I don't have a buck, so I'm having a tough time telling what to look for in my doe. Naomi is 7 months old and 40lbs, smallish frame from what I can tell (but I'm new so I could be wrong).
I am told to look for tail flagging and mucusy stuff on or aro
Read more…I'm hoping you all can help me with something.
I sent in my ADGA registration papers for Naomi, and ADGA sent me back an error report that says "The sire was not owned by breeder at time of breeding. A service memo may be needed. Expecting 0486050 -
Read more…We just finished up the breeding season with kids heading off to new homes. It was our new buck's first year. When we banded his bucklings at 11 weeks, one of them not only had an undropped testicle, but it was underdeveloped (about the size of a p
Read more…My black doe is turning rusty on her flanks. I understand this can be caused by a copper deficiency. When I bought her in September she had "fish tail" and her eyelids were pale, so I gave her 1 cc of copper rods (measured in a syringe with the tip
Read more…I was wondering if anyone has tried growing fodder as feed. i wanna give it a try. i read posts from @ 2 years ago.thanks
Read more…I cut a hook in the quick and it bled do I need to give a tetanus shot
Read more…Where can I buy 30cc teat cups from for the milking machine I am putting together? Our local Farmers Co-op has syringes but the end is short and small and won't work with the tubing. So I guess I need a syringe with a long tapered end to connect to
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I have a 7 year old doe, 10 weeks fresh, who has had clumpy poo for a couple of days. I did a fecal yesterday and again today and found only ONE egg that looks like it could be a brown stomach worm, an actual worm too, and some coccidia (abou
Read more…I am milking two does and both of them take 'forever"-- about 45 minutes to milk both of them" dry". I get about a pint from each but when I go from one teat to the other and back, there's more milk, time after time. I s this normal or am I being t
Read more…We had a little one 1# 4oz - weak. Had to drip milk into her mouth the first day and half, then tried holding her up under her mom and she would suck a little. Took some work - I think my dogs helped with their loving kisses. Anyway she is no
Read more…So I have two Nigerian dwarves that I just adore. I am a total newbie to milking and I am really enjoying it... even more than I thought I would, yay! Anyways.. I am learning that the limited amount of milk one Nigerian doe is not enough for your fam
Read more…I am wondering if it is harmful to continue milking a doe that was pregnant but did not deliver. She still has milk in both teats. We won't be breeding her again as this is the second time she has gotten pregnant but not delivered. She is a pet.
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4 are doing well
1 is teeny tiny and has a strong suckle reflex, even though she can barely get her mouth around the teat...so she is, I think, getting milk...
sometimes I think she is not getting any milk, but she latches on for so long and
Read more…Our typical milking routine is to separate the mama from her babies at night, milk in the morning, and allow the babies to have access to mama during the day (so, we milk once daily).
My question is in regard to the best way to dry up the mama. Curr
Read more…I had all my first fresheners kids in stalls and have been trying to figure out when I can mingle the mothers without endangering the kids.
There isn't a problem with the rest of the herd. It is with the other mothers!
Each mother doesn't want the ot
Read more…Someone on a goat group that I belong to on Facebook shared this article today, regarding the injection of clove oil into the horn buds of infant goats as a necrotizing agent to prevent horns from growing and to serve as an alternative to disbudding.
Read more…I have two goats I want to register with ADGA (Mother and son). They are both already registered with AGS. This will be my first time registering goats with ADGA and I find the registration form quite confusing and daunting. I'm guessing I want to re
Read more…I am unhappy with the grain mix from our local grain mill, and have decided to try something new. Does anyone feed their milkers and kids "Dumor Goat Sweet Formula Feed?" Looking at it, it seems like it covers all the bases. I guess I'm just looking
Read more…Hello, I have a question about milk production. I have 4 FF that were not milked while we were away. They are way down on their milk now. They weren't milked for 36 hrs and are 2.5 months fresh. Can I get their production back up by milking them or s
Read more…This kidding season is the worst I've experienced so far. The latest blow is one of my favorite does having an early abortion. She was only about two months along. I noticed last night she has blood matted in her tail. I checked for injury but couldn
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