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I got two Pygmy babies and they have lice. I bought Martins permethrin 10% but I don’t know what to do with it. The only instructions under goat say mix the entire 8oz bottle with 50 gallons of water. Do I need to purchase something else or is there a way to dilute this??

So the past while I’ve been thinking a lot about my current herd and where I want to take it. My family and I finally registered our little farm officially, which gave me a kick in the butt to actually get things moving. My first thought was that I have too many pets. We had two does that I...

I have a 6 day old Pygmy kid. She’s the first bottle fed baby I’ve ever had. I’ve been feeding her the goat milk replacer. She was doing really good with it. About her 2nd or 3rd day I noticed her limping around favoring her left front leg. That day she had a rectal temp of 103.8. However it...

Hi! I'm new to the goat community. I recently got 2 pygmy little girls. We've had them for a few days now with no issues. Yesterday I noticed the smaller one (June) was starting to act kind of sluggish and had foam like bubbles coming out of her mouth. I asked around and someone mentioned that...

Hey all! Just bought this little girl and was told she was Pygmy. From my minimal knowledge, pygmies don’t have blue eyes or as many markings. Maybe a Pygmy cross? I could totally be wrong, this is just from a quick google search, but I’m curious! What does she look like to you? I’m not too...

This is the halter my family had for years but never used and now we need to use it but I’m not sure how to use it because it doesn’t look like anything I’ve seen. It’s for Pygmy goats. One is a year one is 6 months and one is 7 months.

We have 3 goats we’re taking with us cross country for our move. One is 7 months one is 8 months and one is a year. They’ve never had a halter or anything on them. We need to get them used to it and be able to get them to cooperate with us by the end of May. We need them trained so that we can...

I may or may not be picking up a milking doe today, and my other goats are between 8-13weeks. Is it okay to put them together, or should I be worried about the doe picking on the littler ones? We have no other adults, so I’m worried we have no other choice. Badly thought out on my part. The doe...

We have this goat who was a bottle baby. About 2-3 months ago she went into heat and was getting chased by the boys. We locked her in our yard as we felt she was to small to have kids. But now I think she’s pregnant but can’t tell. We don’t want her pregnant mainly because of being small and...

Forgive the freak out, but I just discovered that my doe who gave birth to twins two days ago has a horrible case of mastitis. Her udder is mostly lumps and I barely got a half teaspoon of milk out. I tested the milk and sure enough, she has mastitis. She's a two year old Nigora/Pygmy and this...

Hey y'all. Newbie here with my gals Coco and Zeppy. We're all new to this kidding thing. My girls are FF and Coco is due March 6-7, and Zeppy is due any time between March 6 & April 10. I think Zeppy is likely due between March 13 and 20th though based on heat signs and a messy rear end.

hey y’all, I’m a little new to these forums I’ve never posted before so bare with me. We have owned 2 Pygmy goats for over 6 years and last week we got two new Nigerian dwarf goats already both aged at 1 and 2 and one is the mother of the other. I was wondering if this is fine for both goats to...

The Goat's Symptoms: AS OF 6/26/2019 MORNING: This goat is a female and is about 3-5 years old. She is a smaller build compared to our other pygmies. The very first thing I noticed a few years back was that her jaw wasn't normal. When the goat is facing towards you, you can see that the cheeks...

Hi, my name is Cathy and I’m new to Goating. We have two female Nubian/Alpine mix doelings and a You g Pygmy wether. We got them mainly for forage as we live on a 30 acre farm which has been overgrown with every thorny, nasty, invasive viney plant known to mankind, lol!!! We want to clear...

Last year we got two pygmy goats (one doe and one wether). We are looking to get two new kids this spring. Our wether is smaller than the doe but he sometimes gets aggressive and headbutts her. She can protect herself but we are worried that the wether may hurt the kids. Are wethers good with...

Update 2: Layla passed away on Monday 10/15. It turns out the initial veterinarian missed significant injuries to her head and spine and she was suffering a brain bleed these past few weeks. I am devastated and processing. Both she and DeeDee were such amazing souls and I feel responsible as a...

I have raised goats for the past couple of years and I have never ran into this issue. I bought a goat from a lady who could no longer handle all the goats she had. Me and a friend purchased 6 goats that day. All of these girls ended up being pregnant and the lady didn't know their breeding...

I got this for last April, can anyone tell me what breed she is? Sixteen months and fourtyseven pounds.

I've been debating this for a few days with my mom. Is a Nigerian dwarf or a Pygmy bigger? I've been going for nigi because a Pygmy is a meat goat, so it is stockier than a nigi... she's going for Pygmy, so who's correct? I've tried to look it up, but had no luck. Thanks Nigerian dwarf goat

Hi everyone!! We have officially owned our goats for just over a week. Two Pygmy males. About 2 weeks and 4 weeks old. I had them as a kid and now as an adult with two little kids wanted my kids to have the experience of goats as well. We live in Shell Lake, WI and there isn’t really any...