I'm Robin, and I'm just east of Springfield, OR. I found this group by accident the other day while doing a search for another member (hi Julie Q.!), and am really happy to be here.
I got my very first goats 9 years ago from Quicksilver Farms in Ida
Read more…Really this cannot be this hard! But seriously, its only been 4 days and I'm about to be crazy.
Every time I fed her the first day I took her out to see her mom and tried to get her to nurse. If I filled the teat and showed it to her it would take
Read more…Okay, so I am a native of AZ and now live in Illinois. This winter is brutal. It was -27 here this morning and I have does due to kid. I built kidding pens inside a 20' foot shipping container and have a 1500 volt/amp (not sure what its called) heate
Read more…I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum, but I would love some advice from those who have been there, done that.
We are raising our first bottle babies (Background: 3 bred does kidded this week - B/G twins 2/1, B/B/G triplets 2/4 and G single
Read more…I don't know about other places but around here it seems that Pygmy and Nigerian is an interchangeable term for dwarf goats. They are two different breeds, though they look similar they do have their differences. Many around here also purposely cros
Read more…My littles doeling, who is about 9 months old is shivering and doesn't want to stand this morning. It is 8º, but was below zero last night. I gave them all some grain before we shut them up for the night to help them stay warm. WHen we fed them, s
Read more…A week or two ago there was someone that talked about rotational grazing when responding to a discussion, but I can't remember who it was. She didn't feed extras, if I remember correctly, just the browsing.
I would love to learn more about this -
Read more…Hello and thank you for the welcomes I have already received!
I am Kim Miller, married 22 years to Ken. We're in southeast Ohio and have a micro-mini farm of 5 acres. We've had goats for about 7 years. We started with a few Boer goats to raise for 4H
Read more…I had Aurora in a dog crate last night from midnight to 8 am right after I milked Indiana. Although it was more than she has previously given with Aurora on 24 hours, I thought I would get more than 1 lb... Her history indicates that she is a very go
Read more…I have a fabulous nd buck. He was a 4H goat so is very.sweet and halter trained and what not. I was considering purchasing mini nubian does for him next year. Any thoughts? They are more easy for me to find than nd does, or should I just hold out for
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My name is Michelle and I have been researching in preparation for starting my first small herd. I have decided on the Nigerian Dwarf not only because they are so beautiful, but they seem to be perfect for our situation. We live out i
I have one polled gold and white buckling available in Central Louisiana. Born 11/28/2010 Out of: Sire: A2Z Acres Nashville Star (AGS/NDGA registered) Sire's Sire: Pride of Texas Puddles (Pride of Texas Woody Woodpecker X Pride of Texas 7 of 9) Sire'
Read more…After everything slowed down I was able to get photos of today's blessings. We are done with births until March, hopefully with warmer weather! I can not say thanks enough of how greatful I am to have your help today.
http://nigeriandwarfgoats.ning
Read more…If it is ok with Deborah, I think it would be fun if everyone posted their due date in the Events so we could see when they are all coming. =)
Read more…We have very weak buckling born this morning. He doesn’t even have the strength to hold his head up or attempt to stand. Shallow breathing. Is there still hope?
Read more…We are concerned about our newest little ones born early this morning. We brought them in to warm-up and about thirty minutes later we took them back to Allis. Poor things stand under the heat lamp and shiver. Should we keep bringing them in to warm
Read more…We had our first kids today at 5:30 and a little past 5:45. Two precious little doelings. First one is as white as a lamb, then the second is tricolored. Our biggest challenge is that it is to be in the tens tonight with clear skies. Two heat lamps a
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Well this is the first time that we are selling our Nigerian Dwarf Goat kids. It is so hard to decide who to sale. My goals are to have good milking and breeding quality. However, when it comes down to deciding it's so hard. So what do you do?
Read more…Today around 9 am while I was at work Isabel started pushing. I had tried to get someone to cover my 8-2 shift but the only person who could do it was already covering a shift for someone else. When I got to work and explained the situation she said
Read more…She had triplets as I had expected! One buckling and two doelings. Sadly the buckling only lived for about two hours after birth. She waited till I was at work! But thankfully David was here for her. Aurora nurses like a champ. Madison has had a roug
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