hello all,
Well, got the girls all settled and will include some photos of their digs. They have been here with me for 5 days, and have settled well. They are both 8 weeks old. I have been feeding hay free choice, 1/4 cup of purina goat chow am an
Read more…Hi, i'm Jenna Walker, and at this moment, i don't have any goats at all. in our family, i have at least one sister who can't have cows milk, but goat milk is okay, so my mom and i are doing research on ND goats, and hope to get 2 sometime. even tho
Read more…Yeah. We opened a new bag of food this morning and there were some large clumps in it, which isn't unusual as sometimes the molasses binder (or whatever binder it is) clumps up. I didn't think anything of it and fed the non-clumped parts to 6 of my d
Read more…Hi guys, later this month we will be bringing home our goats. We will start of with 1 wether, 1 buckling, and 1 doe (hopefully pregnant).
I have read a lot about the different mineral needs of males & females due to urinary stones, but am very con
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My name is Jaci (said like Jackie) and my boyfriend and I recently got 2 ND doelings. One is 4 1/2 weeks, Lamb Chop and the other is 6 1/2 weeks, Jasmine. I thought I had done enough research before getting them, but obviously the res
Read more…Maybe if I post photos, she'll take pity on me and show us who she's hiding in that belly! The "most likely" due date was yesterday!
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About a week and a half ago my wether had diarrhea which gradually became back to berries. My doe at that time had completely normal stool. I took both of their fecals to the vet and he said no cocci or worms for either. He suggested I was feeding to
Read more…When it rains, it pours ... My rent a buck ( rab) was moved in with my buck who lost his companion (the wether who died) and he (rab) got out and got into my compost pile for up to an hour. I gave him a baking soda drench and burped him several tim
Read more…Does anyone have any advice on weaning Buckwheat, (he's going to be 3 mos. old on May lst) off the goat milk replacer? I've been watering it down for him, giving him fresh hay and also, I bought goat feed, but he will not touch it. Any ideas? He alw
Read more…ok lets start at the beginning about a month ago I moved her mom and her to the barn, two weeks ago she started with diarrhea and hasn't stopped it is normal light brown no blood. She also just started her first heat. she had bova sera at the beginni
Read more…So far we've decided to get a pair of Nigerian Dwarfs because we seriously enjoyed the goats that we've had in the past. These are to be our companions and brush nibblers and just for the pure entertainment that they bring.
We were thinking of doing
Read more…Does anyone know of any copper boluses other than Copasure? My vet just looked into it for me and ended up having to call all over the place, including down to the US (I live in Canada) and found out from the manufacturer that it is backordered and t
Read more…Took my yearling to be bred today...
I'm pretty sure I caught her at the start of her heat. She accepted the bucking 3 times that I saw... and possibly a couple more. They are both young, although he's a proven buck already. Now the wait to see if sh
Read more…I have built a new barn for my two kids. It was built in a grassy spot so right now it still has a grass floor. But soon it will have a mud floor. I thought about hay or sawdust. What do you guys use?
Read more…Hi my name is Jane,l and my husband and I are owners to 3 very sweet baby Nigerians. We have 3 small children, and I also run a daycare. We wanted a breed that would be the best with children. We have a soon to be weather names Jasper who is 5 wee
Read more…Hello I haven't done an introduction quite yet but I have a problem first.
This is our first venture with goats. (Well livestock in general for me) We have a 6 week old doeling and an almost 4 week old doeling. The older of the two has small pieces o
Read more…When it is time for them to come home, we will need to transport two adults and one youngster (2 months and change) . We have a few large size wire dog crates for our shepherds, but we don't want them inside the van. If an adult ND took a pee on th
Read more…My little buck is not well:
He was fed at 5;30 and was fine. At 9:15or so when we went out to lock him up he was laying on his side with his feet straight out. We brought him in and called everyone we know. Got various opinions. gave him a home
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We will be bringing out new Nigerian Dwarves home towards the end of this month. Our farm was abandoned for several years before we bought it in Nov. and has only been brush hogged once. Our pastures are tall and lush and very green. (A
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