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Wow, my ND buck has never tried any thing but to still get in my lap!! He is very persistent with his ladies, and has sired several kids but is still just a big baby wanting his head scratched when I'm out with them. I would not like to deal with a full size buck in rut, for sure.

Pretty likely they will have blue eyes, but as for colour, it could be anything. I was surprised at the doeling looking so like a Pygmy since she is only a small percentage, mostly ND. But so cute! My buck has blue eyes, and it sort of seems that the buckling does as well, but the doeling's...

My Pygora/ND doe was showing some mild signs for a few days, so I was keeping her in the kidding stall. No goo, no big udder, just laying by herself when the others were browsing kind of thing and I just had a feeling it would be soon, and yesterday morning she kidded twins, a doeling and a...

Such an awful thing to have happen, not knowing the reason for death is the worst. It does sound like poisoning, can you have a necropsy done? I lost a cat once to unknown causes, had the necropsy done to rule out poison as I sure didn't want to think any neighbours had done something like...

I'm quite certain that the mini breeds can not be registered as percentage anywhere. Only the large breeds can be bred up.

2 lbs?? Sounds light to me, my girls have been kidding 4 and 5 lb babies.

Now that's pretty darn adorable! Congratulations.

Congrats, I've had several kiddings over the last couple of years, but I just have to say that your doe Heidi is one of the nicest I've ever seen. She just has such a look to her, I bet she's a real sweetheart. Have fun.

I have a mixed herd, with mostly NDs and they are super. I don't find that the NDs are all that noisy, it's the Mini Silky Fainter who makes the most and weirdest noise. Don't forget that in order to have milk you need babies, and in order to have babies you need to have the girls bred...

Scurs are not as strong, long or pointed and thus dangerous as full horns. My bucks' just curled and curled and then got head butted off. I have the spiral hanging on the wall in the barn. They bleed and look pretty gross when that happens but don't grow back as much. I don't think I'd go to...

Not sure about your area but it sounds like a pretty good price for a good dog. Here in NS it's hard to find any LGDs for sale, and the one quote I did get was $650 for a puppy.

Tks all for this advice. I had already decided against a LGD/non LGD cross, but didn't actually realize Bernese were not LGD. LGD x LGD would be ok though wouldn't it. I think I have a line on GP x Maremma I also thought that I needed to get a puppy for him/her to bond with us and my...

Still wanting and needing a LGD, darn fox has taken most of my chickens!! My choice of dog may be severely limited by what is available around here, some folks have them but are not breeding. What do you think of a GP/Bernese Mountain cross? Would really like an Anatolian but very scarce and...

My ND doe is a great milker and easy to milk. I found that the teats elongate when they are in milk and are easy to get a hold of. I also have a little suction milker and the "cup" thingie fits right on and the suction draws the teat into it. Guess it depends on the doe but you can't judge...

Keep it clean, keep it cold.

I am seriously considering an LGD. I have goats and chickens, barn cats and a little yappy house dog. And recently, a fox has been helping himself to the chicken buffet. We are only on a few acres, so it's more like a really big back yard, fenced off from the rest of the yard where we have...

What are foxtails? I've never heard of that, maybe we don't have it here in NS? Any one got a picture? Tks.

My DH and I have been working for three or four months now to get a buck house ready. Tonight I put the buck and his wether buddy in for the first time. They were NOT happy about it. I hope they have stopped yelling by now. Still have to do the fence to keep the buck away from the girls but...

My two ND does who just kidded must have been bred again within 10 days of their last kidding. And we still haven't finished the buck enclosure where he is going with a wether friend! I am determined that they won't be bred that quickly again. Of course, just now, I am away from home waiting...

I love my Nigerian Dwarfs, and am starting with Mini Silky Fainters. It's a good point about access to the breeds though, I have to do some travelling/shipping to get what I want. I drool over all the goats I see in the States, and here in Canada it's so hard to get them. Especially on the...