How sad! I worry that mine are cold, but I think I'd worry more about their sheds catching fire now. No heaters. Thank you for sharing. Even though it's sad news, its a timely reminder.
Yes, @OneFineAcre , you understood me correctly. I thought the idea was to breed the 50/50 doe with with a full ND buck to go smaller. I've read over the info from the link a couple of times now (it's a slow day at work) and I'm starting to get my mind wrapped around the reasoning for it...
From our first really bad experience say that if you have very little info on her get her to a vet that knows goats as soon as possible. We just took the guys word for it when we got our first goat and learned the hard way. At least have a fecal sample done for parasites. (Not a "panic mode"...
But if I bred a half ND, half Nubian doe with a Nubian buck the kids would be bigger. I'm confused. Maybe I should just go to the link you posted for me. Duh.
So this is what I have to look forward to! Thank you so much for sharing. I've just got one question that's been on my mind. Our baby (who will be mama) Nubian is my sweetheart. When you started selecting which does to keep did you also keep the original mama? I want to get to 2nd and 3rd...
Welcome from KS! I'm impressed with all your research and planning. We just happened to rent a place last spring with 5 acres. It needed brush to be cleared and we said "Hey, let's borrow some goats!" We went from borrowing to buying, to making a very involved LGD transport adoption, to...
The waiting is KILLING me! We made the decision to give up our ND doe that was bred, purchase a baby Nubian and wait until next year to breed her with our ND buck. Just too much going on in our lives to take on first time milking experience this year. But the discussion and the pictures of...
Temp in the mid 40s. Damp but not quite drizzly. Sitting in our little shelter with the smoke blowing in our faces because the best view is always watching the goats. Hazel is yelling at us because we aren't letting her out with the people. Nothing says romance like an autumn campfire, just me...
Well apparently I cant upload video. Tripod (who has horns) ended up with her head stuck inside, dragging it out of the bungee cords, going around in circles. Hazel upset because the feeder wouldnt be still so she could eat. David thinks we need to make hold bigger so she can get head in and...
Wanted something to make sure the goats had dry hay throughout the drizzly damp days. Since our gates are currently wired shut and it's my job to make sure they have hay and thawed water before I leave for work at dark thirty we wanted something portable. The plan is to start with one each and...
I had to read your last post to David and reassure him it's not just us that has joined this never ending circus of livestock lovers. And your barn setup is amazing! I have a slide from the junk pile we inherited with the house. I have been trying to hard to save it for the grandkids but the...
Or if we could sell LGD's to parents of teens as an effective method of birth control...
1. We'd be rich.
2. We could afford more land.
3. We could have more goats.
4. We could have more dogs.
I think I'm on to something.
He still thinks he's supposed to keep the boys away from the girls but he's really good to obey and stop when I know he'd really love to chase (or play with) them. We don't let them out to graze together to there aren't any issues of him thinking he needs to keep them separated. He just...