I have a doe that I am desperate to breed this year. I have had her for 3 breeding seasons and have only had 1 successful pregnancy. Each year we have put her to a buck at least 3 cycles and the respective recycles. Not driveway breedings but in a pe
Read more…Hi all you dear goat friends! :)
I thought I'd share a quick bit of what's going on here, and keeping me away from the computer and this group. Suffice it to say, I MISS YOU ALL!
In August my sister in law was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer.
Read more…Hi everybody! My boys are doing so well. I really appreciate all the helpful advice I find on this forum! At any rate, I have found a little info on this but just wanted to put the question out there and see if anyone had any experience. We live in
Read more…This year I am lucky enough that the ADGA conference will be held in Portland Maine only about an hour from my home. I am trying to decide witch classes I want to attend and there is one called Basic AL class. What is that? it doesn't give me any mor
Read more…Well I'm kinda new to the goat thing I have a baby goat that's just 6 weeks old His name is Harley I'm from the central ny area close to syracuse ny I've been reading up on the care of this baby but I must say There are a lot of. Conflicting answers
Read more…Deer Ridge Farm Sweet Pea is being offered for sale. She kids with no problems. This is her 2nd time kidding. First time at our farm. First time kidded had single buckling. This time had twins. One buckling and one doeling. She is in milk we have bee
Read more…So Cocoa is pregnant via a fence panel that I told my husband needed to be moved and wasn't in time. Her bag changes must have been due to the unknown pregnancy. She is still in milk from her first freshening, and I am wondering how to handle it -
Read more…Our does had their first kids this spring and we kept one doeling and her brother. We neutered the buckling at 8 weeks with the "ritchey nipper" (recommended on the Fiasco Farm site). His left testicle shrank as expected and the right kept growing. W
Read more…I've been searching the old posts trying to learn where lung worm comes from and have not been able to find it. This came up because the people who bought Summer's triplets were just told that the youngest has lung worms and scarring on her lungs fr
Read more…My backyard is open into my neighbors backyard and I’m fencing in my backyard for my goats. So on there side of my fence id like to plant some plants that will camouflage the fence a bit. I am putting up a 4 foot high fence with 2x4 inch openings. So
Read more…As a newbie owner- I was wondering where you all place your containers to capture milk???
Read more…For the first time, I haven't been able to sell my goats, word of mouth. So where do you advertise to sell your prize bucks and does? I tried my local paper with no luck. I have also tried Craigslist, and my Facebook classified page. Anyone have
Read more…We live on just over an acre in NE Florida. Here is a little bit of info to start with.
We currently have two pens set up for our goats, one is 1/4 acre and the other is 1/2 acre.
We currently have 4 young does and 1 whether.
The grass is excellen
Read more…Okay, I am at wits end with my two-year-old (and first born here). She is very overweight and has been on the same diet as the older does (her mom and half-sister a year younger). A month ago, I started withholding alfalfa pellets which I had been
Read more…I just wanted to introduce myself and say how very glad I am I found this site. I was sitting on the back porch one day and told my husband, its such a shame to have land and no animals, I would love to have some goats. He replied what kind do you wa
Read more…I want to be ready for anything, so if I end up having to bottle feed the kids, what is the best milk/milk replacer to give the kids, if regular goat milk is not available.
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My name is Sarah Boussuge. I live outside Cheyenne, Wyoming. I have 9 Nigerian Dwarf goats. They are used as milkers, breeders, show animals and most importantly, my babies!!! Here are the girls names in order of age: Abby, Savannah, Chelsea
Read more…I heard that where I live their is a Selenium deficiency. I heard this from someone that has horses. I was just wondering if the commercial mineral I buy is enough, they seem to be healthy, I just wanted to make sure. Can I just do it as a supplemen
Read more…I have two bucklings. One born June 19, 2014 and the other born May 11, 2014. And I was wondering if one or both of them will be able to successfully impregnate my does???? If not, when will they be able to mate????
Read more…What are your opinions on my doeling? Good and bad. She's about 5 months old. I know the pictures are not the greatest ( Its very difficult to take good pictures by yourself lol) I'm still fairly new to goats and still have a hard time judging confor
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