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just a thought and this may sound off the wall. Can your goats see your house from their location. Where I'm going with that is the only time my goats become vocal, is if they know someone is around that might give them attention. My goats can not see my house but my two dog can from their...

I had responded to one of your previous post on goats earlier. I didn't realize there was a beekeeping forum as well. As I stated previously I have been keeping bees for the last 2 years. One of the best books I found was the beekeeping for dummies books. I am generally not a fan of the for...

You don't sound silly at all. I feel silly not knowing there was a forum right here and I have missed it all this time. Thank you. You should try beekeeping. they require very little effort and are a lot more affordable than my chickens or goats. And you can't help but make a few bucks off of them

Well that's good to know. In all your research to invalidate my suggestion, did you happen to look for any information that might help with the problem.

No we are safe where we are at. We are getting the smoke from it, but the fires are south of us a 100 or so miles

I have been around bucks, but I do not own one. I have 3 does, and will probably add more does in the future. I am actually considering looking into the AI process to avoid dealing with owning my own bucks

I have never had the pleasure of dealing with that, but they use tomatoe juice to deal with skunk spray. I would try it. I am interested if it works.

I am new to the whole goat thing, but I have done a lot of research prior to getting my goats. From my research any goat that is pregnant or lactating does need grain. Any goats that are not lactating or pregnant only need good quality grass hay. If she is getting all the good quality grain she...

I had the identical experience, my wife grew up in Long Island and was never around farm life. My family were all farmers prior to my generation. I started with fruit trees and a 1800 square foot garden several years ago. The last two years I have added bees, goats and chickens. she argued with...

Welcome Amelie. I am an amateur, backyard beekeeper myself. I started with one hive 2 years ago, I now have 5 hives. If your like me the first year is going to be a learning curve, I am still learning every time I open a hive, but it is much more manageable. You will enjoy the bees. I wish they...

I do plan to put a roof on it before the wet weather comes. I think I'm going to use two pieces of 1/2" ply that are hinged to the feeder grids n each side. That way both panels will open for filling. What are your thoughts?

It is my own design. I plan to build a roof system that opens, for easy filling, before the wet weather comes.

I had the same problem recently.I myself will not use poisons. Mainly because if any of my animals find the carcass of a rat that I have poisoned, I could indirectly poison my own animals. I am including a link to a youtube video I found. I am telling this is so simple and effective. I have...

I’m not saying this is the best feeder design out there, but it is the best one I have been able come up with. I am pleased with it. I built 2 others that I was not happy with. I see a lot of designs the utilize wire with 2”X4” wire mesh. I tried using this wire and was not pleased with it at...

she kidded on 5/5/18. I may be jumping the gun. The breeder I purchased them from said she was producing a quart a day. I am only getting about 3/4 quarts a day. I know that milk should be monitored by weight not volume, but the breeder did not track by weight. Heck to be honest the 3/4 quart a...

Well being new to this I may not have communicated the situation very well. When I say she was off her feed, she didn't completely quit eating. She was eating, just not the amount I had expected. Within 2-3 days her intake increased to what I thought would be normal. I probably should get a...

She seems to utilize the hay well. I did not have a fecal test done. since I have had them I have not noticed any issue that would lead me to believe there is any health issues or heavy worm load, other than when first got them, the 3 year old doe seemed to be off her feed for about 3 days, then...

I am new to the goat world. We just purchased 3 Nigerian dwarfs does in the last 2-3 months. One is a 3 year old who is in milk. The other two are only about 6 months old. My 3 year olds production seems to be a little on the low side. At best I am getting about 3 cups a day, this is the total...

I am new to the goat world. We just purchased 3 Nigerian dwarfs does in the last 2-3 months. One is a 3 year old who is in milk. The other two are only about 6 months old. My 3 year olds production seems to be a little on the low side. At best I am getting about 3 cups a day, this is the total...

Yesterday when I went to milk my 3 year old NGD doe in the morning, she had a lump about the size of a golf ball cut in half on her left side about 6 inches forward of her tail and about 3 inches down from her spine. This is the side I milk from so I know the lump came on suddenly as it was not...