So as I am trying to get ready to welcome home our first group of goats, hopefully by the end of this month, I am attempting to figure out what to feed them and where to source it.
My local Feed store carries hay that they called "coastal" hay. Wh
Read more…Hello Everyone! My four year old doe, who has never been freshened appears to have a full udder. Its quite large and hard. I tried to milk her to reduce it, but nothing came out. She doesn't appear to be in pain. I've noticed that she is trying to hu
Read more…Hi ND people. Our microfarm (Ranchito Gordito) is in a very small town in west Marin County, in the middle of amazing ranch and farmland.
I had goats (Nubian and Alpine) as a kid and have been wanting them ever since.
Two years ago, I brought home tw
Read more…My does had thier CD/T shots on April 29, when should I give them their next shot and where is the best place to do this? My girls are 6weeks old. Thanks
Lee
Read more…So my goats come home in 27 days and I still have a few questions that I'll be posting in the appropriate sections but I figured I'd do a quick intro post first. I have a small acreage near Winnipeg Canada that I'm slowly working on turning into a ho
Read more…One of the things we really have to nail down in the next couple weeks is water for our goats. Problem is, no one has been able to tell me even a ballpark on what to expect in terms of water consumption. Would it be similar to how much a similar size
Read more…Does anyone here feed horse pellets instead of goat? I have been struggling with copper antagonists here like crazy and was getting very frustrated. I found out that the previous owners of our property were using sulfur powder to control the fire ant
Read more…Not sure of my post went through before... basically it was talking about how we lost a one-year-old weathered male, to urinary calculi a.k.a. kidney stones… My vet said she is beyond frustrated at how many people are told to feed grain to Goats… The
Read more…I have orphan kids and a limited supply of goat milk. We have cows and lots of raw cow's milk (it's Angus which has a lot of butterfat). Is it okay to feed cow milk and if so, what percentage of total intake?
Read more…Hello...I’m new to the group and also a new Nigerian dwarf goat owner...we have 2 weathers and are going to get 2 more in about a month...I feed them twice a day and they usually eat all the hay I put in their feeder...I just want to make sure their
Read more…Banding vs. burdizzo. Which is best? what are the pros and cons? At what age should they be used?
Read more…I have a kid born yesterday and nursed. His mama isn't well today, so I'm trying to bottle feed this guy. He refuses! Help! Please and thanks.
Read more…Is anyone on this forum using Oil of Orgena as a dewormer? Would love to know if its a good alternative, or perhaps supplement to chemical wormers.
Read more…I have a 2 year old nd doe named Baby. Her mother gave birth to a massive male ( who was born dead) and a teeny little girl who was very small but perfect. Mom's cried for her dead baby but refused to let Baby nurse at all so I milked Cupcake (named
Read more…Hello everyone. I'm new to goats, and I have three Nigerians two does and one wether all 10 months old. My wethers coat is getting rough and losing its color, he was dark brown when we got him in February, and now he has a lot of white on his hind le
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What is the best milk replacer for bottle fed doelings, I got a recipe from another blog of 2 cups whole milk, 1 cup buttermilk and 1 can of evaporated milk. Is this better than kid replacer milk?
Thanks!
Lee
Read more…Our first time freshener went into heat, we bred her and then she came back I to hear again 6 days later. We need her both times, but now are unsure of what to consider her due date. 145-150 from the first heat or the second? She is huge, ligaments s
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I just joined and I have three beautiful doelings, I need to register them....but do I need to have homestead name first and which association should I join, AGS, ANDDA or NDGA or two. I plan on milking and maybe showing!
Thanks
Leslie
Read more…Taking my 2 year old doe to the vet today and hoping for good news. She is gest day 132 and just passed a large blood clot, is pawing the ground and has a sersanguinous discharge. Sigh! If we were at day 145, I would be jumping for joy! She is a seco
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