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Hello all! I'm a couple months out from three does kidding. I've read those are the two months where the kid does the most growing, so I want to help the mother out with some grain. How much should I feed them? There are 160 to 170 pound goats. This is the grain I would be giving them...

Silly question, I know! But when I looked it up I didn’t find much info. I know lactating does benefit from alfalfa, but I’m curious if pregnant does need it too, or if it will just fatten them up and make delivery harder. Thanks!

My doe is currently going through her first lactation and nursing two, healthy, 10 week old kids. I went away for 2 days and on returning noticed she had a lesion and a swollen lump high up on the middle of her udder, not near the teats. The kids are nursing from both sides okay and she's not...

What do you feed your does on the milk stand? I’m putting together a mix for my does and have thought of putting Alfalfa pellets, black oil sunflower seeds and grain tossed in molasses. I’m worried this mix would have too much phosphorus, and not enough calcium. Any thoughts on how to balance...

Hey everyone, I have a first time momma doe that isn’t acting herself and I am not sure what is wrong with her. She has no interest to eat grain but she will eat hay, grass, and alfalfa. Her milk is down (she kidded 2 weeks ago) and she is low on energy. Her poop looks normal and she is still...

Hi and thanks for reading. My doe (I think) urinates like a billy from her stomach but doesn’t have a penis. She does have female parts under the tail and may be pregnant (stomach dropped, belly larger but very guarded to touch lower sides for last 2 months). She’s not bloated or wormy or...

Yesterday, around sunset, my doe gave birth to twins. First kid came out fine, followed quickly by a much larger kid with severe facial deformities. Fast forward to today, and Mama still has placenta hanging. I have been watching her and she occasionally squats and passes what appears to be...

Hey! So I am relatively new to goats. We purchased a doe in milk on Saturday, 7/8/17, from a commercial dairy farm. We named her Dawn. We were told that Dawn was a year old, Saanen-Nubian cross that was never de-wormed, and had just been freshened for the first time in March. She has the Saanen...

I purchased two purebred Pygmy full sisters on October 28th this year. Isla is 1 year old and was bred to a Nygerian buck. She had one beautiful baby boy on Novemeber 29th. I found him when I came home from work, and he was fluffed up and dry, standing, yelling, running around and suckling. I...