These are on one of the facebook groups. They are so cute and well traveled - just had to share!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204706596118608&set=pcb.928671390491075&type=1&theater
No sitting at home for these goats!
Be sure to click thr
Someone in another forum I'm on brought up Q Fever and was saying that it should be in routine testing for goats. I'm not very familiar with Q Fever, and not many people have responded to that thread in the other forum, so I wanted to ask here. How
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I have a goat to register in AGS - the goats parents are both in AGS.
Question - last thing on theRegistration Page is :
Born the property (signature).
Do I have to go to the breeder and have her sign this? Or can I sign it saying the
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my first timer Chelsea is 1 1/2 old and this will be her first breeding season. I put her in with my buck yesterday, but she wouldn't let him mount her. She just ran away and headbutted him. I am pretty sure that she was in heat. I am wonde
Read more…Ok, first off I know goats shouldn't eat dog food. But here's what's happening. I have my Great Pyr female, Willow penned with my goats. Each evening when I feed her she wants attention so badly that she'll leave her food for a couple seconds and com
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I have a doe who is 10 days fresh today. I started milking her in the mornings without separating the kids when they were only a few days old because she had so much milk. Well this is how much I got this morning! The kids were up with mama b
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Wasn't sure what category this should go in.
I have my goatfarm on a somewhat busy country-like roadway. This attracts a number of people who have become regular fans of my goats. They come and eat lunch with my goats, visit when taking gran
Read more…I am wondering what impact this has on us with goats who have been, until now, in tuberculosis-free states. Comments anyone?
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Tusko-becomes-third-elephant-at-Oregon-Zoo-to-contract--262725581.html
Does this look like a pygmy to you? I thought not but am not familiar at all with them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat
I'm referring to the one at the top with all the classification information with it. It just seemed too "streamlined" to me.
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I've an FF and I've noticed that at times she will call her her kid (aged 1 month) to feed. However, we are also noticing that at times she will not feed him even though he wants it - she will run from him, butt him with her head, or sit down
Read more…I was so disappointed to go out to the pen this morning and find my year old (today) doeling was in heat, which means her breeding 3 weeks ago did not take. I'm not at all sure what went wrong. She's small, but in excellent body condition, the buck w
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Don't forget to keep an eye on your bucks for urine scald. Our Shamrock has a rather nasty case that's flared up within the last few days. Today we had to warm a room in the barn with a space heater and heat lamp, wash him up, trim away so
Read more…I just updated the web site. It does not have a complete list of who is for sale, but many of them are listed. Take a look at the pedigrees and some baby pictures to see if anything suits your needs.
Read more…Our first kids of the year were born 1/13. We won't have more until May (that's a long story), but these are being bottle raised so I have my hands full anyway! Unfortunately, we lost their dam a few short days after she kidded to gangrene mastitis t
Read more…ADGA Nigerian dwarf goat started kidding and others wanted to help. She had some nice kids.
Cupcake has 1st of 4 You'll have to scroll down to see that picture. When I add pictures to the top, it messes everything up. I know there are ways to do
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I have a doe just kidded her first, and she is SO hungry! It is dry season here (Nigeria) so there is no grass. However, I can give her veg scraps, bean pods, ground maize, dried peanut leaves and some fresh leaves. She just loves the m
Read more…Has anyone got any basic, really easy ideas for a moveable water supply for goats? Currently I just bring them a basin full of water but when they have finished drinking, they tip it over. I'd like to have something that I can fill in the morning a
Read more…Our doe kidded tody, 1 buckling, she wasn't due until February 24th. We lost the buckling, is it possible she may kid again around her due date? She barely bagged up and still seems large, no afterbirth yet. This is our first kidding so we are very i
Read more…Did anyone see this at the time or have any idea how it turned out? It is dated Feb. 28, 2009.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/40452167.html
Has anyone got a really easy idea for a moveable water supply for goats? At the moment I just bring them out a basin of water, but they tip it when they have taken the first drink. I have to go out to them every few hours to bring fresh water, so I
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