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A vaccine for Barberpole Worm!

A vaccine just released this week for Barberpole worm for Australia, New Zealand and New South Wales. Not here in U. S. yet....

Aug 23, 2019 in forum: Health & Wellness

Pools are great!

Sinatra decided the wading pool was a great way to beat the heat. [ATTACH] Just watch out for the wet spot! [ATTACH]

Aug 8, 2019 in forum: Mini Mania

Nigerian Dwarf yard cleaners

[ATTACH] The goats and I decided to clean the yard of a vacant house, the other day. No before pics. After goats munched on the yard for two days,...

Aug 3, 2019 in forum: Mini Mania

Goats love bamboo!

Nobody told me.lol I cut some bamboo for my wife and started a stampede! A small herd of small goats went crazy for the bamboo. [ATTACH] Even the...

May 7, 2019 in forum: Goat Frenzy

Goats as protectors?

I just had to tell this one! Saturday, a lady brought her two dogs over here to see how they would get along in our menagerie, for when she goes...

May 1, 2019 in forum: Goat Frenzy

BIG ROUND BALES help!

I have bit off more than I can chew. [ATTACH] See my pickup behind the hay? Up close, rope around bale for pulling. [ATTACH] Other end of rope,...

Apr 8, 2019 in forum: Goat Frenzy

Lawrence looking for a job

A friend of mine, who has a barber shop, gets his lawn cut for free. He said he needs to get a weed eater. Of course I said that I have a few....

Mar 23, 2019 in forum: Mini Mania

Goats in the front yard today

Bonne, Zelda, Kate and Lawrence on steps sunning today.

Feb 24, 2019 in forum: Goat Frenzy

Nigerian Dwarfs on ditch detail

The title says it all! It's February! Who wants to get out the lawnmower! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Three of the cry baby...

Feb 11, 2019 in forum: Mini Mania

Scared goats

Funny problem here. My herdqueen, Bonne, will run the younger goats out of the barn. Sinatra, the oldest, bighest wether will see all of the...

Feb 1, 2019 in forum: Goat Frenzy

Bioworma shipped to U.S.

BioWorma®: It's Coming! December 20, 2018 The 1st full container of products left for the USA yesterday (12/19/18). [IMG] There are two...

Dec 29, 2018 in forum: Parasites

FDA asking for new labels on dewormers

The FDA is asking manufacturers to voluntarily add notice about resistance to antithelmics on their labels....

Dec 29, 2018 in forum: Health & Wellness

Size of Nigerian Dwarf

Just curious, what are the sizes of your adult Nigerian Dwarfs? My oldest are not even two years old and mid-forties on poundage, I guess 20...

Nov 16, 2018 in forum: Mini Mania

How do we know too much or too little calcium?

I just went here https://thriftyhomesteader.com/zinc-deficiency-goats/ and got more..not really confused, just sort of puzzled. Does everything we...

Nov 14, 2018 in forum: Health & Wellness

Winter substitutes for forage

As my goats forage(kudzu) disappears should I start adding in alfalfa pellets to their diet? This is my all stock label.[ATTACH] The goats get...

Nov 5, 2018 in forum: Goat Management

Nigerian Dwarfs versus kudzu

I got permission to let my little herd, nine NDs, to forage on four and a half acres. The acreage is cutover that was logged about two years ago...

Nov 3, 2018 in forum: Goat Frenzy

Dark beer

I have not been a beer drinker in a long time and do not know which bottled beer to get for my goats. That sounds funny. Any advice would be...

Oct 21, 2018 in forum: Health & Wellness

Remy's necropsy

Well, got the results. He had a restricted small intestine. The vet said she could not even push her forceps through it was so small. She says...

Aug 13, 2018 in forum: Health & Wellness

Replacement for Remey. And another?

We got a small ND buckling from the breeder to replace Remy. Here is Bentley, a six week old Nigy, who is smaller than our three week old pair....

Aug 5, 2018 in forum: Mini Mania

Goat Math

It struck again. Two more ND buckling and a doeling. One of the males (black and white) is full brother twin to the doeling (Brown on white, no...

Jul 23, 2018 in forum: Mini Mania

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