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If you tell your wife your building a shed, and it turns out to be a hen house, for the chickens you weren't quite truthful about either.

Yep, Californians it will be. I have to do some modifications to my existing barn before I purchase my stock, I want to make sure I have everything the way I want it, before bring animals home. With my current work schedule, I am at least a month away from being ready. Thank you for your input

Between the information you and Ridgetop provided, I feel much more prepared. I was also pleased to hear you both favor the Californians. That is the breed I really would like to have, but I was prepared to purchase whichever would do best in my climate. So Californians it will be. Thank you...

I can't tell you how much I appreciate you information and wisdom. Thank you very much

Hello everyone, I have recently sold all my goats with the intent of raising meat rabbits. I have not purchased my breeding stock as yet, but I am getting close. I am almost done converting my 10 1/2 ft by 8 ft. goat barn into a rabbitry. I live in an area where summer temps can get pretty hot...

with her disposition ,you are probably correct

My barn cleaning chore Is their play date!

I have a disbudding question. When the new kids arrive next week (NG’s), I know I will need to disbud the buckling at about 3-4 days old. Can I disbud the spellings the same day, so I can be done with this wonderful task in one day, or should I wait for a week or so, until I can feel the caps...

This was my own design. I have since added a gambled roof to it, too keep the rain out. one side of the gable is hinged to make it easy to refill. I just used roof two pieces of it, with This is my own design. I have since added a gambled roof too it, to keep the rain out. I just used 2 pieces...

I will defer to your wisdom and use the buck rag. I may still end up with a wether as well. You know you can never have to many goats, right!

I have considered that as well. However I wouldn't mind having a wether, but would he serve the same purpose as the buck rag?

I have only had goats for about 7-8 months. I have a 3 year old doe and her two 8 month old daughters. They are Nigerian dwarfs. The 3 year old has been freshened at least twice. It is time to freshen her again. My problem is this, I have monitored her closely for signs of heat since I have had...

Have you inspected the interior area of the hoof, for something foreign, like a thorn or a piece of glass, etc. The first thing I would do, is take a small wire brush and scrub out in debris that may be on the bottom of the hoof and in between them. Then apply light pressure to certain areas on...

I'm in California, the Southern San Joaquin Valley to be specific. The weather is liberal with a 90% chance of stupidity. Oh wait, that's our elected officials. It been in upper 40's at night and the low 60's during the day.

just a thought, I'm not sure if it would work or not, but in our greenhouse we use to keep a black 55 gallon drum full of water. It worked as a heat sink. During the hotter part of the day the water in the black barrel would absorb heat and warm up. Then at night the barrel of water being...

Thank you. I’m not positive she is pregnant. But the lady I purchased them from held them for me for 3 weeks while I got things ready. During that time one of her bucks got in with the does in the middle of the night. She has the date and which buck it was. If she is going to kid it will be...

Very impressive on both your part and the individuals who provided you with the support and knowledge to get through this successfully. Nicely done everyone. I have not had to deal with kidding yet, but I believe that day is coming soon, I think my NG maybe pregnant. I feel a lot better knowing...

That's good to hear. I just want to help anyone I can, avoid the mistakes I made my first year. The mindset that I finally adopted, which helped me calm down, enjoy the bees and not be to stressed out my first year was this; You don't have to know how to deal with everything that may come up...

It sounds like you have done your home work before getting your goats, but just to be safe and I'm probably stating something you already know, but you have to change their diet very gradually, or bad things can happen.

I'm sorry for not answering your initial question, but yes they could be lacking in protein, or possibly some other nutrient that your hay is not providing. However as you stated, others in your area are using this hay without issues.