Hi everyone and Deborah,
Im selecting a buck for my 5 year old doe, Macchitta, and have some questions I'd like some guidance on, please.
I've breed her two times to a first buck, one male kid the first time and three males the second time. I chang
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I am in PA and have 3 alpine/ sanaan cross does and a Nigerian/Boar cross Billy goat. They where all born march . About 3 weeks after vaccinations, I noticed the does had swollen lymph nodes on the left side and some h
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I would love to get some expert opinions on whether or not this little goat house can be retrofitted to also serve as a milking parlor.
We run a school farm and this is our first adventure in kidding & milking. I have been drawing up plans t
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looking for some wisdom and advice on dry season goat feed. I've found a new (to me) product that they are calling soy beans, but its mushed up crumbly bits so I'm guessing its the skins of the beans that have been soaked and put through a g
Read more…We have had ND goats for several years which means with 10 does we have had many kiddings - all without any major issues. Last Monday our 3 year old Hali delivered three beautiful doelings. She did well for the first day, but by that night she was
Read more…I looked at two bucks today. Before I went out, I was sure which one I wanted to breed my girls to. I have two to breed. However, when I went out there, the original one I went to see was very appealing but then I looked at her second buck and he i
Read more…I have a doe who acts very bucky when in heat. She mounts the other does, does the tongue flapping and makes awful groaning / screaming sounds. The sounds coming out of her are pretty intense, you would think she is being tortured. The other does are
Read more…Question: 8 days ago my buck broke out of his pen and I saw him grazing with my girls. I didn't see him breed with them but started freaking out... 2 of my 5 does I planned on breeding him with so I wasn't upset about that however my 6 1/2 month old
Read more…I wasn’t sure whether to put this in breeding or health - but here goes ... first - I’m so excited hubby just surprised me with Raising Goats Naturally AND Just Kidding!! It’s hard to stop reading - but I have a question - that may be answered in th
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After trialing Nigerian Dwarf goats for about a year and a half with a mom and daughter pair of does and our first kidding, we are totally hooked! We are heading into our first full kidding season in 2018 with a small starter herd of 1
I have a 7 year old doe who was very definitely bred on 6/4 and 6/5, which puts her at day 153ish. I was confident that she had settled, as she didn't come back into heat (the buck was still here at that point, just in case)... but she's still not m
Read more…We had babies at 2am this morning! Thanks to Deborah’s advice - I sat on my hands and witnessed the most perfect quick “ painless” birth ever!! This doe Maeyella is a second freshener and had the same success with her single buckling last year. But
Read more…I have a seemingly very healthy pregnant doe limping on one of her back legs. Otherwise she is acting normal. I’ve examined her - joints move ok, not hot, no swelling, no wounds. I’ve actually seen her several times raise her” bad” leg up to scratch
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I am very new to Nigerian Dwarfs. In fact, currently I run Australian Miniatures though I am eagerly awaiting delivery of 3 pregnant does (kids will be 54% ND) and a young (68.5%) ND buck. There are very few pure bred ND's here i
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We have started seeing signs of copper and zinc deficiency in our tiny herd of 3 does. We've only lived on our new farm property for a little over a year, but when we had the well water tested during the pre-purchase inspections, the test
Read more…I forgot to ask on my last post about giving baby aspirin to a pregnant doe. I have heard 1 baby aspirin for every 10 lbs - but not sure if that applies to preg goats!
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just wanted to share these photos in case they are of use to anyone else. We have an 8 piece moveable fence. It's permanently tied at the corners but the middle ties on each side we loosen each day to lift 2 parts to the next square of gr
Read more…Because of some unforseen things my tiny herd had to be moved to another farm. We are ready to bring them home now, but are told they have mites. What is the best things I can do for mites. It has me worried.
Read more…Hi, I recently had a 3 month old male kid diagnosed with Seborrhea, wet dandruff. He was treated and it's dried up now and he's doing well but still has these bald patches on his skin. Anyone know will they heal, will the hair grow back? We were ho
Read more…I have a 1 1/2 year old buck that adore - at least his front 3/4! But I would like to put a new rear end on him! He looks like he has no width in his escutcheon at all. If he put both back feet together he would look like a pair of chopsticks! He ha
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