Here's a new one - goat yoga!! Really!! Saw it on FB so it must be true.................
Read more…Hi. I have a Nigerian Dwarf wether who will be 1 year old in April, that is losing hair on his legs and belly. He also has some hair loss around his eyes. He has flakey dry skin all over his lower body. (Pictures attached) He only eats grass hay, and
Read more…I've searched high and low and I can't find a good answer. My goats have figured out that I hide copper boluses in oatmeal/peanut butter treats and they refuse them now. I tried top dressing the grain and dribbling a bit of molasses on it but that's
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I'm having trouble milking a goat and would appreciate some advice. She delivered a still born 3 weeks ago. On this website I learnt that the milk for 2 weeks is colostrum, so since I have no freezer, we just milked her and didn't catch it. We mi
Read more…So with the layout of our farm where we will be building the goat housing/holding area (this will primarily be for night time and those rainy days when the goats will not go out on "pasture") and one of the main browsing/grazing areas (overhead power
Read more…Hi there I have a goat who miscarried her first kid yesterday evening. I reckon she was about three weeks early, the kid was perfectly formed and there is milk in her udder. I milked her this morning and she had plenty.
-Can I continue milking he
Read more…Hi there I have an almost 3 year old buck who has not been de-horned (we are in Africa, they need their horns!). However, his horns are growing down into the skin at the back of his head. The vet said maybe he got a bash on the head when he was lit
Read more…I've pretty much reached the end of this milking season. Daphne is already dried up and just this week Juniper's supply has dropped dramatically. She's down to about 10-12 ounces per day and once I get the last of my soap and hand cream orders finis
Read more…RoseLane Minis Reeces had 4 babies this morning. Right on time. Of my does, she is the only one that I actually witnessed the breeding last year and wrote down the date. According to the gestation calendar they were to be born today and today it was
Read more…I've been calling my buckling a chamoisee since birth, but now that he's 7 months old he's getting darker and seems to have the buckskin cape. What do you all think - chamoisee, buckskin, or a combination? Or none of the above? Excuse the requisite
Read more…I've been calling my buckling a chamoisee since birth, but now that he's 7 months old he's getting darker and seems to have the buckskin cape. What do you all think - chamoisee, buckskin, or a combination? Or none of the above? Excuse the requisite
Read more…I recently took possession of a 11 year old doe with a kid. She had a rough kidding on Dec 7, one live and one was hung and was eventually got out dead. The previous owner doctored her with pen g and cmpk for milk fever. With everything that went on,
Read more…I have been giving Sweetlix Meat Maker to our does for about five years now. Shame on me, but I just recently discovered a Sweetlix mineral designed specifically for dairy goats. In doing a little research, some still prefer the Meat Maker even for t
Read more…Hi everyone! My name is Julia, I'm new and am very excited to be apart of this forum. I have 4 ND Does - a 5 year old doe (in milk), a 4 year old pregnant doe (Due in April) and two almost 2 year-old does (sisters) -see profile picture- I am looking
Read more…Okay, I've always had the boys wethered and have not kept them because of my limitations (City code). I have two bucklings, born mid-April, that are too thin. It is winter which is undoubtedly why. Sister to one is not, but is a little tubby but i
Read more…The breeder I am currently talking to about getting my first set of Nigerian doelings plans on keeping them until they are about 7 months old. They will be born in March and I can buy them in September. He is doing this because it works best for his
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I'm fairly new to Nigis, having had them for about a year. I have 5 does and 2 bucks, as well as a herd of Mini Nubians. (I used to have full sized Nubians.) I plan to milk them and sell the kids as milkers and pets. My son will probably show
Read more…I have a 4 year old pregnant doe. I was wondering if it's unhealthy to have a cat around her while she's pregnant. Tahoe (our cat) loves coming into the barn with me in the morning to get a saucer of milk and visit with the Girls. Has anyone had prob
Read more…Apparently we can't get the Selenium/E from Caprine Supply anymore. Anyone done the research to see what we can use to replace it? My bucket from CS does not say how much selenium was in it so it's very hard to compare. There are multiple brands of s
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