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He looks like a sweetie pie!!!! Here are mine above your quote. They both came from the same farm, but different dams and sires. The one I’m speaking of is the light one. Her name is Sugar and the darker one is Spice. She is also pictured in my avatar. Do you think she looks like she could be a...

No, I hadn’t thought about that at all! I checked your link. I’m thinking you didn’t mean to send me to the Maine State Flowers and Growers Association. Haha So, I googled short hair mini silkies but mainly only saw pics of long haired goats. I’m going to look into it some more. I’m confused...

I’m so sorry to hear that.☹️ Just curious, did he also display stiffness when rising from a resting position? Did he display any other symptoms? The only goat vet out here is far and expensive. I try to utilize him as a la carte as possible, so I was hoping to gather some information and pay...

Even with papers? She even has a tattoo. That’s her pic in my avatar.

Hello everyone! I recently acquired 2 adorable Nigerian Dwarf goats. Intermittedly, during the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that when she gets up after lying down awhile, her legs are stiff and she walks funny when she gets up. Both front and back legs. After a few steps, she is walking normally...

I saw it in the other thread! I can definitely get that together quickly to keep them seperate in the yard and I have left over RED fence and T-posts. Yay! Still have to figure out a way to seperate them for overnight. The outside pen isn’t covered. Im not sure it would be safe for him. He’s...

Oh jeez ... lol

That’s a great idea! I have fencing and T-posts!

I haven’t read the links yet, but real quic Thank you for these excellent and informative links. I have a few questions about it, but have some things I need to attend to with my youngest son. And I would like to reread them both again, so I get my questions right. ETA: @Southern by choice...

No to all of that. They were right next to me when he hopped up on her and started humping. And I had him off immediately. I’m not sure there was even penetration. It was just the first time I had seen him do the humping movement on her before and it was right after I read your warning post in...

Thank you, I find this very reassuring. And yes I was beating myself up. I’ve been trying so hard to do things right and there sure is a lot to it! I have been learning all that i can. I felt terrible that I missed something that was so important and was worried something very bad was going to...

I can’t tell you how relieved I am to know that there is an option in a “worst case scenario!” PHEW! I saw him try to mount her with intent just a few minutes ago. I’ve got them separated for the time being. I’m so bummed about this. I’m going to see how they do seperated if I can figure out...

I was just out there with them, hanging out and tidying up and I saw Spice mount Sugar. Not in that playful, hop on hop off way ... but the humping way! I was horrified! I shoved him off her and enclosed him in the shelter and left her in the fenced area that extends out from the shelter. I fear...

I recently got 2 Nigerian Dwarf goats. My buckling goes on Saturday to be banded. He was born 4/8. My doeling was born 4/14. I thought that bc she was still too young to be in cycle that the timing of his banding was perfect. They are kept together and I don’t have another pen to separate right...

What???? Still loaded??? 3-6 weeks??? ***feeling faint*** I had no idea. I was so careful with my timing for the banding bc I didn’t want this scenario. I’m going to have to bring one in the house aren’t I? Oh wow Is that even possible? My father is going to kill me, if I tell him I need him to...

Omg! I don’t have a place to separate them unless I bring one in the house! But I’m thinking (hoping) I’ll be okay bc he was born 4/8, and she was born 4/14 so she shouldn’t be cycling yet? He goes this Saturday to be banded. Now I’m nervous ... should I bring one in until then? Also, I noticed...

Getting a doe in milk is good idea! I was torn between doing that and getting a doeling from a good milk line and a whether companion and then breeding her. I think it’s 6 in one hand/ half dozen in the other. Bc having the milk right away AND having an experienced milker are 2 very big...

That’s what I was thinking; that he’s just slow. Lol ... I just wanted to make sure and that 10 oz twice a day was enough. I thought I remembered reading that Dwarf Nigerians shouldn’t get weaned before 4-5 months. But I don’t remember why or where I read it. I’m fine with weaning sooner if it...

I have 2 baby Nigerian goats. My 7 week old doeling, Sugar, drinks her bottle like a champ! She latches on and almost sucks the bottle out of my hand! She is finished in less than a minute it seems. Spice on the other hand, hasn’t perfected his technique and he is almost 8 weeks old! He takes...