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Sorry for that loss. Agh. Guess we all start learning somewhere and go from there. Thanks for the support! Have tetanus antitoxin on order… hoping it will arrive Mon or Tues

Thanks for the dose of sanity!

Thank you for the encouragement. I’m having to learn on the fly. Not ideal but we’re doing our best!

He’s doing well- active, has a good appetite, friendly. Felt joints and don’t feel any warmth/swelling. Site continues to shrink more noticeably.

Thank you. Still not very good at patience. Will be watchful! I will keep winter in mind if there’s a next time.

I bought the green kind, said it was rated for both goats and cattle. Having checked on him the past couple days, his scrotum is definitely shrinking. So fingers crossed that it’s doing its job. Now a new concern is that I didn’t do my homework in vaccination, and have to find a tetanus anti...

No shortage of water in Michigan….or mosquitoes either. This year they’re THICK :hide

Thank you! I would love to milk them down the road, but this year I am just letting them feed their kids. I honestly have no idea… two does are likely a Nigerian variety and the other one I couldn’t say. They are a mixed bunch from an Amish farm.

I can only imagine! Thanks for welcoming me ☺️

What kind of sheep do you have? Do you raise them for meat, fiber, or both?

Hello all, Hoping someone here can ease my worries. New to owning goats. We banded our ~10 week old buckling last week. All went well, almost TOO well, it seems. Made sure both testes were in, teats were out, he peed afterwards, no issues. He has not shown a single sign of pain or discomfort...

Hello All! New member and new to owning livestock. We have rented goats from the Amish for clearing brush over the past three years, got tired of getting new goats each time and my partner purchased the does at the end of last season. We have three does, one has two kids and another has one, all...