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Hello forum! Nice to have found my way here. We own a small hobby farm located 40 miles south of Fairbanks Alaska. We homestead a small place but pack a lot into what we do. We have goats and chickens and sled dogs. We Home School the children and are just starting to become active with 4 H...

I feed a local made Alaskan Goat feed. I try to keep all my purchases local. Anyway, I feed my Nubian ( nurse twins ) and my Saanen ( nurse 1 ) Both have weaned now. 1 1/2 cups at the AM milking and 1 1/2 cups at the PM milking. I keep Alaska Brome hay available all times and water. We use...

Want to get an idea of what a new person will do to get a goat ready?;) Watch my video:lol: I love my Nubain!!! She has a great sense of humor! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNEsq2MDJE

There are never enough Nubians here to make a class of their own. They get entered in the All Other Breeds class. So they go up against Saanens, Toggs, Alpines....you get the idea. I am 48 years old. I wanted to do the job right, so I siged up for a 4H Showmanship class. I was the only adult...

This was a huge issue for us too. No Vets treated goats, even the ones that advertised Large animals. And to find a Vet that will make a Kennel/Farm Call here is next to impossible. We have a Vet for our sled dogs that is a traditional Doctor, we also use a Holistic Vet, the problem with her is...

My Nubian is a FF. She gives me about 3 1/2 pounds of milk twice a day. She freshened February 16, 2010. It didn't start out that much. I was lucky to get 1 pound. As time has gone by and I now milk twice a day she has increased what she gives. I also have a Saanen FF. She also gives me about 2...