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@OneFineAcre - If your spring doelings are big enough, what goes into your decision about when to breed them? When do you want them to kid with respect to the Memorial weekend show?

Congratulations! I am so happy that you are quitting smoking. I use the present continuous tense because you will be quitting every day and though it will get easier, it won't ever be completely finished. May God give you the strength to persevere.

I hope your nose heals quickly. Hugs.

Thanks @Green Acres Farm! I submitted an entry and won $100 towards a Simple Pulse purchase.

Is there someone near you who bands their bucklings? They may be able to tell you/show you more about the process and possibly ease your concerns about "rotting and potentially stinking" flesh hanging off them. My experience is that there is a gradual drying while the testicles are resorbed and...

There were so many beautiful and healthy looking goats at the fair! Any one who won or lost was in very good company. I really liked how the judge commented that Zamia had the legs of a three year-old doe and how well her udder has held up over all her lactations. We should ask Zamia what the...

This is when we first entered the ring, not how the entire class was placed. Both Paris & Berlin (far right) stood our from the moment she entered the ring! Do you have a photo of the final lineup?

Here's a better herd photo-

Go Clarabelle!

Interesting and informative video about goat weed browsing.

I think they are legible. Thanks for the help! I am nervous as anything and don't even know what questions I should be asking to prepare...

This Michael weather event hit the interior of North Carolina harder than Florence, which so devastated the coastal areas. Bayleaf Meadows in Raleigh was spared any damage and continued to have electricity in both cases, but there are more downed trees and blocked roads surrounding us than...

A lot of thought goes into getting another goat. How many goats do you want or are able to care for? What are you looking for in a goat? Is the goat from a disease free herd or could she be bringing illness to your herd with her? You may be getting heartache from this breeder or a nice...

Welcome! You have lovely goats and critters galore! I hope your farm adventures are as entertaining and rewarding as ours have been. We have chickens and goats and used to have ducks and a dog. I have to stop myself from ending up with too many, too...

I love my Nigerian Dwarf goats and their antics and their milk! And I enjoy my mostly Buckeye chickens. But I don't own an LGD and don't know that they would work on the acre and a half surrounded by suburbs where my goats and chickens live. There are dogs, foxes, and even coyote about at...

My first attempt at clipping a goat. Emphasis on "attempt." I'll give it another go and try to clean up all the spots I missed! I can only improve with experience. Here is Butternut Next up for clipping tomorrow is Delilah, the other intermediate doeling I plan to show at the state fair...

I was contacted by a farmer looking for a homozygous polled buck. He was a longtime breeder of polled goats and said he had no problems with hermaphroditism. I wasn't sure why he didn't have a homozygous polled buck among his herd. But polled is dominant and most people don't breed polled to...

If I had a dairy, I think I would follow Farmerjan's advice. A dairy has enough issues when all is going well that culling those who could be chronic health problems would give me a little more peace of mind and better sleep. Even keeping a goat that I was attached to as a non-milking pet and...

@misfitmorgan - That's a great article on goats in Sri Lanka. I wish we had one like that about goats in North Carolina!

Here's an article that addresses some goat issues in a hurricane- https://www.hobbyfarms.com/flooding-lessons-hurricane-harvey-preparation-goats/