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thanks everyone, we are pretty thrilled we got a girl :weee I was going to bottle feed but with just a singleton and since mom doesn't have a goat buddy we are just going to let them stay together. I cannot bare to take her little one away when she is being such a good mom. Mom seems super...

I guess she is a tri-colour...upon closer look she has brown eyebrow markings and brown on her socks. Mom still looks huge but doesn't seem to be labouring. It seems she is done but I swear I saw squirming on her right side. She has had quads previously and last one was a single....I just want...

oh, forgot to mention that she's dry and drinking and walking around...doesn't even have to stand to nurse because she's so tall compared to mom short legs.

Well we had a BIG doeling born this morning. I am guessing my yearling Nigerian buck was not big enough to finish the job. We had them together for a cycle and he was all over her so we thought it the deed was done. We put all the goats back togther but it appears we have a not-so-mini-Nubian...

I have been watching my Nigerian doe Scarlette closely for the last couple days and noticed a bit of swelling in her girls bits and just went out and checked her and we have lots of goo. We have moved her into a kennel surround by straw bales in a deep clean straw and under a heat lamp. I am...

Around here the more people I talk to the more I will be sure to never call the game warden. Seems that they have very little interest in keeping livestock safe but are more than happy to hand out fines. The SSS seems to be the only short term solution for your friend if he wants to keep his...

Agreed! I just had to spend half an hour with a hairdryer on my outside tap to defrost my "frost-free" tap in order to fill up the water tubs...ugh!

So interesting to see their personalities emerge isn't it? It is incredible to see them so natural with livestock at such young age, so much to appreciate in 1000's of years of breeding....truly amazing dogs!

Yay! Should be smooth sailing now. :clap

I would stay away from the beet pulp for now, just keep free choice hay out for them. You don't have heat to worry about at this time of year so dehydration problems are likely not going to be an issue before they figure out the bucket. I would keep waiting...you can check for dehydration by...

I bought an 8 week old kid that had no idea how to drink from a bucket once...is there anyway you can put them in with an older goat that can "show" them how to drink? That seemed to help my buckling. The other thing is you have to let them get thirsty...as in don't give them water bottles. Just...

Thanks for the confirmation, I have pretty much the same feelings...I am willing to spilt the difference but just did not seem right to refund it completely given the circumstances and how much time I spent accomodating her...if nothing else to make the point and for her to consider how much...

I have a situation and not sure what to do and would love some input. I recently had a litter of puppies with my Great Pyrenees. I have put lots of time into communicating and screening homes to ensure all the pups are going to suitable homes. Sorry about the novel but trying to give a balanced...

Yes the one on my Avtar is going to a fruit stand property that is about an hour away so we will be able to stop in for visits. Another one went accross town and we may buy turkeys from them and then two more went to a sheep and goat farm and the people told us to be sure to stop in and get a...

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Yay! I found great homes for the last 3 puppies! I was starting to think I would never find homes that I would deem suitable for the last few pups and then BAM in 24 hours the last 3 found great working homes! I sure feels good waiting to make sure they are going to homes where they will be...

Well here's an interesting tidbit....I am 30 weeks pregnant and recently sold my Jersey cow and was now buying store bought milk again. Turns out I am now highly lactose intolerant...as in, can't even put cream in my coffee without having massive cramps and tummy rumbles for 3 hours. I decided...

After keeping a milking cow and seeing how they would lie down a fresh cow pie and have an udder caked in poop and how they can lift a poopy hoof and fling germ filled hay and poop into your bucket I can see how in "the old days" some farmers would let things slide if you really needed the milk...

Congrats....they look adorable...can't wait to watch them grow up! :love