Back again with an old question. I recently purchased minerals that were mixed for our general area and is offered free choice in the barn. There may have been a selenium deficiency issue for settling and retaining pregnancy this past year (actuall
Read more…I have been reading over the site Deb mentioned she uses for her bloodwork, but I don't see anyplace to purchase kits or anything for what you need to send in. Am I missing something?
Read more…For those of you that haven't caught it yet, Deborah has been doing a great job over at permies.com answering goat related questions. I have been racking my brain to ask a good question for her so that I could win one of her books but after all the
Read more…Kidding Season 2015 is DONE as of today at MigMog Acres!! It was GIRL SEASON!! 8 kids, 6 doelings. Now to decide who I get to keep. lol
#1 Single from FF Born June 7th
Name Theme: Asian Foods (mom's name is Kimchi)
Doeling: Wasabi
#2&3 Twins Born
Read more…I have a friend who is likely going to post some questions on the list shortly. Meanwhile - I just can't stand the suspense....to hear what people think the answer is.
Two wethers, dry flakey skin and loss of hair on legs. Sounds like rest of body is
Read more…I need some advice. I have two 2 yr old does who kidded about a week ago. I am not happy with how they are looking right now and I am not sure what I should do about it.
Here is what I have done:
A woman emailed me from my Facebook page; she is looking to sell her 2 wethers. She has had them since they were bottle babies...they were pets for her and her small daughter. She has since had to go back to work full time and hasn't been able to s
Read more…I have twin doelings born 05/10/15. They are out of my best milker. Will go with papers. Both are black and white with brown eyes. Both are extremely friendly and will be ready to leave after the 5th of July. Would make excellent pets or milking/bree
Read more…I have searched the net and cant find the answer I am looking for. i can find lots of milk stand dimensions for standard but not for ND. I would like to know how high the food pan needs to be for the stand. It surely has to be shorter than standard.
Read more…Lake Sai Farm is a small Organic Farm located at Peotone IL. CAE & Johne's tested negative (Oct. 14)
Currently we are in ADGA DHI and LA programs.
We have a few doelings, blue eyed bucklings, wethers for sale.
Their dams are from Champions, 2 - 5
Read more…I have a general milking question here: our doe had two kids back on March 30. We allow the kids full access to mama for a couple of months before we begin separating the kids and mom at night, and milking her in the morning. We are planning on selli
Read more…I've been reading breed specific information and if I am not mistaken, this is the earliest that a Nigie can be bred---am I right about this?
I have two doelings and one of them was born in January. The plan in my head is to breed her in October or
Read more…I bought two doelings this spring (from Deborah) both are registered ADGA. I recently bought a buckling with the paperwork to register him with AGS, but I want to register him ADGA. Since he's not registered with AGS yet (I just have the application)
Read more…Today I milked a goat at a breeder's house and she said that the doe had a mild staph issue on her udder (I looked and didn't see any bumps but she seems to know her goats really well so I believe her that it was there). I washed my hands well when I
Read more…I'm new to the group and have learned so much already reading through forum discussions! I have had three ND goats since April--a doe and her two yearlings. That number has increased to 5, as the doe freshened July 2, adding another doeling and buckl
Read more…We did it. Two kiddings and we needed the vet only for the first one--at 5 AM--Two bucklings and a doeling; all are doing fine, now. My questions for all of you are:
What works for you when milking to stop the foot into the milk pail? (Right now
Read more…So I have this DN buck from good stock ...I got him at 10 weeks and know breeder and herd so I am kind of lost here. He will be 2 years old Oct and has been let in with my does on various occasions for breeding sessions. Still no kids and this last s
Read more…My girls are all due within a few days, and we're having record high temps. No heat lamps, but is there anything I should be doing for newborns with temps at 100° give or take a few degrees?
Read more…For those of you interested in natural remedies, check out this study on pine bark:
http://www.wormx.info/#!pinebark/coo1
Read more…Deborah?
My buckling was disbudded at 11 days and also did the figure 8 for the scurs. The burns went well as each of the "4" burns had the copper ring. It appears that the front part is flat, the back part has nubs. My question is should I leave
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