I'm giving away five copies of my ebook, Just Kidding: Stories and Reflections on Goats Giving Birth
My hubby and I raised four boys and have four grandkids. The little boogers all moved away from us and forced me to become a farmer. I bought chickens first. I bathe them and let them in the house. Now I have brought home Thor and Sally, ten-week-0ld
Read more…I've been going back and forth in my head about vaccines. Is there any scientific evidence that they even work in goats? I talked to a vet who was really pushing them and when I questioned their necessity and said that I was not sure I was comfortabl
Read more…Anyone else out there listening to the Homegrown Food Summit webcasts? It's pretty fun to hear about different folks' efforts to grow foods of all kinds, in so many ways.
Deborah's talk is excellent, of course, organized and full of good information.
Read more…It doesn't seem like this portion of this wonderful forum gets used very often, but I am going to give it a try. Our little farm has produced 12 beautiful kids this season....7 doelings and 5 bucklings. As always, they are adorable and will be inc
Read more…Hello, I'm anxious to hear from anyone to advise me on what is typically charged for a buck service fee. Also how do you handle boarding fees?
Read more…Wasn't quite sure where to put this message but anyhow! Have a look at this amazing article with clips of Swedish women calling their goats. Hauntingly beautiful melodies that echo round the mountains to call the goats home. Each family had their
Read more…Hello i am new here. I am trying to come up with a fence system for my goats when i get them. If there is a better category to post this under please let me know. What I want to do is use feedlot panels attached to t posts so that i can move around
Read more…I recently (1 week ago) took in a 6 year old doe that needed a new home ASAP. The people I got her from seemed very caring and had a clean, well-equipped area for their goats. And while this doe, whose name is Daphne, doesn't look bad, she just doesn
Read more…If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I would never have believed it!
I have a doe who is "gender confused" and is often blubbering at other does in heat and mounting them. I know this is nothing new and lots of them do this but this girl has done
Read more…I have 5 bred does this year and unfortunately my computer crashed and took with it all of there info including there expected due dates. I am looking for a company that I can send a blood sample to and they will be able to give me an approximate due
Read more…That doe I posted - name is Lucy- bred to Nicholas from Deborah's Agnes. Today Lucy had 5 babies. 1 was stillborn but 4 live- 2 girls and 2 boys. They are from my associated farm and cute! Lucy was a quint herself and Nicholas was a quint!! Don't kno
Read more…So it tastes weird. and it could be that i am just not accustomed to goat milk. i recall that when i first had free range farm eggs i couldn't eat those straight, so i would mix them with store eggs til i got used to the flavor. this is also from the
Read more…Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I've got some questions about how to price my goat kids. Well, actually, how to sell them.
Willow will be kidding in April, but I've already got people interested in information...only I'm not sur
Read more…I have just finished kidding season here and 12 new babies are running around like crazy. Out of the bunch, I have 3 blue-eyed kids - 2 bucklings and a doeling. One buckling and the doeling came from my blue-eyed mama and the other buckling came f
Read more…Hello everyone! My name is J.K. Cooper. I read a lot of interesting or useful posts and comments by other members, and are very glad to be one of you. I'm now doing research in Creative Biolabs and am currently doing research on goat genes. Hope to f
Read more…Hi All,
I would love to have some feedback on these barn plans before we pull the trigger and go ahead and purchase the materials to build. The barn is 24ft wide and 8 ft deep. It is essentially made up of three 8ft by 8ft sections. The center s
Read more…We are building a new small barn from our small herd are finalizing the drawings. I am curious to know what kind of doors have worked well in your barns? The door is an exterior door from the goat stall to outdoors. I'd like a top hinged sliding b
Read more…I have a doe that is due today or Tuesday depending on which breeding "took."
She is not acting herself. She is not eating or drinking all day. She is visibly not feeling well. She is shaking, and will not integrate with the herd. Im pretty sure she
Read more…Nicholas- the daughter of Agnes owned by Deborah bred with my friends doe Lucy. Lucy was 1 of 4, Nicholas was 1 of 5! Here is a pic of Lucy - trailing in the pic at 6 weeks from birth date. What do you guess- 1, 2,.....7????
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