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Yeah, Zamia is still kicking at 11 years old. She went Best in Show at a Youth Show only NC State Fair last fall. She freshened with a single doe this year. We showed goats last weekend at NC Dairy Goat Breeders Association, did pretty good too. Saw Goat Whisperer too, but her mom Southern...

We had a goat we thought was a hermaphrodite, and the vet looked at her and sure enough, she had one of these .

Yes, the transition can be stressful. I don't know that securing them in the pen will make that much difference in that regard. Place their food and water in the pen and try to spend some time with them.

Welcome. We live in Zebulon NC and have Nigerian Dwarfs, Toggenburgs, and a few Recorded Grades. Just finished up kidding with16 doelings and 12 bucklings. We have a facebook page One Fine Acre Nigerian Dwarf Goats.

Like I said, it's none of my business what other people do. I have no interest in trying to convince people either way. I know some people try to make it their business on both sides of the issue. One thing I forgot to mention is that one of my co-workers died from it. We've been working...

I think I mentioned on here that we took Rachel out of school because the remote learning wasn't working. She wasn't a great student before, and she was really struggling. She worked most of last year at my friends coffee shop/deli about 25 hours per week. We took her last August and enrolled...

I've had the vaccine. My mom and stepfather have had it, they are in late 70's. My dad and his wife had their vaccine scheduled but got covid before they could get it. My dad developed blood clots in his lungs from it, but I think he's going to be Ok. Maurine's dad is 91 and he has had the...

Sorry you lost her. It never get's easier. We keep thiamine on hand too.

If the does you have already are decent, the best way to accomplish what you describe is to acquire a good buck.

We've given newborn nigerians 1/4 cc of BoSe. And then maybe another 1/4 cc the 2nd day afterwards. We give our does 1cc about a month before they kid. We did have a kid die once when it was about 3 days old and the necropsy indicated WMD. She was the smallest of quads.

Hey Poka Doodle. Glad you are well.

We'v been under a mask mandate in NC for 5 months and had our highest number of daily infections one day last week. The numbers have been going up for weeks. It appears that the mask mandate isn't working. Some people are arguing that it isn't working because everyone isn't complying. I'm...

How's Granite? Do you still have him?

Guess who was Best in Show, and Best Udder in Show at the NC State Fair ? That's right, the old girl still has it. FYI, there was no Fair, but the Dept of Ag put on all of the Youth Livestock Shows. Climate Control was Grand Champion Toggenburg. Judge said it was between her and Zamia for BIS...

Yes, it is frost free. It has a drain at the bottom so when you turn the water off, it drains out of the pipe.

Maurine finally got her project done. Objective was to be able to roll off a round bale that the goats to eat off of free choice. Be able to fill feed trough from outside. And, have water ( you can see the new yard hydrant) the plan being to have a couple of auto waters. What do you think?

I pay $40 to $50 for 900 lb round bales.

How's the bottle feeding going? The seller did you a huge disservice in selling you dam raised kids at 4 weeks old to switch to a bottle. That's a tough thing to do. You just have to work with them. You are going to have to hold them and literally pry their mouth open and force them at...

Oh, we booked the appointment at least 4 months ago. Another house is 6 months for hogs. Beef you have to book a year out here. We have an appointment for next year on one of those. .

We actually just went and bought 3 hogs today. 2 were 350 lbs and the other was 320. Paid the farm $0.60 per pound. Leaving them on the trailer tonight and taking them to the slaughter house tomorrow. We are taking one and Maurine's sister is taking the other two. She has a meat handlers...