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  1. Dairy Diaries
    Taping a doe's teats is a great alternative to separating kids whether for kid sharing or for weaning. I find that taping causes a lot less stress on kids and it's great for people that don't have the setup to separate kids out. I have pretty good success with this method, but some really...
  2. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hello everyone! I'll be getting a standard Nubian doeling at 4 days old, and would like to bottle feed. I'm still new to the world of goat ownership, and have been looking at numerous charts on how and when to bottle feed. I'm not the best at math 😆, and there have been different calculations...
  3. Beginners Goat Raising
    I have a Nigerian buckling born a month ago at 5.5 lbs who is now 17 lbs! He's a solo kid / mom's first freshening. I started him on hay and small amounts of pellet grower feed at 2 weeks to get his rumen going. Mom is now starting to reject feeding, and I don't have another milking doe. I'm not...
  4. Health & Wellness
    I have a French Alpine buckling that I’m planning on using to pull a cart in the future. He is 8 weeks today and I’m wondering if I should wean him now or at 12 weeks. I’ve read that they can be larger in size if I wait but I’ve had another bottle baby born this past week and needs more...
  5. Goat Management
    Im in the process of weaning my kids and want to know how long do i keep them separated from the doe. She had twins, one boy and one girl, Im planning on keeping the girl and need to know when she can put back with herd. The boy is for sale so he doesn’t need to go back.
  6. Goat Management
    I have twins that I am wanting to wean. I have sold the soon to be wether but he hasn’t left quite yet and for the doeling, I will be keeping her. I am wondering how I should go about weaning. They are about 13 weeks old. My main question is how long do I keep them separate from mom? I have...
  7. Goat Frenzy
    Hi there, I have 2.5 month buckling I need to wean,I have been separating at night ever since 2 weeks so I can milk mom. I have a weaning pen ready for him ,he will have a friend with him .I only have 2 weeks to wean will this be to quick? His new owners are coming the 5 of July to get him...
  8. Kidding Koral
    I have 2 four day old kids that will not take the bottle. I've already tried honey and molasses on the nipples and tried to cover their eyes. Please help! I've only gotten a little taste of milk replacer in them in the last 24 hours! New to goats, 911! Edit: have now also Tried a baby bottle...
  9. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hello! I have seven babies that were born the first week of December. We are keeping two and selling the rest. None are on bottles and I planned on having them weaned by mid February when they will be going to their new homes. I am separating the babies at night to milk the moms in the...
  10. Dairy Diaries
    Hi all - I have a weaning question. I currently have three does, and do pasture rotation on a weekly basis. I milk one of them (Patience) daily, and have been since early May 2019. I've read that folks typically wean the kids around 3 months, and sell them or rehome them, etc. However, I kept...
  11. Beginners Goat Raising
    I have had Cream since May 9, her and her kid, (Espresso) Bean and another yearling ND, Starbuck who is actually a doe. I got them from a lady near me who had them as pasture livestock for ag exempt tax break. I also bought an in milk mini La Mancha from another farm, “Mo”cha I went through...
  12. Goat Management
    I have 9 kids this season (my first) and am selling 6 of them. I have started separating the triplets that are 3.5 weeks old just this week. No complaining from mom or kids. LOL so I think this was a good age. I have buyers for these 3, and they are wanting them sooner rather than later. What...
  13. Goat Management
    So, it just dawned upon me, (when i saw briar drinking from one of my does!) that my boys are too young to be weaned. They are almost 8 weeks old, and lost their mamma on Sunday. I know they probably wont take to a bottle too well but i will try to get them to. I have a doe in milk, who has no...
  14. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hello! This is my first year doing dairy goats (my second year keeping goats). I have three does: Patience is my mama goat, Stability is her kid (born May this year), and Bunny is the unrelated companion goat. I've been doing the first pull method where I separate the kid at night, and milk...
  15. Goat Management
    So, I have 2 bucklings, different ages, but when would be the best age(s) to wean, tattoo their ears (if ABGA requires it), give them the initial CD/T shot, deworm and copper bolus? Would it be different for doelings? I only recently found out goats need for copper and their mother were showing...
  16. Beginners Goat Raising
    I had the pleasure of having 7 kids be borned this year! I am fairly new to keeping goats. This is my 2nd year having kids. (Last year I only had 2 doelings be borned). Got 3 Doelings and 4 Bucklings this year. So I am big time, looking for some advice for my bucklings. Let me start with...
  17. Health & Wellness
    Hi I'm new here, and to goats, so any help is appreciated. I have a 6 week old dairy goat (La Mancha and Nigerian dwarf mix). I bought him yesterday. The owner said I should be able to bottle feed him. I tried to get him to bottle feed the day I brought him but nothing. I tried 4 times today...
  18. New Member Introductions
    Hi guys. I bought some goats! I have never owned a goat, though loved for many years. Now we live in the country (southern Ontario) and i just bought 3 mamas and their twins. Mama #1 Reg. Nubian- had two boys June 5. (9.5 wks) her first kids- she is 17 months old Mama #2 N.Dwarf and her b/g...
  19. Beginners Goat Raising
    I got two Alpine Boer cross does 1.5 years old, both nursing little girls. The girls were quite large and clearly needed to be weaned so we moved them to a new pen. Even though I never saw the girls nursing they must have been because both mamas are engorged on one side. I took them both to...
  20. New Member Introductions
    Hi all! I am seasoned with most animals but am totally new to goats. I purchased a pair of 3-day-old goats (one Alpine, one Saanen) from a dairy farm in NC. I admit I didn't know what I was doing. I brought them home, INTO MY HOME, fed them and took them to the vet. Unfortunately my little...
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