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I use the deep litter method for both the goats and the chickens.I have ground for the floor and use straw.The chickens keep theirs scratched up pretty good.And it seems to be working really for the goats.But since I am in Northern Texas my goats are outside most of the time.the only time they...

I would jump on it.I have a Nigerian doe and wether.They are so much fun and so cute.Am looking for a breeder buck so I can have milk in the spring..If you don't them I would gladly take them........................Mike

Anyone in the Northern Texas area have a ND buck that I can borrow/lease or bring my does to be bred.I live close to Wichita Falls and not too far from the DFW metroplex. I want a ND buck to breed my ND doe and my Lamancha doe. They both came from clean herds and I have had them about 3...

I just jumped right in and did it after reading about it and watching a video on it. It went really well.The hardest part was catching the goats.I may not have done it perfectly but the goats were ok and I am sure I will improve as I do it more..........................Mike

So this afternoon when I was down at the goat pen my ND doe who is 8 months old was continously humping her ND companion wether.She does not normally do this.I also think I noticed a slight discharge from her girly parts.....So now I gotta find a ND buck to breed her and to breed my lamancha...

I have a full time job, leave the house at 5:45AM and get home around 5:30PM, Then feed the goats and chickens.Not milking right now but should be come next spring.Then I will be getting up at 0430 to milk and feed before leaving mornings(I plan to only milk once a day in the mornings).It takes...

My goats are super picky..They will not eat Coastal hay which is what they were eating getting when I bought them.So I had to buy Alfalf, eat just fine but sure is expensive here in Texas.They wont eat any of the things folks said were good treats, raisins they sniff and go away,animal crackers...

Ducky, get you some of the cheapest nastiest coffee that you can find.Use it dry straight out of the bag/can.Sprinkle it on and around the ant bed...They will relocate rather quickly.It won't kill them but they will move to somewhere else..I laughed when someone told me this but it really...

Queen Mum, Been reading through your journal.I just wanted to thank you for helping a VET out. I am one and I know what it is like to struggle with PTSD and Depression...Thanks and hang in there....Also you have some beautiful animals and some great stories......Mike

Theese look like Barbadoe sheep to me...

Congratulations, waiting for pics..::weee

Anyone feeding or have fed peanut hay.I found some on CL that is local and costs the same as what I have been paying for small bale Alfalfa.It is going to be baled with peanuts on it.I have read that it makes a very good hay and the protein is about the same as Alfalfa.Thanks for your...

I brought my Lamancha home in the backseat of my Corola.It was a 2 hour drive and I had to remove goat berries from the car the next day.I now have a pickup truck.......Grid

I just trimmed the hoofs of my 3 goats for the first time.I am new at this so I hope it went ok.It seemed to be relatively easy once we caught the goat to be trimmed.On one of the hooves of my ND doe I think I trimmed a little deep as it bled a little.Is this a major problem ?She seemed ok...

My goats names are; Cupcake- my Lamancha doe, was named when I got her Goatie- my Dwarf nigerian - she was named by my teenage daughter Butterscotch- my Dwarf nigerian wether- named by my 12 yo daughter because he is butterscotch colored That's all for now.Hoping to get a herd sire soon so...

Hi Y'all Im from Bellevue, 30 miles east of Wichita Falls. Am a native Texan who due to the military have spent a LOT of my adult life in Europe.Returned home a few years ago and have almost 2 acres. Just got some dairy goats and a few laying hens.Plan to try to produce as much of our food as...

OK, got home from work and went to check on the goats..Took them some branches for them to eat.Also checked their feed trough and they have nibbled on it.They ate a little while I was down there.So I guess everything is ok, I think they are just full from the browse and tree branches.They were...

Yes it is the same feed they have been getting out of the same bag.It is not moldy and has not been wet or anything.

My goats have stopped eating the feed I have been feeding them.I have let them out into the large fenced pasture where they have plenty of browse and have been giving limbs trimmed off some of our trees and bushes.They have water, minerals, Alfalfa hay and the pellets that I have been feeding...

Welcome neighbor from northern TEXAS