This is the first year that I have someone specifically asking for a bottle baby kid. I've never before taken a kid away from it's mother. I have bottle fed a small triplet while letting it stay with it's mother, and supplemented twins who had a so
Read more…Deborah, and any others who have had hides tanned,
We are looking for good tannery recommendations. Having some trouble with the one we have been using.
Thanks. :)
Read more…This morning while checking my pregnant doe Falene. I was quite surprised to find she's lactating clostrem! I also checked her tail ligaments and, although they're soft to the point where I can wrap my fingers around her tail head, I can still feel t
Read more…This doeling was disbudded Feb 24. Based on the pics, does she need to be re done? there are bumps and I'm not quite sure if the horns will grow and now would be the time to do it again.
Read more…Hi all. I need some advice please. My doe gave birth to triplet girls on the 27th of February. They were all healthy and she was nursing well. At 5 days old, I disbudded all of them and tattooed them. No one had any issues. I always spray the d
Read more…TRIPLETS unfortanatly one died but i have 1 beautiful black, blue-eyed buckling. 1 beautiful gray agouti hazel-eyed doeling. mother named "the brain" a brown agouti.she's semi-wild. meaner you know what.
and i'm sorry they're pygmy's but, my ni
Read more…We're going to start doing farm tours at our place this spring as an add-on to our goat milk product business. Everyone is so keen to see the goats (especially the babies). But I worry about maintaining goat health if people are interacting with t
Read more…When you give the CD&T vaccine to a milking doe do you need to throw the milk out for a certain amount of time? If so how long?
Read more…Hosanna kidded a lovely buckskin buckling and a black doeling with frosted ears and a white poll. We were checking her every hour and we still missed them being born! Sneaky girl!!!! Just like her mama! Buckling, Mischief weighed 2lbs 11 oz - doeling
Read more…does anyone have experience with goat big fluffy poops? She is not anemic, but this occurred after she kidded. I checked the poops and there are no worms or anything. I wondering if alfalfa or wheat hay or sudan hay is the culprit?
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Our doe is due to kid as of this coming Friday (this is her third kidding) and I have just been to feed all the goats and put them all in for the night and I noticed a little amount of wax from her left teat. This is first time I have n
Read more…I have a new herd and want to test them this fall before I breed them. I see bio tracking has a CAE test that I take a sample of blood and send in, is this the way to go, or does a vet need to do it? Two of my goats are only about 5months old now, ar
Read more…Hi everyone,
Since goat mineral issues come up so often, I've decided to create a post with basic mineral info. Here is a link to an excerpt from Raising Goats Naturally:
http://hoeggerfarmyard.com/mineral-deficiencies-in-goats-an-excerpt-from-raisin
Read more…If you notice little to no change after giving a doe a 2 gram copper bolus 2 weeks ago...would you give her another? Or am I being to impatient? :) Thanks!
Read more…I've been reading a lot of conflicting information about what replacer is "best" when a doe can't or won't feed all the kids. I have one due in 2 weeks and expecting quads (probably). She was not a super mom last year with triplets (FF) so I want to
Read more…Ok, so I was wondering if anyone elses goats act like they are starving all the time? I have a small herd of 5 does, 1 wether and 1 buck. Every night that I feed, they are bawling and going crazy! Its like they have never been fed before! They have f
Read more…My girl Simone had twins tonight - and the little doeling was so swollen in the abdominal area. Felt like she was full of jello. I have never seen such a thing before. Her head and front legs were out and we had to get some lube around her and p
Read more…If any of you are interested in extending the online conversation to homesteading topics in general, I wanted to let you know that I have a Facebook group called Thrifty Homesteading. Click on this link to check it out:
https://www.facebook.com/group
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