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I celebrated by milking my Mini Nubian, Pearl. She only has one milkable teat. (Her kid only nursed on one side, that's what the breeder told me). She's a first time freshener, so I hope she evens out next time. I also have been trying to milk my Nigerian Dwarf, but her 4 month old kid is...

Hello all and happy National Dairy Goat Awareness Week! A Brief History The first Dairy Goat Awareness Day was observed in 1986. On June 12, 1986, the American Dairy Goat Association presented six dairy goat kids to the US Department of Agriculture. At that time, an ADGA Life Membership...

Where are you located (general vicinity...) as I would be interested in trade or breeding together. Im in Florida.

This is a good idea!

Hi and welcome! Where are you located....not specifics, just general info. I have a doe Nigerian so if we are close we could help each other out. Im in NW Florida.

I have bought Molly's natural wormer from Fiascofarm. (Molly Nolte is the owner at Fiasco). I am on week 2 of the herbal wormer with my herd of 3 dairy goats. I am not just doing the natural herbal dewormer blindly. I am also doing my own fecal testing and FAMACHA testing to make sure my...

This is a great idea! (Putting the kid in dog kennel next to mom). I was wondering how I should do this, since we have 3. We have an enclosed barn but the stall walls are not very high. And you know goats....so.....We didn't want to leave one all by itself. This is a perfect solution!!! You...

Hi! I'm brand new to goats too. ..only had ours for about a month now. We went with 3 does. Two are mom and daughter and the other is in an adult doe in milk. This has been really nice to get started with because I have been able to learn on the single doe and if I don't have time, patience...

Thank you for the warm welcome! I have been adding things to my profile, so I hope it's coming along!!!

Post a pic (or a video) when it is born if you can! Good luck!

Weeds!!! Yum, yum!

Up close and personal!

Queen of the dog house! Nubian/Nigerian doe

I think it's also important to see the overall health of the goat. Don't just go off of a fecal EPG (eggs per gram) or the FAMACHA score. Some goats with a high EPG may be very healthy and just have a better immune system. These are the goats you would want to breed, from what I've read, in...

Hi and thanks for the welcome! The pic of the goats with horns is me as a little girl! The goats were super gentle, but I agree, the horns can be dangerous. Unfortunately, being a kid, I didn't have a choice in the matter! Glad to be part of this group!

I bought a Tower Garden from Juice plus a couple of years ago and I LOVE IT!! It has made gardening so much easier! The only down side is you can't grow root veggies, so I'm getting my ground garden in soon.

New to owning goats, but it has been on my system since I was a kid (pun intended). We have three goats and have owned them for about a month. One is a Nigerian Dwarf doe and her doeling kid. Our ND was accidentally bred with a Saanen and she had twins! But luckily she did fine. Doeling is 4...

We pasteurize, but I learned that low temp pasteurization is 145* to 150*. We pasteurize at that temp for 30 minutes. Here's a really good article and a diagram that shows the Temps of pasteurization https://www.google.com/amp/s/draxe.com/pasteurization-homogenization-raw-milk/amp/ It takes...

Hi, We have a Nigerian Dwarf and a Nubian/Nigerian mix dairy goats. We ordered the Maggidans Milker and have used it for about a week. I milk twice a day so it gets a work out. It was great in the beginning, but it seems now it is loosing suction. I have to read the troubleshooting tips again...