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You guys really got me thinking. Now I am going to have to go and make some toys for my girls. We have some large stumps I can try and put in their pasture. I had considered giving them some jugs, especially since I use one to bring their feed and they always stick their head in it. We plan on...

My critters do that to me too. They strike some really cute or bizzare pose, I run into the house to get the camera and they do boring stuff again. :rolleyes: Then I walk around with the camera for an hour or two, getting pictures of the corn growing.... I wish I had a barn and just a wee bit...

Our chinchilla rabbit is outside all the time. He is at the side of the house on a concrete pad with 6 foot high chain link fence around his enclosure. I stacked crates up to support a piece of plywood to provide additional shelter for the rabbit. I also stack wooden boxes to resemble burrows...

WE have got to get a pic of the hen riding on Black Betty!!! I hope I can SO to let me keep our sweet corn stalks for our goats. I used to glean all the dried sweet corn for the chickens and give the stalks to the neighbor for his goats. Sorry to be talking about goats, but that's what I...

:lol: You are so right about them being lapdogs, I have the bruises to prove it too,:P

2 goats 1 rabbit 1 dog 2 cats 20 or so chickens 1 fancy goldfish 3 baby goldfish 1 large feeder goldfish in the outside pond. lots of mosquito fish

I am just cracking up, guffawing over that one. It just so happens that one of ours was wearing a bucket this morning. :lau :gig :lau :gig

I have lamancha crosses (they are still babies though, 6 months old). I just love them. Yay for you :weee

I was just about to ask about tomato plants. My two doelings make a beeline for the tomato plants, whenever I take them out. I haven't really let them have more than a bite or two, but I am concerned about what will happen, when we let them out of their enclosure into the garden where we have...

My neighbor said his goats acted goofy after eating wisteria, so he doesn't go out of his way to feed them wisteria, but they do still have access to them. Mine have on occasion nibbled on them too. I read that the pods are toxic.

:love What breed are they?

You can give your goats yogurt or kefir too (just make sure it is unsweetened and has live cultures in it). These are probiotics and help the digestive tract. When my baby goats were sick the vet also suggested electrolites. I get the ones in an envelope for around $5, they have vitamins in them...

All my sources including the vet said to offer them grain from day one. It develops their rumen. So offer it, even if she doesn't eat it. She will eventually. She should also be starting on alfalfa and oat hay.

I warmed the milk for my little ones. I think they drank more when I heated the milk than when I didn't. Mine are now 11 weeks old and I still warm the milk at least to room temp.

I found this site on on Goldenseal, which discusses the cultivation. http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/g/golsea27.html Here's to hoping you have a little one or two in the morning ;)

No where in my post does it suggest to feed the baby goats milk only. The vet recommended that especially with bottle babies that they be fed their bottles til at least 12 weeks. That does not say they shouldn't be getting grain and hay. A doe or cow will usually push the baby away, when it is...

I just found out from our vet, who also does 4H, that it is better for goats to stay on milk for at least 12 weeks. He said that the 8 -10 weak weaning is driven by large scale agriculture and is not neccessarily for optimum health for the baby. He has his 4H kids feed milk to their goats...

I am just reducing the amount I feed at each feeding. That way they still have the comfort of us going out and feeding them their bottles. We have one more week to go. I think for the last couple of days I will skip feedings.

Just checking and hoping everything is ok.

Hope your doe is doing better.