Howdy everyone;
We are a pair of hopeful Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goat owners who live in a small upstate NY village with three Angora bunny boys and five Buckeye chickens.
We submitted an "up to three pet goat in the village" proposal to the village pla
Read more…What do you think of this mineral?? This is the company that makes the NOMS that worked so well with the sheep and goats for a bit. So I'm curious about the minerals. http://www.abcplus.biz/Images/Labels/f104-19.pdf
Read more…For those of you wondering if your goat is pregnant, I just wrote this blog post, complete with a photo quiz and a video!
http://www.homegrownandhandmadethebook.com/2015/01/is-my-goat-pregnant.html
I have two lovely little girls for sale - wish I could keep them all but that is impossible. My doe Simone had triplet daughters as a first freshener. My older animals are all tested for CL and CAE -negative. Linear appraisal in 2014, these gir
Read more…We're wanting to test our herd for CAE and Johnes. How young can you test for both of these?
Read more…I must brag about my Capri! This is the first time I have let milk be here as long as a week. When I started to give some of this to my kitty, I took a second look - methinks her butterfat is just fine!!!
This is as good as our milk cow we had when
Read more…Question: Can DE be used for goats to elimnate parasites instead of a dewormer? I was talking to my dad about parasite problems, and he said "Why don't we just get them some DE?" Would that work? I guess I'm kind of confused by that. If you can use i
Read more…Has anyone ever used this product? Merlin Hoof Trimming Tool and if yes how does it work?
Read more…I'm looking for input on one of my does.
Gardenia is now 6, almost 7, and has freshened for us 3 times, Nov 2009, Feb 2011, and June 2012. The June kidding happened while we were having some severe mineral deficiency issues that we had to sort out, a
Read more…I looked at the maps I saw that my area , Indiana, is low in Selinium. While looking for Bo-Se in a catalog I found an oral Gel supplement for goats by Kaeko. It is Selenium & Vitamin E gel in a easy adjust dose syringe. Is it as absorbable orally
Read more…We have had discussions about scales but I didn't find any specifically about platform scales. I am looking at buying one even though they are horribly expensive, mostly because I am not sure if I can handle putting my girls in a sling to weigh them
Read more…I know my goat isn't a dwarf but instead a pygmy, but I was hoping for some advice. The last sunday in august our girl got out of her pen (she actually dug under the chain link fence) and went to see the neighbor's boy goats. They have neubians and s
Read more…Hello all and thank you for being here. It's so nice to have someone to share experiences with.
Has anyone ever used PCR testing to test for CAE in their herd? I know the norm is to do the ELISA test.
Does anyone not test at all, and take Molly's app
Hi All,
Does anyone have any experience or thoughts on mini-donkeys? How well do they work with predator protection for NDs? Can they pull a plow?
judy
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So I am hoping for some kind advice from more experienced goat keepers. What do you do with a buck that maybe shouldn't be bred anymore?
We started small with our first Nigerians. They were for pets, pasture c
Read more…I was looking at the different types of kelp you all use. For a couple years now I've used a lovely Atlantic kelp from Maine - my goats loved it. And do love it. It is approved for organic growers and is straight kelp.
My feed store got in some Th
Read more…I am in the process of planning a class on goat care. The different areas I will be demonstrating on and giving hands on experience with are: hoof trimming, doing your own fecals and drawing blood to send off for testing.
I would like to know if the
I would like some opinions if anyone has the time- for background info on this situation please read the "congested udder" thread.
I have a 6 y/o ND doe who had two bucks six weeks ago (Annie). After 12 hr seperation overnight I am only getting 1/
Read more…Hi All,
None of my does have had fishtails before. On Nov 2nd I gave them COWP for the first time because we'd had difficulties breeding and with pregnancies (miscarriages) in the past, and also though it would help with parasite management. Also,
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