At what approximate age does a doeling become fertile? I DO NOT want to breed this little girl, I just want to know if a 14 week old doeling can be safely housed with a 14 week old buckling. I'm going away for 10 days leaving my husband in charge of
Now that the cold weather is starting I would like to start back up to making soap with my extra milk. I would like to make large oval or rectangular shaped bars with smooth corners but the only molds I have found for this are plastic. The catalog st
Hello there! New to this group, I live on a small farm in East Texas with my 2 teenagers (the youngest two of my human kids). We've had a few goats for several years, and they've been a lot of help and entertainment. We recently got our first regi
Has anyone tried the device called Udderly EZ I have been reading about it thought that it sounded like a good way to keep milk clean as it goes right into a bottle not into a pail. I would like to hear if anyone has + or - on it before I buy as i
I signed up about a month ago and am just now making the time to look around. I do not have goats, but would like to have them. My hurdle right now is clearing and fencing a space and building housing. I hope I learn a lot on this sit
I know I cannot use white wormers on pregnant does, can I use the pellet wormer? What is it called, and How much? Do I just mix that with the regular feed? or give it instead of the regular feed? If I can't use the pellets, what are my choices? I jus
We have a black and white blue eyed buckling for sale in Richmond, Kentucky. He will be registered AGS, Debudded, and Vaccinated. Asking $150.00. If interested, please e-mail at: tjredmo@hotmail.com
I have read in another forum that this is normal. But, my doe was bred on Friday and today I see clear mucous and she is a little red on the rim of her vulva. On Saturday after being bred on Friday, she just sat and chewed cud and ran from the buck
Has anyone ever tried Hoegger's wormer ? I did call them to find out what was in their herbal wormer: wormwood, gentian, fennel, pysllium, quassia. They say they have a company that blends the herbs for them and Mr. Hoegger Sr.
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for me. I have a little 7 month old doeling that isn't feeling well. She is slightly hunched and shivering. She is eating and drinking and comes up for loving like normal. Any suggestions? There is
What are the thoughts on this? I ordered some and after getting it, it only has 23.2 mcg per 2 ml and says to dose at 4 ml - for an adult - what size adult?? doesnt say.
it says to use a sole source of selenium and dose 1x every 30 days.
Hi all....We have a lovely new buckling who is 7 months old that we will be using to breed our 4 does......he arrived yesterday, has met the girls through the adjacent fence and already seems ready to go.... :) as do they!! The breeder suggested we w
Hi! Do you know if anybody has had problems with barn cats after kids are born? We have four and I have been sleeping in the barn for 3 days. The cats have big eyes and have come into the goat pens. The mother goat hits them with her head, but I am
We had more goat kids today. "Twins" 1 girl and 1 boy. Here is a picture. The one standing up is the buckling and the other one laying down is the doeling.
Our "Rosie" gave birth to four Nigerian Dwarf kids. However, we only had two kids that lived. The first two were three times bigger than the two that lived and would never take a breath.
The smallest kid was the doeling. The vet had to put her
Hello, I'm Arin and I must admit, my goats are mixed breed. However, they are 1/2 nigerian dwarf, 1/2 nubian and they were just bred to a nigerian dwarf, so my babies will be 3/4.
I have a little buck at the moment, he is a purebred Nigerian Dwarf,
Another survey like forum, I want to find out what the most popular fence is to keep these little critters contained!! And what kinds of toys people provide
My pen is made of 16 foot cattle panels. There are four of them attached together to form a
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