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I'll check it out, thank you. I'll be surprised if anyone this far north is kidding right now. It was sub-zero most of this week at night. Then again, I've had many chickens hatch out chicks this time of year in the coop and I haven't lost a single one. As little as I know about goats, though...

You know we were! It gets dark up here really early though, like 4 PM. I think we worked until about 6 (by that time it was really snowing hard) and got as much done as possible (hence why it didn't have a door). Not sure I care about the trees (firewood!)... they've mostly left it alone so...

Thanks for your opinion. Now I have more questions. If I wait and breed her when she's oneish that's having babies in October, right? Won't it be too cold for that? I am hopefully never having goats IN my house. On purpose, anyway. What about lactating in the winter? Isn't that hard on her udder...

Thank you for your opinion. I've never seen a full sized female nubian (the guy I got them from had gotten rid of all but these two and his buck) so I don't know how "small" she is, comparatively speaking. I know she's bigger than most dogs I've met! And pushier, especially if there's the...

Thanks for the reply. May I ask your reasoning behind waiting for fall 2013/1 year old?

Thanks. I'd say it cost about 400$ total for the wood. We had all the other things and equipment from when we built the chicken house, and the chicken house attachment (which is 8x20 and nicer than most of the houses on my road, unfortunately), and the goat house, and the hoop houses....

We had a wire hay feeder that was causing (or allowing) the goats to waste an incredible amount of hay. Every week I'd pull up at least one big wheelbarrow full of wasted hay from the ground. Boyfriend made this after hearing me complain about it multiple times. It has holes around it and...

We're too cold up here to not use a heated bucket. I bought one for the goats that has heavy wire around the cord so it can't be chewed to danger. We ran an extension cord high up off the ground (so we can walk/drive/plow under it) to both the goat and chicken house and then up into the rafters...

We are very accidental goat owners - two kids were thrust upon us in July. They came free with a very small 3 sided shelter as a bonus. How could we say no? Anyway, we knew we had to get building quickly as winter would be coming soon (those of you in the north understand). We built the goat...

My nubian doe was born May 8. I got her at the end of July. Mid November she weighed 65 lbs. She's now 8ish months old. I attempted to weigh her this morning and she was really uncooperative but my best guess is about 71 lbs. I know there's a lot of schools of thought as to when to breed them...

Where'd you get those?

Anyone have pictures of their goat house windows? Do your goats break them?

Wow, thanks! That's only about an hour from me. :)

I'm in central Maine. Thanks for the advice, I'll check ADGA. Which seems more respectable compared to a want ad :)

I'm an accidental goat owner (consequently that's also how I ended up with ducks). I've had them for 3.5 months and the girl just started going into heat a few days ago. I have to decide if I want to breed her in November or December - but where exactly does one "shop" for a boyfriend? She is a...

:frow Hello there! I've got 2 nubians, and am looking for a registered nubian boyfriend for my little girl. I figured there wasn't a "Goat Seeking Goat" section of the Kennebec Journal, so I'm trying here.