I am a real newbie to the ND world. In fact, at this moment I do not even own a ND. However, within the next few weeks that will be changing. My family and I live in Albuquerque, NM and just today got the go-ahead from the zoning department al
Hi we are new to goats in general. We want to breed them as you have to to have milk. Anyway we were reading about male goats (these where not nigerian dwarf goats that we were reading about) we read that they can get pretty gross. Are dwarf nigerian
We are in Ontario, Canada and have a 100acre farm which we farm organically. We run a CSA and use two Suffolk Punch draft horses to do the cultivating etc, we also raise Heritage Berkshire Pigs, and my husband is a newbee (apologi
Hello everyone. I have a newbie question. I have 3 little Nigerian doelings and would like to know for the future if it is a MUST to milk a goat twice daily. Is it damaging to the goat's mammary system to just milk once daily? With being all alone ou
Recently, Beauty has been pushed away from the food by her fellow goats. Being smaller and less defensive, she just simply cries out for human help. So I have begun making a seperate pile for her. The problem is, she always finishs faster than everyo
HAHAHAHA!!! I am still laughing over what happened this morning! So I had to stay up really late last night because my computer died yesterday afternoon, and I had to outfit one of our home built machines for my needs. All my work is gone, at least t
Thank you for all of your kind welcome wishes.
My husband, son and I have a small herd of ND goats, NW of Portland OR.
I am a member of ANDDA, ADGA, AGS and NWODairy Goat Assoc.
Our breeding program puts an emphasis on productive dairy animals, that
We are just starting to join the wonderful world of farming ! Chickens this spring, and now I want to learn all about goats before we take the next step. Looking forward to hear all about your goats , good and bad :)
Could we go over hoof trimming once again? If only someone would do a video!! I havent been using the stanchion because the goats pull their heads out - I built it from the pattern of a full size stand. so the locking bars just are not right. It'
I want to have my does bred in October. They were a year old in March 2010. My 2 ladies are out of Camanna Petite Paradise in Siletz, OR. Anna said she only had a couple of bucks she would allow out for breeding. I am hoping to find someone close
Hi I just recently got two female nigerian dwarf goats. I just found this forum and am happy to be here. Anyway just though I would say hi. We are still new and have not come up with a name for our herd yet.
I just joined this forum and wanted to introduce myself. We purchased two does, a buck and a wether a couple of weeks ago. The does are supposed to be due in September, although only one was confirmed bred when they arrived. I am glad to find this
I was just wondering what kind of Ivermectin people bought for thier goats? I usually get stuff from the vet, but lately it seems to be more a of hasel to get it from him. So I wanted to just buy some for myself at TSC. Do people buy horse? I know wh
We just brought a new doe into our small herd of 3 does and a wether. We kept them separate for a few hours, but they were able to see and smell each other. Then we put them together and the 'older' goats were a little aggressive to the new girl - b
Since I've never owned Nigerian Dwarfs before I am not sure if she is pregnant or not. The seller gave me a due date of June 25th. She is barrel shaped but no udder started yet. She is acting oddly..more quiet, wanting to be near me, laying down a l
Hi, I am a brand new goat owner, and so far the information on this site has been so helpful. It's nice to know that I am not alone in my obsession..Lol. I live in Chitina, Ak. This is not the end of the road but it is the end of the paved part.....
