About a week ago, I was asking about a prolapse. Deborah told me to talk to my vet to be prepared ahead of time. I can only get a hold of my vet at 7 am, so I figured I would call in the morning. That evening, when I was putting her away for the n
Read more…How do you keep it at 86 degrees? Is it just general?
What kind of molds do you use after it's made? Can you use just a regular container?
This isn't exactly related to cheese, but how long is fresh milk good for? What about if you use it in c
Read more…We've had discussions on selling milk in the past, and I just found this great map that shows the status of raw milk sales in every state. If you mouse over your state, the status will pop up.
http://ftcldf.org/raw_milk_map.htm
Aright,I am probably getting annoying with all these questions but... I did more reading on housing and worming and feeding and such... and just about when I think I get it... it always raises more questions!
I am still waiting on my panels, I'm goin
I just read the post about shedding - and given the weather is slightly - warming low 50's, I thought that may be why my ff is shedding - however, her sis has a really thick coat and I thought she was shedding all that winter down - now I see a strip
Read more…So I was supposed to be getting two does that were going to kid out at the breeder. Well, they both kidded and both had to have c-sections. She called yesterday and does not want me to take either of the does or their single kids because of the birth
Read more…I have a friend a couple of hours away who has a goat that kidded on Friday. It was a somewhat difficult delivery. The first kid was breech and my friend had to stretch the doe out and then help get the little guy out, but he lived. Then a doeling
Read more…My family has a small homestead, 1.7 acres, and we are ready to begin learning all we can about the Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats! We want them as pets, of coarse, but also as our source of milk and dairy products. We have never owned goats before and a
Read more…I am looking into/wanting to get a couple of ND for milk purposes withing the next year to three years, but first I want to become very knowledgeable about them first. I have no experience with goats. Only horses, dogs, and rabbits. I have been scou
Read more…We are new at disbudding. Consequently we were quite tentative on the first burn. We have had to do 5 over again. Hopefully we did it right this time. There sre two more that need redoing but today five was all we could handle!
Next time we will kno
Read more…Hey everyone. It's been awhile since I have posted anything. Anyway, our Nigerian Dwarf is due and her ligaments have completely disappeared. The problem is however, she is showing no signs of labor (she lost her ligaments twelve hours before now) Is
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Hi Goat Friends!
After paying my taxes yesterday (which made me kind of sick!), I was wondering if anyone has had any luck claiming the yearly expenses that having a herd entails and profits of goats they sell as a business? Have any book
Read more…Hi everyone, my name is Lori and I'm from Powhatan, Va and I am anxiously awaiting my first goats. We tried to get them last year but life happens and we were blessed to be given my granny's house and some land to put it on by my FIL and we moved. Be
Read more…I was wondering if there is any reason to not use a young buck to breed a doe? Will it hurt the buck? Is there less chance of healthy kids being born? Any reason not to do it? If it is not a good idea, what is the age that it is ok to use a buck
Read more…Heidi
Unregistered Doe in Milk asking $75.00 OBO
in Coldwater/Quincy MI
Read more…I am super excited because today I get to use a dishwasher for the first time in two years!! I bought the thing about a month ago but my uncle finally came and installed it! This dishwasher has a top rack only and a sanitizing feature which I really
Read more…Okay, thankfully, I don't have to worry about this for a long time as we don't even have out little goats yet. But a 16 year old girl in our group has been showing goats (Nubians) for several years and has participated in disbudding before (with her
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Just found this group by accident while looking for Nigerian Goat breeders in Montana. Our 17 yo daughter is looking for dairy goats for FFA showing and Nigerians are one of the breeds we are looking at. Tomorrow we get to go meet some for th
Read more…I have been pouring over sites for an hour -( trying to figure out if I am feeding my ff enough or too much.?? I am giving her 1/4 c. calf manna (she had turned into a spiny saurus) - 1/4 c. cracked corn, bout 1/3 c. black oil ss, then enough 16% gr
Read more…Do goats get ear infections like dogs? My doe sometimes shakes her head like the dogs do when their ears are bothering them. I don't think that's really it, but she has been itchy, so I'm thinking allergies. I treated her for worms and lice when we g
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