I'm picking up my first goat this evening. She is 3 weeks old. I've been doing lots of research, but does anyone have any tips for a first time owner?
Read more…A couple of weeks ago Page Vanessa Petty asked a good question about freezing milk. I wanted to know if freezing a goat's milk and thawing it out 2 or 3 months later would make the cheese turn out any differently (taste or texture). Thanks,
James R. M
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I don't have any goats at the moment, but I am most interested in ND's because of size and cost of feeding. I live on 5 acres of grass, pine and oak. I have a 5 and 3 year old boys who are also excited about the goats. I think I have just succe
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Before committing to these fine animals, I want to be sure that I can find a breeder that provides a stud service, whether, dropping off a doe or renting a buck. I am in Goldendale, WA, which is about 2 hours East of Portland, OR and 2 hours No
We have 4 gals and a buck eating hay through the winter here. I have been feeding less than a bale a week and that seems to be enough. The husband gets lots of browse to hang over the fence and ,of course there are the goat walks.
What types of hay- single or mixes- are the most nutritional for the Nigerian's diet?
Read more…Today, two of my does were fighting a lot. These does normally leave each other alone. One of them was making weird moaning noises and her tail was wagging a lot. And she kept smelling the butt of the other doe. My guess is that she is in heat? The o
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Is it possible for a breed doe to give birth before 5 months? It seems to me that we have 3 out of 4 does pregnant. Two are not being milked anymore because they only give 1/2 cup of milk or less a day and the milk turned slightly yellow. The one t
Read more…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'
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