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So interesting! I've caught up this thread tonight - been a crazy busy summer so I'm on BYH only intermittently - but this grabbed my attention immediately, because I too have a doe with udder/teats like this. She's a LaMancha, will be 7 this year and I've had her since age 4. She's always...

To that I say: Anything cud happen!

If the pictures don't do her justice, my head might explode from cuteness if I ever saw her in body.

Welcome aboard! What are your specific goals? when you speak of maybe one kind of animal or another kind, it may inform what you get. I got dairy goats because I wanted cheese, and chickens because I wanted eggs and meat. What's calling you? And how much experience do you have at this kind of...

I use fly strips by the oodles; I've also had good luck with the fly traps that come in big jars. It smells like rotten meat, so you don't want it close by; but it does work. Best approach of all; get rid of the poop and nasty hay as soon as you can. That's what the flies are there for, so if...

First one is Fritz - what a gorgeous baby he was. The second one is Clarice's TRIPLETs. The last little girl we named Bonus ;) . The third is Clarice's first triplet emerging. He wasn't even out and he was eyes wide open and bawling already :D.

There are no doubt people on this forum with more Saanen experience than me. What I'd say, though, is I *LOVE* my one Saanen (who admittedly is 1/4 Oberhasli). She is beautiful, built like an outhouse, robustly healthy, seems to be naturally parasite resistant, makes a ton of milk, has a...

It sounds like you're doing great with them - and yes, keep hand milking and you'll have Popeye forearms. On the subject of LONG nursers, I have a yearling Oberhasli/LaMancha doeling (who *might* be pregnant - won't know for another 6-7 weeks) who is 13 months old and STILL nursing. Drives me...

I'm not a doctor, nor a veterinarian, nor do I play one on TV.... but I've seen my kids disbudded by my goat guru friend, God bless 'im, a bunch of times now, and I'm pretty sure that's WAY too big. And it's not like they're going to oblige you by standing still while you rotate it. As one...

I have 19 chickens, 16 chicks and 6 turkey poults coming up - they LOVE that ruined milk! (and I just love what it does to the droppings for half a day ;) )

I have the fastest swoop reflex in the East. If that head even comes up out of the feed pail, even if all four are still on the floor....both my hands are on that bucket. And for the instances that she beats you to the punch, did you know ruined milk poured on an apple tree makes the best...

Not to mention the MILK already coming in. They're like having tacos. Just one is just wrong. :hugs

Clarice, my Oberhasli/LaMancha cross, did the same damn thing to us a week ago. She LIED like a rug for DAYS (actually causing me to call out of work one day, DAYS before she actually hatched), with no ligs, full udder, and on/off contractions you could see. Finally 4p.m. on Easter afternoon...

Madcow & everyone - you're so right about the Doe Code. Clarice, my Oberhasli/LaMancha cross, was 3 days late and big as a party boat; kept us on the edge of our seats (and beds) until JUST before Easter dinner Sunday night, when she got down to business and presented us with THREE beautiful...

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Parsnip – I have a goat who eats through her entire labor. Violet couldn't get enough hay last year when she birthed. She's the low goat on the totem pole, so maybe she decided food availability trumped everything else. :pop

So enjoyed your blog – I'm late to it as I work another job (as do other people on this list). My contributions tend to be in spurts. There are a lot of parallels between your Farmlife and mine; working out a lot of this as I go, and making changes according to the consequences of my mistakes...

John - I don't have fainting goats; my goats are dairy. But I find that all goats respond to the same kinds of input – spending time with them. It does help, as others have said, to have treats for them: what animal wouldn't be intrigued by someone bringing them something to eat? But in the end...

How awful for all involved. My heart goes out to them.