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I'm sorry, Kim. Wasn't that the one you were supposed to keep?

Here's what Flo's ears look like - she's 75% Alpine, 25% LaMancha and has upturned elf ears. Her twin sister had Alpine ears.

I think I'm going to try banding Pee Dee's scurs, but I wanted to get another opinion before I attempted to do so. His scurs are not really hard, but they are not rubbery soft either. They do wiggle when I rock them back and forth on his head. I'm most worried that they are growing back towards...

The reaction between the oils and the lye causes the lye to be neutralized. This is called the saponification process. You can find more info about this process through a Google search if you wish to get a more in depth lesson on the chemistry side of soap making.

We haven't tried this cross yet, but we have an Alpine/Lamancha that looks just like an Alpine but has elf ears. She's only 25% Lamancha.

I have both. We started with Boers with the intentions of raising goats for meat. Because of their personalities, we just couldn't bring ourselves to actually process any of them. So, we sold all of our registered Boers and got Nubians for milk production. We kept 2 Boer un-registered does that...

Have you always wondered how to get more milk from your dairy goats? See this educational video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPlFD9xdJE&feature=player_embedded

Trolley is proud! I'll have to go out and tell him. :lol:

We have mid-grade DSL from our phone company.

Guinea Fowl serve their purpose, but I don't like that a whole, whole lot. Hubby loves them, though. Do you like sitting out in the pasture with your goats (or other livestock)?

I love the ticking color - is it classified as roan?

Ditto! I'm a sub, so my work is pretty off-and-on, but I'm ready to go back!

I'm so in love with Trixie. I'm a sucker for solid black goats.

If you pull off a scur, will it come back?

:lol: Who was the kid in the background screaming?

That's what I was going to ask about. I have a buckling that has a scur that we have reburned, but it still came back. I think banding may be the next option.

Foaming is the symptom. Could it be bloat? Check to see if he has any of these other symptoms of bloat: http://kinne.net/bloat.htm

I've milked one of ours that was engorged and pretty miserable, but not like you would a dairy breed.

I believe they do. We had a case of it this year when we sold one of our doe kids from a first time mama. She cried and walked the pasture looking for her kid for days.