Awesome! Nice to meet you all!
I will start in the next week or two with leash training for sure. Thank you for the advice! For the next week he gets extra snuggles though. I woke this morning to find him very sick..... a case of pneumonia from residual lung damage from his birth and milk...
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So, this is all new to me. Having grown up with beef cattle and race horses, I never expected to inherit my family farm. It didn’t have a house on it, so I built a tiny house on wheels and put it out here as a place to stay while I was here getting this beautiful place all...
Was thinking for pets and milk too. I’ve a friend who makes her own goats milk soap for her son with a skin disorder. Figured between pets and the milk, I could eventually have the herd cover it’s own expenses. I don’t use much milk myself, only half & half for my coffee. Anyway..... my little...
Chip is almost 3 weeks old, Nigerian Dwarf. I’ve been researching and found they are very versatile, so I think I’ll stick with the breed when I get my doelings as well.
I was worried about that with little chip! He’s a bottle baby and the snuggliest thing. His brother is coming once he is weaned, and couldn’t care less about me. I will start with the boundaries with him. Thank you for the advice! I’ll start looking to add some doelings ASAP, because I am now...
They are so precious!!!! 🥰
I do plan to grow my herd, and the lady who gave them to me wants to use them for stud at her farm, so buckling it is. Eventually I want to be self sustainable out here on the farm, so this is my unexpected start. I’ve got 3 hens too, I was going to raise chicks, but...
That’s awesome! I’m sure I’ll have a ton of questions. I have vast knowledge when it comes to dogs and cats, not so much with my goats. I’m already so enamored with them. I want to make sure I’m doing things right, so knowing that y’all are straight up and don’t guess is important. And...
The backyard chickens forum was suggested on my chicken group on Facebook and I found this one from that forum. I acquired goats and chickens at the same time and want to make sure I’m as prepared as possible. 🙂