Search results

We took our girl for their first breeding and wow do they stink! Will it go away in time? What can I do to get this smell gone!! We have 2 nigerian dwarfs in our little backyard and I can hardly go in the backyard without that smell lingering on me for the rest of the day! Not to mention my...

Thank you! Especially for the tip about food grade DE...I was just going to pick some up tomorrow and will be sure to check for food grade!!!

Can chickens or dogs get "goat lice"?

What is DE? Do they eat it to help prevent the flies? I know it is "toxic" for goats to eat chicken feed, is it bad for the chickens to get into the goat feed?

WOW thank you all so much for your advice :) I have so much to learn and Im glad my little goats are so patient with me!

What do you recommend at the local feed mill? I would prefer to give my girls the best blend of what I can give them, even if I have to blend it myself. Also what do you feed your chickens? (do you blend it yourself?) Ive been using Dumor chicken feed (layer pellets) but the girls havent been...

I saw the loose minerals last night when I was at TS, but didn't really understand the difference...how much loose minerals should they get? Do I leave it free choice, or just add it to their feed everyonce in a while?

I have 2 nigerian dwarfs and Ive been a goat owner for only a few months and have only fed the girls purina goat chow (and free choice brome). When I was at the feed store this evening I was told that instead of paying $15 for Purina, I could just get "All Stock"...

Ya, tha tis a good idea...to just trim em up instead of shaving. We will see how they do and I wont give em a trim until it looks like they need it. I just didnt know if I was supposed to or not!?!? But it looks like its entirely optional :)

we live in kansas, but the nights do get chilly sometimes. Good point and I would hate to make the poor goats shiver wishing they had their coats back! How long does it take the goats to grow their coats back? Just in case we do end up shaving them I dont want to wait too long so their coat...

I have 2 nigerian dwarfs and I am concerned that the heat of summer will be extremely hot for them. One of my girls has a mostly black coat and I was wanting to learn a little more about shaving goats. Is it necessary? I know people shave goats for showing, but we just thought it would be a...

We have a terrible poison Ivy problem (one of the reasons we are eager to get our girls before the poison ivy starts taking off) and it all grows at the base of the trees...if i wrap my trees will the goats still be able to get the poison ivy??

Jibpooh - I love your goat playarea and I would probably be one of those people stopped beside the road watching!!!

Thank you so much!! it is good to hear it as fact from someone who is experiencing it! I've been going around meeting some various goats and can really see that they do need a friend...of their own Kind.

WOW!!!! That is amazing! I love it :) I'm sure they just have a blast on it too.

Goat fencing Question? Ok how clever are these little critters and will they get through just about anything? I want to give them access to just about everything I can but if I put a 3' chain link fence around my garden, will they get over it and level my garden? Wood or Chain link? which is...

rubber roofing!? Thats a great idea. How thick is the rubber and where did you get it?

jilbpooh, your profile picture is pretty small but what is that that your goats are playin on? Did oyu make them a little ramp...it sure looks like it would be super fun for them!

WOW Thank you guys SO much! We defiantely have some revamping to do before we bring the girls home :) We REALLY want everything as close to perfect for them as we can get it before we bring them home! (Thats what we did before we brought home our chickens and we are SO glad we did!) I love the...

We've decided that if we cant get 2 we wont just get 1. So its either 2 precious little nannies or nothing. Our neighbors are all really getting excitted (which is extremely encouraging to me) I thought they wouldnt be very supportive but they sure are :weee Anyway, we are heading out to the...