Apologies if I get this wrong as I am not good on these laptop things!
I am in the process of building a living area for our future goats and was wondering what the best flooring would be. I am considering using concrete or just good old soil. They sh
I was convinced of the importance of necropsies after owning goats for only five years when a seemingly healthy doe suddenly started screaming and was dead an hour later. Without the necropsy, we never w
All these years I thought we were just lucky to have never had a case of hoof rot in our goats, but in today’s episode, I learned that luck has nothing to do with it.
I have a 5 year old pregnant doe (Ella) due in two weeks and two pregnant yearlings that are all loosing hair by the handful and Ella has giant flakes of skin on her udder. All have excessive dandruf and seem itchy. It looks like zinc deficiency and
Although it is a fairly common practice for goat owners to treat anemic animals with Red Cell after deworming, there had not been any research on whether it was helpful — until now.
I am new on here. I reside in Bulgaria and am looking at adding goats to our current selection of small animals/birds and the Nigerian dwarf is one we are considering though they are not easy to find here. Knowing nothing about goats I here to fin
Although some animals are not as susceptible to tetanus, such as dogs and cats, goats can get tetanus. Like humans, which have been protected by the vaccine since the first world war, goats can also
Good morning ya'll - I have a first freshener doe, 5 weeks post partum who is nursing three babies. I have been milking mom since kids were 3 weeks old. In the last two days, I noticed one or two "milk clots" coming out when I milked. The teat woul
Not only is a goat placenta very different from a human or horse placenta but how it functions is also different, as well as how it should be managed after birth.
Although I had heard of two people co-owning a goat before, I had never heard of four until I met today's guests when we were recording last week's episode on Pygmy goats.
I have a three month old Nigerian dwarf goat that I've had for about a month and she has had dog log the whole time I've had her. She does not have a fever, her weight seems fine, although I've never had goats before to know that for sure, her eyelid
Meat goats are a relatively new addition to the United States. Although you can eat any goat, you will get more meat from goat breeds bred for meat production. We’ve listed 9 options below, starting with
As a Nigerian dwarf breeder myself, I am acutely aware of how many people think that “pygmy” is a size, not a breed of goat. In this episode, we are talking to four National Champion Pygmy breeders about w
Hi all, I am new to the group and have read up on the shedding inquiries that have already been posted. I was hoping for an additional reassurance regarding the incredible shedding my 3 year old Nigerian Dwarf, Apollo is currently undergoing.
Hello everyone I am Kellie and I have a small farm in NH. We have 6 Nigerians (it was 3 at the beginning of 2022, you know how that works) ,12 chickens and very large lap dog named Max. Our plans are to raise goats for milk, chickens for eggs and sta
Hello, I am looking for advice on what everyone is using for sanitizing teats before and after milking . I have a couple examples given to me but am not sure what is most cost effective and what works best for our little goats. If using an iodine di
Miniature dairy goats are a hybrid that starts with a Nigerian dwarf buck and a standard size dairy goat, such as a Nubian, LaMancha, Saanen, or any of the standard dairy goat breeds.
