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Showing Goats with Ellen Dorsey
Have you ever thought about showing goats? We are talking to Ellen Dorsey of Dill's-A Little Goat F… Thrifty Homesteader on Monday
Goats are Browsers
If you’ve ever been confused about what exactly a browser is, and why goats are browsers, I’ll show… Thrifty Homesteader on Saturday
Sheep vs Goats
Some people talk about sheep and goats as if they are practically the same species, but nothing cou… Thrifty Homesteader on Saturday
Baby Goats with Chronic Parasite Problems
Do you have goat kids that are anemic and have problems with worms and/or coccidia even though you'… Thrifty Homesteader on Friday
Does Frances the Goat Need to be Milked After Kidding?
Frances gave birth yesterday to two huge kids, and even though the baby goats nursed enough to have… Thrifty Homesteader on Friday
Marigold the Goat Gives Birth to Twins
Marigold is a two-year-old Nigerian dwarf, and this is her first freshening. This is a great exampl… Thrifty Homesteader Jun 18
Frances the Goat Gives Birth to Twins
Frances the Nigerian dwarf goat gave birth to a huge set of twins! In almost 700 births, we've neve… Thrifty Homesteader Jun 16
Ellie the Goat Gives Birth to Five Babies!
Shortly before midnight on April 5, Ellie the goat gave birth to the first of five kids! The last f… Thrifty Homesteader Jun 14
How to Give Copper to Goats
This is how we give copper oxide to our goats rather than giving it to them as a bolus. We do it be… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Sep 14, 2020 7 views
How to Milk a Nigerian Dwarf Goat
I've heard so many people say that it's hard to milk a Nigerian dwarf goat, so I decided to make a… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Sep 14, 2020 19 views
Monitoring a First Freshener's Newborn Twins
New goat owners are often nervous about the wellbeing of their newborn goats. In this video, I'm ta… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Sep 14, 2020 6 views
Gates for Goats
You may have heard that goats are hard to keep fenced in, but all animals are hard to keep fenced i… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Sep 14, 2020 3 views
Baby Goat Tricks
Jester is a 3 month old Nigerian Dwarf kid, having fun learning tricks! Brynne Herbison Nov 16, 2017 104 views
Goat Hoof Trimming
Learn to trim hooves by watching this video. It's a good idea to watch it before and after you've t… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Jan 8, 2017 158 views
Drenching a Goat
How exactly do you give a liquid medication to a goat when you have no one to help you? For more in… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Jan 8, 2017 130 views
Leela's linear appraisal 04/29/16
My first Linear Appraisal. The appraiser was super helpful and talked me through everything he was… Julia @Woody Glen Farm May 1, 2016 124 views
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Twin Nigerian Dwarf goat bucklings 9 days old Cyndi Hull Aug 13, 2015 136 views
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Twin Nigerian Dwarf goat bucklings 9 days old- #2 Cyndi Hull Aug 13, 2015 99 views
Raising Goats Naturally trailer
Complete self-sufficiency may seem out of reach, but for more and more of us, increasing our self-r… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Apr 27, 2015 124 views
How to Make Mozzarella Cheese at Home
Learn how to make your own mozzarella at home. Our friend and cheese-maker Mike Boehle shows you ho… Deborah Niemann-Boehle Oct 23, 2014 258 views
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