 weeks ago, so my herd instantly doubled in size! I am now 17 and I cut my own hay with
Read more…We had begun talking about this in another discussion, so I thought I'd post it here so it didn't get mixed up.
Both of my kids are small, petite kids. They are both supposed to be about 11 weeks old, but I think my doe is a little younger. My wet
Read more…Hi everyone! My name is Tori. I'm 15 and have been raising goats my whole life. My mom bred and raised them when I was younger and about 4 years ago I took over the business. We have a herd of around 25. We have had 15 babies born this year so far an
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Here is the story with my new doe, Willow. Or Moo Moo. Or Milky Way. Well anyway, I'll just call her "the doe" :)
She had a kid at her side in the herd where we got her from who still nursed some, but she's had milk for maybe 8 mon
Read more…They may be named Madmardigan, Willow, and Twinkie... those names may or may not stick.
3 yr old wether, 4 yr old doe, 2 month old buckling, respectively.
One random newbie question right off the bat: I noticed when we put them up for the night
Read more…Just a random thing, Hoeggers is having a calendar photo contest for their 2012 calendar. It would be a fun thing to have your goats published in the calendar!!! Here is the link http://www.hoeggergoatsupply.com/xcart/pages.php?pageid=17
Read more…I have two little bucklings for sale. They will be registered with AGS. One of them has blue eyes and the other one is being bottle-fed. They are absolutely adorable, as all kids are... :) The blue-eyed buckling is white with beautiful black and
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So, is free choice alfalfa really free choice? Our little girls are about 2 months, one just over, one just under, and somedays they eat ALOT. Their little bellies bulge out pretty far. Jasmine has been weaned off the bottle and Lamb Chop
Read more…I brought home my first 2 Nigerian doelings this week. Flower is 11 weeks old and doing great. Bling is 6 weeks old. The breeder gave me a gal. fresh and a gallon frozen goats milk to bottle feed to bling and reccomended that I switch her to whol
Read more…I believe my male goat may have some type of urinary problem. I have cut down on grain recently as I was advised that I was overfeeding the male goats. I noticed that today my four month old buck seem to be straining a bit to urinate. He also crie
Read more…I am making a list of things I would like to get from Hoeggers to have on hand and there are several things that look similar to me. Could anyone tell me if you would need all of these or would one suffice? If you need all of them, how would you us
Read more…Hi everyone! Recently I tried my first batch of goats milk soap and it turned out great. I had to order the lye from a company in Texas and found it to be a little expensive. I heard about making soap with Borax (laundry booster). Has anyone ever don
Read more…I've often mentioned using copper oxide wire particles for copper deficiency, although they can also be used as a natural way to control stomach worms in goats and sheep. This article summarizes most of the research done in this area:
Read more…I just sold my first two goats. 2 doelings. I am very excited. My question is, when I was filling out the form on the AGS site for application for registration to give them, the last question is "BORN ON THE PROPERTY OF (signature). Does that mea
Read more…I know I remember reading this somewhere, but I couldn't find it. One of my does now has bald patches on her body. The skin that is showing looks good. This is the same doe that had flaky skin and a rough coat which the rest of her still looks li
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