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  1. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hi, first time goat mama here. We have 4 wethers. All about 1 year old. We have had them for about 2 months. They are our dairy cows herd. Anyways, I'd really like to add a doe to our herd but I'm worried she'll get harassed when she goes into heat. Can 4 wethers and a doe and a milk cow live...
  2. Goat Frenzy
    About a month or so ago I weighed Birch (who definitely is not my favorite son 🤫) and where he probably should have weighed anywhere from 45-55lbs, (he was 10-10 1/2 months old) he weighed 26lbs. (although in his defense his dam died before he should have been weaned and he didn’t want to take a...
  3. Health & Wellness
    What do I feed a wether? He’s almost a year, alpine freshly wethered. His testicals actually just fell off today. He was underweight and just sickly about 2 months ago. He up in weight and pretty healthy now. I’m feeding my two milking does equal parts complete goat feed and alfalfa pellets...
  4. Goat Management
    I have an almost year old Alpine buckling and I can’t decide if I should wether him or not. I was going to breed him to my two does but one of them just isn’t going to get big enough. She’s around 60lbs at 1. She is about 50% boer/meat breed 25% nubian and 25% nigerian. I also have a mostly...
  5. Health & Wellness
    Hi everyone, We got our nigerian dwarfs back in the beginning of October. Both males, 3 months old at the time, were clamped before we left the property. After a month, I noticed one testicle was still "hanging around" so we bought our own burdizzo clamp and redid the failed side. 3 weeks...
  6. Goat Management
    Hello everyone! So I've owned goats for awhile now and haven't given consistent CD+T vaccines. When I've castrated my bucks they received their vaccines, but I haven't given any to my does. Now I'm wanting to start, but wondering when it would be best to do that. I currently have 4 goats, a...
  7. Health & Wellness
    Hi y'all! I would like completely honest opinions on these two castration methods...all the pros and cons. I heard that banding can lead to tetanus, but it is sure to work, but I also heard that the burdizzo was less painful, but isn't guaranteed to work the first time. What are y'all's...
  8. Beginners Goat Raising
    I posted a few days ago about my wether jumping in my lap and the possibility he could be showing dominance in this behavior. I think I may have been correct.. he’s started to gently push me with his head for attention. As in, if I’m petting him and I stop he will gently push into me for...
  9. Goat Management
    I have an Alpine buckling that is 9, almost 10 weeks old who i want to eventually use as a driving goat. I am wondering if I should band him now or wait. Im asking because according to what i’ve read wethers are smaller than bucks and im looking for a large goat which he is already showing...
  10. Health & Wellness
    If you’ve seen my recent post you know that I am in the process of weaning some of my babies. Well I banded the male twin a little over a month ago he was around 11-12 weeks old when i did so. Now it seems that the band is too loose. IT is shriveled up, hard, and below body temp but hasn’t...
  11. Goat Management
    Question about introducing goats. We have a Nigerian dwarf (3 years old) - whether, who lost his alpine/saanen buddy in December. We just got him a new friend since he has been alone who is a 7 week old buck (Pygmy, Nubian, lamanche) - we eventually plan on getting more. we have introduced...
  12. Beginners Goat Raising
    Any help would be greatly appreciated on how to build a top to get more width in Boer show wethers. We have showed for a few years and I have not figured this out...Please help! We are 52 days out from show.
  13. Health & Wellness
    I have an almost 3 month old buck that will be wethered. How long after I give him his first CD&T shot can I band him? Thank you!
  14. Health & Wellness
    My neighbor’s wether is running a fever of 106 and has a slight cough. He’s still trying to eat, but was uninterested in his trough this morning. Still getting more info and will post when I do, but what do you guys suggest? Are there any fever reducers or should she take him to the vet?
  15. Goat Management
    As some of you know, I’ve not had goats for very long. Currently my ‘wether’ is acting very aggressive, and humping Betty (our second goat) a lot. I know they do this out of dominance as well, but I expected wethers to be a little less... like this? He rams into Betty any chance he gets, and has...
  16. Goat Management
    I have 4 goats, a wether, a buck, a doe and a doeling. The wether and doeling (brother and sister), they were sold together and very attached! They freak out when they're not together. The wether Resin even mounts his sister Rosie all the time. I didn't think my buck would do it since he never...
  17. Health & Wellness
    We have a 9-week-old wether who was banded two weeks ago. Today we noticed a very foul smell coming from the banding site. It is not swollen, no puss or infected looking but it stinks like roadkill. It looks dried and normal - he has large testicles compared to his two brothers. His...
  18. Goat Management
    Hello all! In preparing a mix for my doe while she’s milking, I’m curious about the benefits of sunflower seeds and how i’d make sure that she gets the 2:1 calcium to phosphorus, since from my understanding boss has a lot of phosphorus. Along with this, I’m wondering what to feed my wether. I...
  19. Goat Frenzy
    Hello All, So very happy I found this Goat Spot! New goat owner here....and how do you ask a question, you do not know to ask...other then read, a lot of peoples questions! :) We live in Washington State, 7 acres. Our 7 month old twin Oberhasli wethered goats, did great this past...
  20. Beginners Goat Raising
    Hello! I am going to be a new goat mom this spring, and would love some tips on how to raise the kids. I'll be getting a little wether and doeling, both are pygmy fainting crosses. I know they have to eat separate feed from my research so far, but I'm finding it difficult to find information on...
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