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We bought 2 first freshners they'd be due anytime now till end of June I don't have dates. However they really don't look bred. My questions are do your first freshers show as much as your second or third kidder? Or udder delovement happen at all? or is it last minute? Can i see pictures...

Hey everyone! I'm wondering what types of fruits and vegetables are good sources of vitamins! I give my herd loose minerals but I still want some forage for them to get minerals. Thank you!

Hey everyone, I'm new here! I have five nigerian goats, and it's quite literally -40 here in BC. They are not doing so good, and I'm worried. They have a shelter packed with hay, inside a barn, they get lots of grain twice a day, and unlimited hay and minerals. But I think their legs are...

Nobody can ever learn too much, and I was wondering how everybody treated their pregnant nannies. What minerals do you give, do you give feed all throughout pregnancy, what kind of hay? What special things do you do to your expecting ladies? Would love to read how everybody does it! Pic for...

I bred a Pygmy Buck to a Nubian/Alpine cross doe. I don’t know how far along Acorn my doe is. A friend gave me Bozo the Pygmy Buck because she didn’t like how his tail stands up[emoji23] and he wasn’t very friendly but it’s weird he’s super friendly here. He gently head butts you literally only...

Hi there I'm new to this forum just join to day. I ask this question some where else but no one answers my goat questions on that forum so I thought I'd try here. 😬I just had my herd tested for CL, CAE, and Johne's by Blood by my vet on oct 24. I got my results on the 31 the results were: All...

How old is too old to breed a purebred Nubian nanny for a good milk supply? I've heard varying thoughts and I was wondering what everyone's opinions were.

I have been absolutely dying to get updated photos for my farm. Usually I take the photos and then edit them, ect. :ROFLMAO:But my husband took these shots and several others from this session and I edited them. It was nice to get a break and have him photograph them instead of me. He hates...

I’ve been struggling to make money from my goats. I know that may sound not so right but if you own animals you’ll understand. What I mean is when I got goats I was hoping that they would pay for them selves. Meaning the money I do make from them I would turn around a use to buy hay, feed, and...

This is Khoal! She's so sweet and I bought her from a Nigerian Dwarf breeder as a bottle baby. She's not registered but she is naturally polled. I've kept two of her daughters (Muffin and Smokey) and just recently had a great grandkid born on another farm! She's one of my more calm ones and...

Morning... I started practicing making yogurt since our goat makes a bit of milk and i dewormed her with ivermectin and have like 15 days left of no use it time left... So i woke up this morning to check my yougurt... and its... not... yogurt... its smells like it but looks like runny partially...

Hello! I have 3 Nigerian Dwarves between 3-4 years old. I am considering adding 2 alpacas, 10year old females to our farm. I have a few questions that I am hoping someone out there knows the answers to. 1. I know Barber Pole Worm is a problem, the vet said keep the corral clean as possible. But...

So we started our goat farm with 2 goats named Marilyn and Miracle. They came to us pregnant and Marilyn gave birth to one girl and Miracle gave birth to two goats (boy and girl). Miracle's little boy passed away, unfortunately, a little after birth. Marilyn and Rosita. Miracle and Lily. Now...

Okay so a while back a friend up an moved out of state with her husband following his job and she left me with most of her animals some of which were goats. Well I knew next to nothing other than I can milk them and they eat the brush down & we were going to eventually butcher some. So when one...

Hi, first time post, my apologies if this is not the appropriate location for this post. I am currently located in Seattle, Wa and need a place to board my 2 goats as I look for a house to buy/rent that I can also take my goats on. Does anyone know of a boarding place/ranch/farm that would...

Can goats drink from a clear water pond that has ducks and fish? Could I let this be their source of water or is it too dangerous?

So we got two baby nigerian dwarf goat bucks, they are supposed to both be 4 months old but I think that our little white one is quite a bit younger. He's very small compared to our black one, Popcorn. He looked for his mama for about a week when he got here, it was very sad. He has a smaller...

My goats have always been friendly and let me pet them, but they were never super clingy. The goat that I’m referring to was always tame but wouldn’t follow me around or anything. This afternoon I was doing my rounds and found that she had gotten out of her pen with the other pregnant females...

Hello! We had to pull a kid Monday night because it came head first with no feet. Tuesday she was able to drink from mom and had lots of energy. Wednesday she had some messy poop we had to clean off her and now it is Thursday she is low energy, doesn’t get excited like her sister to eat and is...

If I want to have a completely closed flock how many bucks will I need to maintain genetic diversity? I was thinking I should have 3 unrelated herds within my farm to keep diversity and not worry about inbreeding rates.. Is this only possible with a.i?