Hi all- i am hoping to find someone in the Boulder Colorado or nearby area that I can visit to get ideas for my Nigerian goats. I am fairly new to this- have had my 3 girls since June and also a Billy goat.
I am hoping to be able to spend time w
Read more…bred a doe on Nov 9th. heat behavior on the 27th. ran out of fenced area to edge of field, bleating. next day noticed bloody tinged tail hair on edges. nothing coming from vagina, however. still fence watching, appetite slight, calling out. tod
Read more…We are moving our goats to a winter exercise area and want the buck and his companion in there as well. Since he isn't welcome in the doe pens inside our garage I want to put the two dog igloos in the exercise yard for shelter. I will stuff them with
Read more…I was just thinking it might be fun to share some recipes. If anyone has a fudge recipe using goat milk, I'd especially love to see that! Here is my recipe for Chocolate Truffles, using chevre. Deborah Antiquity Oaks
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Does anybody recommend a certain type of dewormer for kids? I have tried to get them to eat the pellets and had no luck. Do they make an injectable version safe for them? If not, is there a liquid that I can use?
Thanks.
Read more…At what age do you personally stop breeding your does and why? Thanks!
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I'm new to the dairy goat world. We've had a pet pygmy wether for the last 10 or so years. He's been 100% healthy his whole life, never had to see the vet, gets an occasional wormer and thats that. He's just a health happy goat who loves everyone.
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We have for sale a non-registered doeling. Her name is "Cocoa" and is dark chocolate with white patches. Please contact me if interested.
http://www.sycamorespringsfarm.com/
Its getting cold here in Maine and I was wondering what other people did, who live in cold climates to get ready for winter?
Hi, we are a small farm with 8 does and 2 bucks. We got started when my children wanted to show in 4-H, in 2006 I found our 1st 2 does, Laurel Haven Leah and Laurel Haven Sicily. Well I just had to have more and we added 2 bucklings from Woodbridge
Read more…Just found this forum today, looking forward to reading all the topics which are sure to hold much valuable information! I'm in Northern WI, anybody else?
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We have a Registered Nigerian Dwarf Doeling for sale. She has awesome genetic milk lines. Her color is black with white patched ears and head/nose. She is very pretty. If interested, please contact me.
http://www.sycamorespringsfarm.com
HI-
Looking to get set-up for 2 goats and like the idea of using a dogloo. Would 2 goats fit in one, and if so which size would be best.
Thanks-
Laura
Morning All,
I am not sure how to use this forum but I'll just jump in. I joined a while ago after I acquired a small herd of five. They include a buck, a wether, a pregnant doe, a milker and her buckling. The pregnant doe has quickly won my heart as she is qu
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My husband, Jon, and I have developed some strange symptoms lately. They started when we purchased two garden variety, non-registered pygmy goats. We noticed shortly thereafter that we were spending too much time in the yard and were u
Read more…Lisa, our son Rowan, and I are living on a third of an acre near Porltand, Maine. We have been implementing our permaculture design for 5 years or so. We teach permaculture, reskilling, and relocalization in an ever growing community. We have acce
Read more…I recently joined your group in hopes of meeting other goat owners in my area and also to maybe learn from your experiences. I currently have three Nigerians - a doe that is about 19 months old and her son who is now just over 5 months old and anoth
Read more…Has anybody heard that when using a heating lamp, you should use infered lightbulbs or the red lightbulbs? Someone said today that I should not use white heating lamp bulbs. Because it hurts the kids eyes. We currently are using white heating lamp bu
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