So it has been a crazy week. My favorite doe was straining/pushing with a prolapsed vagina, cervix, and rectum on Tuesday morning, which required a trip to the vet. She is due June 26, over 2 weeks away still. The vet got everything back in and g
Read more…I just wanted to show how my bucks have grown. They are now 15 months old.
patches, short and stocky
This isn't the best photo but this is Goldie. He is the one that I had to fight Cocci. He is tall, slender and I think
i am still really just starting out but i feel that i need to decide on a name. my family is just going to do something small, few goats, chickens, garden and bees (for now). my last name is Tinker so here are a few options that i have that play off
Read more…My name is Brenda Wright, I am new to the forum, but not new to goats. Where is the best place to advertise goats for sale? I live in TX.
Read more…Willow and I are pleased to announce the birth of two bucklings, 6/8/16, a little after 6pm. Thank you all again for all the information and engaging discussions that helped us along the way.
Looking forward to much more of the same as we continue ou
Read more…Hi! I'm Elise, I just joined. I'd like to introduce myself and ask a few questions.
My family and I are looking into purchasing two or three young NDG wethers to have as companions/pets in our backyard (don't worry, there's space.) Since we will like
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I have a question about the grain you all use for when you have a doe in milk. I have always used a goat ration #16 percent protein. I have friends that say you shouldn't use a prepared feed but use whole grains, such as Barley, and they add alf
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I just wanted to share this fantastic photo of a weird thing my daughter's doe birthed. It's an empty amniotic sac (baby #1) dangling, with an actual baby (#2) beginning to emerge in its sac. Then there's a fun little bonus up top, with little p
Read more…My other doe, Daphne, should be kidding in a few weeks. She's 6 years old and a third freshener, but even so, she's getting huge. Just in case she has 3 or more (please no!) in there, would it be possible to foster a kid or two on to my other doe, Ju
Read more…My 1/2 nigerian 1/2 saanen doe in milk has some funkyness on her udder. It looks like chicken pox - pustules that progress to scabs, then disappear, but there's a residual thickness for some time after. Up until tonight, it's not affecting her produc
Read more…We had 3 nigerian dwarf kids born this morning. Easy kidding and they’ve all suckled a number of times… But now their dam has moved away from them and won't let them nurse. We fed and held her while they all nursed one more time and are now letting
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I have a strange, scabby question.
My doe had a very small, red scratch on her side about 2 weeks ago that has grown into a quarter-sized, thin scab. Nothing about it looks particularly angry or shocking -there isn't any heat, redness,
Read more…Just popping in here to say that I'll hopefully become a great-grandmother this week or next! My daughter's doe is due starting tomorrow. We're all first timers, and I want to thank everyone who's contributed to this forum since its inception, as we'
Read more…Chloe now has 8 weeks till kidding. This is a photo from today. She has at least two kids in there (vet said he could see two by ultrasound but that there might be more; his probe was not good enough to penetrate more than about 3 to 4 cm - less than
Read more…I don't know how to post a video or I would. I just bought a baby goat two days ago, I know I'm not suppose to have just one yeah I hear it all. But I will be getting another one.. anyways he won't stop moving his mouth or not sure if he's grinning h
Read more…I have 6 week old triplets. I gave them a preventative dose of toltrazuril at 3 weeks and intended another at 6 weeks but the day I was going to give it, they came down with diarrhea that morning. I dosed them with the toltrazuril and it seemed to st
Read more…Hi guys! My name is Nicole and I signed up a little while ago. I just went today to go put a deposit on my very first goat ! He's 4 weeks old I have to still get him dehorned and neutered. But I pick him up in the next couple weeks and will be pickin
Read more…I recently had my herd tested and everyone was fine except for a borderline test result on two goats for toxoplasmosis. We retested again this month and again those two tested borderline for toxoplasmosis. So now I'm looking at a third month of tes
Read more…I know I've seen discussions on this before, but I was unable to find anything when I searched. I have triplet bucklings from a first time doe. They each weighed 2 1/2 pounds at birth. They are currently 8 1/2 weeks old and still a bit small. I h
Read more…I have a doe with double teats that make milking difficult. I usually get squirted in the eye by the extra little one. I thought getting a milking machine would help but her teats are too small and the inflation collapses right at the end of the te
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