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@madelynmccabe I'm already excited for you!:celebrate All they need is a patient and loving mama like you! Pretty soon they'll be stepping on your toes and trying to eat your hair!! That's goat love! :lol: Since you've had them, do they bleat/cry when you leave them alone in their enclosure or...

Great advice on this thread so far! My advice is pretty much going to be the same. Goats are curious animals and they get spooked easily. Don't blame yourself for them being this way, it's nature. Plus, you had mentioned that the previous owner had no interaction with the goats so they had never...

It's nice to be back after a long year of work! Currently raising a week old litter of puppies! My goats have been very jealous!!

79 :p Come on gals!

Hi @Dogma! I have three dogs (two Pitbulls, one German short haired pointer) over here on my farm with my Alpine and Nigerian Dwarf does. On the first week that we had our goats, I was extremely cautious about letting the dogs and goats meet. Much to my surprise, when I introduced them to each...

Oh my goodness, congratulations!! What a beautiful LGD family :love:weee:clap:celebrate

:lol: Although I am very sorry to hear you had to deal with your frantic goats, I couldn't help but find joy in your post. Mostly because I can relate to how it used to be for you! Remember how I mentioned my girls were crazy over grains? Everyday they get a new inch of attitude as they grow up...

Thank you so much for the input you all have put here @greybeard @Latestarter @Blue Sky @Ridgetop (and a few others who wrote here as well) :) This summer has brought my town incredible amounts of heat and little amounts of water which has resulted in wildfires. As habitats are being destroyed...

They give out cougar tags year round out here ;)

It sounds to me like he is part Myotonic and looks to be so too. I wouldn't worry about taking him to the vet right away but I would keep an eye on him for any unusual behaviors that may indicate he is not well. As for studding out a non-papered buck - generally speaking, people are not as...

When you mentioned that he faints, my first thought was "He must be part Myotonic" but you may want to take him to the vet to get a check up just to make sure he is healthy and to get peace of mind. Myotonic goats have a hereditary genetic disorder (myotonia congenita) that causes their muscles...

Congratulations! What a surprise!:woot

Lol! That would be one heck of a time trying to figure out who was who!

You have beautiful kids!:) Once my girls grow up a little and mature I will slowly wean them off grains. It's definitely helping them put on weight though and I don't see a problem with it at the moment (minus the girls crying for their feed). Glad you found a diet that works for them :D

Congratulations! Getting my girls off of grains would be a fight and a half :eek: Usually about two hours before dinner time, they'll start crying out on the pasture wanting back into their pen. Then when I open up the pen, they'll go sit in their troughs waiting for their feed. All while being...

What @goats&moregoats said. I have two does and I fill up a 3 gallon bucket each morning. Even if only an inch or two of water has been drank by mid day, I'll still go refill the bucket with fresh water once more. On hotter days or days when they are more active, I notice they drink more water...

This sounds like my girls, especially about them wanting to browse on their schedule. I take them out onto the pasture multiple times a day. Usually they'll immediately start eating out there but I have a difficult time sneaking out of their sight without them running towards me crying. They...

I laughed hard. Then I showed this to my SO. He didn't think it was as funny hehe.:D

@goatgurl Although I don't have a LGD out with our does at the moment, I do have three family dogs of larger breeds that go out on the property during the day. I wonder if having their scent all over the yard helps keep predators away at all? As for taking my girls out hiking with me, yes I am...

@KaliMoran I agree with you about goats having fabulous (stubborn) free spirits. Is your doe more comfortable leaving her fence when they baby First, I could not agree more about goats having fabulous (stubborn) free spirits! Second, when you are removing your doe from the fence are you...