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,
Read more…Hello everyone. My wife and I are beginning our education with the intention of starting our first herd. We have five acres fenced and have plenty of room for some goats. We are interested in everything our future goats can bring to our homestead.
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Read more…I'd like to hear from folks what brand grain they like to feed their goats? Any particular reason why one is favored? Does anyone make up their own grain mix? Does anyone feed the grain recipe posted by Sandy Lane Dairy Goats ( http://www.sandylan
Read more…I know we've all been concerned about this so I was glad to find this study:
http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=11038
Read more…My husband has agreed to buy me a set of electric trimmers for Christmas. Any suggestions on the best set to get? I have never owned a pair so have no idea what I'm looking for. Thanks.
Read more…Hi folks,
begging your wisdom again - is Oxytetracycline ok for pregnant goats?
Thanks!
Katharine
Read more…Hey guys! I don't have access to milk testing where I live, but I would like to start keeping better records. Especially now that my herd is getting larger. So I worked out some papers that I thought you all might get some use out of!! Click the imag
Read more…Okay, so it's my first year with "renewing" memberships, my herd, ect. I was able to renew my membership, but want to renew my herd name to keep it current. I can't find this option anywhere on the ADGA website unless I'm going blind! Does the heard
Read more…Would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas season. Here in Oregon it is starting to rain hard again - makes for more stall cleaning with all the little ones staying inside. But what could make this season better than those little happy fac
Read more…I have had only one kidding and she kidded on day 147. I was just curious about what the average kidding day for nigerian does.
Read more…Yesterday we had several 2 week old babies dehorned and today I noticed a couple of them have runny mattery eyes. Could this be from dehorning?
Read more…Hi everyone, my goats are doing well, but missing the vegetation that is around in the Spring and Summer. Question for you all: my four wethers are healthy and just got their deworming and immunizations. We found one lice on Frankie, but the rest we
Read more…Need some advice. My little doe is is pregnant and due in January. This is the first time breeding and need to what to look for as to when she is close to having kids. Is there anything I should do before the kids come and what should I have on hand
Read more…Deborah - I have seen you mention using free choice selenium. Was going to order some but wanted to ask if you have ever had them use too much. Is it not a concern that some would over use it, especially young ones or is it a pretty low dose? I
Read more…After more than 12 years of faithful service, my trusty yogurt maker went to the big landfill down the road. It was a sad day, for sure, but after a great deal of research I finally bought a Euro Cuisine YM260 Yogurt Maker, 2-Quart
Disaster last night, my beloved goats got into some poison as I was herding them to their barn house for the night. I've read up on what to do and antidotes on this forum and Fiasco Farm website to prepare myself to deal with it today. But I have n
Read more…This is the first season where I will be doing hand breeding. I only have two does to be bred and our new buck is 10 months old. I do not want to pen breed because I would like to keep an eye on things to see how this new buck does. He is 15 1/2 i
Read more…Doe was bred 5x on Dec 8. Now five days later Dec 13, I see a small white plug in her vulva. What is that, is that normal?
Read more…I've read through some of the older posts and I just want to make sure that I know all of my options here. I am adopting a 3 year old doe (who was disbudded as a kid) and her two kids (a buckling and a doeling) who are 9 weeks old and have not been d
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