Willow had her babies on Wednesday--a doeling and a buckling. They are so sweet, and what a miracle birth is. I can't say I had any part in it at all, she delivered SO fast. I didn't even really know she is in hard labor, despite the fact that I was
Read more…We have had a reasonably successful kidding season at Prairie Fleur this year. Three singles and a set of twins so far altho one of the singles was dead at birth. The twins gave me a work out and I was Very thankful to have my mentor on the phone wit
Read more…Fairy loosing hair but recovering Fairy is Nigerian Dwarf my concern with her is hair loss pictures shown. Annie is a Nubian Alpine cross. Annie picks at her food and looses interest very quickly,she is loosing weight and doesn't seem to be putting a
Read more…Hello, On the package of Copasure 2g it says to give one capsule for animals over 25lbs bodyweight. However, I'm so sure I read somewhere that Deborah recommended giving 1 capsule per 20lbs, but I can't seem to find that now to double check. Could yo
Read more…I have a lamancha x Nubian doe who was bred by my old nigi buck. she had 2 kids both bucks .it looks like they're not using all the milk, the mother is always walking around with this huge udder.
what should I do ? should I take the extra milk so she
Read more…I had a first-time freshener give birth to twins on April 2. The kids are healthy and great. Mama is eating, drinking, pooping, peeing, allowing kids to nurse, no fever, etc. However, we didn't see her pass her placenta, but are pretty sure she ate i
Read more…Hi everyone,
I am new to Nigerians, and currently have a pair of does, and a pair of bucks (bucks/does kept separately, of course). I will be adding a 8 wk old doeling to my herd at the end of May....and my question is...how do I properly introd
Read more…January 20th Polly gave birth to a beautiful black and white buckling without warning. By the time we found him he was dead. I assume that he was born dead but wasn't actually out there when he was born. Last night she gave birth to another buckling
Read more…Hi. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with her being pregnant, or not, but, my doe who is 139 days pregnant, seems to be losing the hair on top of her head. As far as I can tell, (this is our first time!) she seems healthy in every way. The hair
Read more…My question is about Ginger. This was not her first pregnancy but the first time she delivered babies (had to be hand delivered but two full term babies, 5-lb. buckling and 3-lb doeling) and the first time she has had milk. A year ago, she miscarri
Read more…Is anyone aware of a source with the meaning of results of milk tests and what they should be for goats? I found several for cows (and not all the same) but none for goats.
For now, I am having Ginger's milk tested on a weekly basis to track butterf
Read more…I'm looking to buy some more goats and I often see does that have one side of their udder bigger than the other - I assume they had a kid who preferred one side. Is this possible to correct by milking out the smaller side more regularly or somethin
Read more…I have a first freshener with 7 & 1/2 week kids. I separated the kids last night and noticed today that she has a small 1/3 inch cut on the upper part of her teat. I plan on milking her to relieve the pressure but I don't want to cause more damage to
Read more…My FF started out the first week at 20 ounces then went down to around 14 and now at about 8 weeks fresh we are back to 17 ounces. I am milking 2 times/day and have been giving enough grain that there is always a little left at the next milking. The
Read more…I've had my new doe, Daphne, for a little over a month now. I've been working to gain her trust, but even after a month she's still pretty standoffish. For instance, when I take the goats out to browse, she'll stay within sight, but keeps her distanc
Read more…A sad story here about a neighbours goat, and its too late to help now, but I'd still like to learn what could have been done:
my neighbour has a goat that has had a number of kids before. Yesterday she went into labour and delivered one healthy ki
Read more…Thanks for adding me!! I am desperate to find out what is happening to one of my 6 month old doeling. I will try to put photos on my page so you can see exactly what we are dealing with because I'm so overwhelmed with the "could be's"... Came on very
Read more…I just put a deposit down on two nigerian dwarf does and a buck and am eagerly awaiting their arrival in 10 weeks or so. I also have more reservations at another farm and they have not yet been born yet. So you never know.
I live in Arkansas with m
Read more…It's been over 25 years since we've had goats, and then it was Nubians we had. Nigerians Dwarfs were our chosen breed this time and we absolutely love them. Though we're familiar with goats (in general), with the time lapse and new breed we feel ve
Read more…Hi. It's been awhile since I've had goats. I would like the dosage/schedule for CD&T and BoSe. I do live in a selenium deficient area. Thank you.
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