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I've used a stainless steal mixing bowl and I've also used heavy glass bowls. I have Nigerians, and I don't know about you, but I couldn't fit the milking pail under them if I tried- there just isn't enough clearance! Perhaps they make shorter milking pails though, it is an important factor to...

Wow. That is extremely interesting news to me. I've only have goats right now, but while they are all pregnant and not milking, we've been buying cow milk. I'm glad some one was able to do the research, now I just need to find a source that lists the various breeds with out it, and those that...

I agree with freemotion. Goats are herbivores, and they aren't supposed to be eating eggs.

Well, one of my favorite things about the Nigerians is that they are shorter, so they are easier to contain than full size goats. Personalities differ a lot, so make sure you get a goat you like; I have one that just talks and talks and talks, she's like a Nubian, only worse, and she's also a...

I'd add an additional barrier between them unless you want babies! Sounds crazy I know, but I personally witnessed a buck breed a doe through wire smaller than that, and the little of kits that resulted.

Ok, don't know much about saanens, but I do know that like most dairy goat breeds, they are seasonal breeders. They will come in to heat (and the buck will go into rut) in the fall, and will kid 5 months later. Heat cycles are generally between 18 and 21 days long, and they will continue going...

I make a very simple cheese that uses the acid from lemons, and I drank it! It was good. I also use it in some recipes, and if that doesn't use it up, it'll go to the dogs.

Ah, don't worry, I didn't mean to sound offended. It's just weird when I've used a word for years and then find out it's defined as something else.

Well, if geep means the chimera rather than the hybrid, then I used the wrong term. It was the term we used on our farm, but it's easy to be wrong. Perhaps uncommon is not the right wording- extremely rare and improbable to have a live birth from a goat x sheep cross. Most often, these result in...

That's very interesting about the horns. Do the devon breeders care if you use horn weights to train their horns down? I tried to figure out a way I could show and breed dairy goats with out disbudding them but the association doesn't allow horned animals.

At least where I grew up, showing was very competitive! You had to know everything about the animal, all diseases, treatments, breed histories, everything. You had to was their armpits and ears, and you had to trim their wool to make them look as good as possible. And I'm only, so it probably...

You should check out Fias Co farm- they have compiled so much information on there, it's very, very helpful.

Yes, sheep and goats will try to breed each other, and you can have a baby geep born. But most of the time the fetus will die before it's born because goats and sheep have different numbers of chromosomes. Yes, bucks and rams will harass and try to breed with does and ewes. It really is best to...