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I have a 1 year old ND that is only about 40-50 pounds. She is a little skinny and boney. I am going to try to get a fecal test done this month but I was just wondering what feed is good for putting weight on goats? Is whole oats better than pellets? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have a 2 year old doe that strangely is just not growing and is unusually thin. We have been giving her extra grain 2x each day for at least 2 months. Our herd is primarily pastured and hay fed, the grain is just a treat and training tool for most of the other goats and they are all big...

So i weighed the triplets today and the weights are. They are nigerian/mini alpine/mini nubian crosses Forrest Gump- 19.6 pounds Lt.Dan-17.4 pounds and the one Im worried about: Jenny- 13.4 pounds She is the only girl and i am afraid the boys are pushing her away. I wish i could give a...

I've had goats for about a year and a half so still have much to learn My doe is 53 lbs and I'm a little concerned she might be bred. She was in heat about two weeks ago and managed to get over to my buck, but I don't know if anything happened. Obviously, since I'm not sure if she's bred, this...

We have 2 twin Nigerian Dwarf doelings we got when they were 10 weeks old. They were 10 pounds lighter than they are today, at almost 9 months. They never had cocci or any other bad health problems that could have stunted their growth (as far as we know). I weighed them last week and they came...