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I'm in Nova Scotia, Canada. They are actually Pygora x Nubian, so will be a good size, not too big, not too small, just right. :-) I was sure that I would sell them, I already have seven and three of those are bred, and I really just want milk to make cheese, and so I keep telling myself that...

Two doelings, both moonspotted like their Dad, and adorable. Pretty exciting couple of hours. Went out about 2:30 to collect eggs and give the girls their afternoon treat, there she was in the corner with one little spotted baby already dry and nursing. So, I ran for the camera, and back out...

It does take a while for the scabs to fall off. Sometimes they rub them off too soon and they will bleed, that freaked me out for sure, but then will scab over again. I think they may be itchy and that's why they rub on them. Looks like a really good job.

So, had the vet out yesterday, all the goats got vaccinated and she tried to ultrasound my three younger girls (all ff) to see if they are in fact pregnant. Two probables and one really can't tell. I didn't know this, but the ideal window is between 60 and 100 days pregnant, that is when they...

They look good, bandages look like kerchiefs. I have a buck with awful scurs, and am starting to think about how to handle it. Vet is coming tomorrow to vaccinate, I'll have to remember to ask about it. As a matter of interest, what did it cost to have them removed? I want to compare with...

You mean your chickens eat the goat feed only? No chicken feed at all? I know my chickens are always cleaning up after the goats, but never thought of feeding goat feed exclusively, that would make life so much easier as I am constantly shooing the goats away from the chicken feed. Do you...

Not sure if that question is for me, but if so, she runs with my ND's. She was only ever with her dam before, so not used to the dynamics of a larger herd, I have six others, but slowly it's sorting itself out, she is much more willing to mingle and the others are leaving her be most of the time.

No big udder yet, but even when she had her girls last time her udder never got huge, also, it's very hairy so hard to tell but for sure nothing like some I've seen. I wouldn't expect it to go boom for another month.

Absolutely adorable, picture perfect in fact. Congratulations, I'd be keeping them for sure!!

Pretty sure Angela is bred, these pics are from May and from today. Now, she always carries a wide load, sort of like a basketball on each side but I'm thinking she is looking more like she's got barrels in there now. Her last kidding she gave me two doelings, I would like one of each this...

I have a Mini Silky fainter, just got her, she is only about 6 months old. She walks stiff legged, and falls over when the other goats are mean to her, which so far is fairly often, it is funny and sad at the same time. Sometimes, she can't even make a sound, and I worry that she might choke...

Whoo boy, I can just hear my DH now if I said we need a garden for the goats. It's all we can manage to keep up with the one for us, what with weeding and keeping chickens out of it. Would you put it where the goats could access it all the time, or would it be somewhere else and you go harvest...

I have a Pygora doe who gave me twin doelings last year, obviously different sires, one ND, one Nubian. So, you might get one from each!!

I have an ND doe, an ND buck and a Pygora/ND cross. All of them just lovely. The buck in particular is so friendly and loving, he would stand for hours being scratched. He still tries to get in my lap. I am not milking yet, hoping the girls are bred right now. They are very curious and will...

This is Trixie, she's a registered ND doe, her first freshening was two bucklings. She has just weaned them, and in two weeks she'll be moving to the beautiful Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. I will breed her next year to my ND buck and hope for beautiful baby doelings.

I'll be like a stealth bomber, sneaking in at night. Will give it a try. Poor wasps, wish I could just ask them to relocate.

Oh, ouch!! My husband and I discovered today that wasps are living under the eaves of the barn. He got stung twice but they didn't go for the goats. I do not have protective clothing, so not sure yet what we will do about them, I guess we'll have to get rid of them as I am now afraid to go...

Well, no one yet has responded to my Uship ad, but, luckily, I have found someone who does livestock transport. He is in New Brunswick and is happy to bring my new baby down from Ontario for me, and at a reasonable price, so in two weeks, she'll be here. She isn't actually a baby, but you know...

Thanks much, never saw the program but just went on the Uship site and signed up. Now just have to hope that someone bids on it. I really want this goat!! But can't justify $400 shipping. For that, I should just buy her a seat on the plane. :-) Will let you know what happens, cheers all.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to get an ND goat from Guelph, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia and the airline's price is outrageous! Hoping someone will see this and think, "Hey, I'm driving that way and wouldn't mind picking up a little gas money", or something like that. If you are, or know someone...