Though I am likely in the minority here with not owning my own buck, there must be more out there in the same situation. Even though I will never be breeding my girls to sell the offspring (only what is necessary for code restrictions), I would like
Read more…My FF had a male kid in January, so he's just over 2 months old. He is already doing things like sucking on his penis, which I think are signs of readiness to mate? Is that right? He is still drinking from his mother, is there any chance that woul
Read more…My animal scale arrived Thursday. Today we did the weighing thing
I've been struggling a lot recently with how to talk to others who own goats and are doing things that mortify me! I don't want to come off as a know-it-all because I am still learning so much myself and have only owned goats since August of 2014.
I
Read more…Dear NDG,
My carmellita is due to kid in about five weeks--her and my first time. The vet was out yesterday to give her the SeBo shot and now its count down time and several questions arise for me:
Her sibling will kid the following month; do the
Read more…Hi all...Just thought I'd ask what to do for weight gain...I have a little and I mean little wether. He is 2 years old and I can't seem to get weight on him. I've done all the testing and fecals too many too count. Anybody got a suggestion. Teeth ar
Read more…I'm wondering if anyone can help me learn the terms used on pretty much every goat farm/breeding establishment's website.
Terms like: "upstanding", "Flat boned","Nicely blended", "angularity", "Depth of barrel","Spring of ribs", "Dairy Skin", "Textur
Read more…This is what my local orscheln has for goat feed and minerals what are your thoughts this is the minerals 20150221_084843.jpg
this is the food tag
Thanks
Read more…I have been invited to give a 15 minute presentation to my town council about my request to amend zoning bylaws to allow small goats and chickens. I think I can put together a pretty nice presentation and plan to include loads of awesome photos, cle
Read more…Last Wednesday I separated the kid from the doe as normal, ready for milking Thursday morning. But just before milking on Thursday morning, I was stung my a scorpion and unable to milk by myself and no-one else here can do it. I was quite worried a
Read more…Hi Everyone
I my name is Laurene Beaudette and I am new to the group. My doe had three kids yesterday for the first time. (2 boys + 1 girl) The first boy is big, second boy small, and the girl is tiny. The mother is petite. Could you please let
Read more…Today at 7 am I got bitten by a scorpion on my left index finger – OUCH! With the pain, the rest and recovery, I was basically out of action today, or anything I did was one handed. But it got me thinking about this homestead life – we love our homem
Read more…I'm curious if bucks go into rut if there are no girl goats around? I might be keeping my bucks and wethers on a lovely area of much browse that is far from my girls - 1 - 2 miles. Will they smell the girls at this distance? Will they rut regardless?
Read more…Hi all,
I'm new so please forgive my ignorance. I just took ownership of my goats about 2 months ago.
I have issues with 2 of my girls.
First: Libby is about 3 years old, pregnant for the third time, due to kid in early May. She has developed t
Read more…If I 'm really lucky- I might be getting a new barn. What are your ideal measurements per goat? What things in a barn make life easier? What do you wish you had ( aside from running water so you didn't have to carry). Give me ideas so I can dream.
Read more…I have a new goat friend who asked me yesterday how she should deal with lice. Her two does and four kids, which are all less than a month old, have them. She used DE, but wanted to know what she could do if that doesn't work.
I told her about shavin
Read more…I have just gotten some Pekin Ducks. I was wondering if anyone has any experience housing "male" pekin ducks with my Bucks. Is it safe for the ducks? Would the ducks get harmed when the Bucks are in rutt? I know the ducks are good pest control,
Read more…A few years ago, I considered using heated floor tiles (used on bathroom floors) for a sleeping shelf, thinking of two sheets of plywood with the bottom one for the tiles to adhere to with 2x2 cross pieces (tiles in between) and a piece of plywood ov
Read more…Just out of curiosity, I'm taking a poll about does eating/not eating their placenta. In adition to being midwife to my goats I am also a (very) part time doula to human clients. Today I was doing some reading to keep things fresh in my mind and I a
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