In the spring, I plan on getting a buck for my girls. I have a few questions. We have a barn, and on the south side of it, the girls are housed and they have access to their yard out of the door. How far away does the buck have to be to 1) not be so
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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
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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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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Read more…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 :)
Read more…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'
Read more…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
Read more…I just posted a photo tour of my backyard 'farm' on my blog if anyone is interested in seeing how we manage 3 goats and chickens on 1/2 an acre.
http://yellowdoorbarn.blogspot.com/2010/02/backyard-tour.html
If I wanted to take a new ND goatie to the vet to check for complete health, what would I ask the vet to check for?
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.
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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