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X2 Lovely little ladies by the way! Definitely worth registering so you can work their offspring all the way up to purebred. And yes, they look LaMancha enough to me--can't quite tell how large their ears are, but does are allowed to have larger ears than bucks anyway.

Most of these questions have been answered, but I would also recommend studying the ADGA scorecard to get an idea of what you are looking for and develop your "judging eye." Good condition, health, temperament. If you can get a proven buck, that's best (proven means he's already produced kids)...

In dairy goats most people avoid them (especially if they're showing) because it irritates the udder . At a local county fair, they started getting massive donations of cedar shavings and that was the only bedding they'd provide. So every single dairy goat shower quit going there. Supposedly it...

Huacaya tends to have more dense fiber (they're the poofy looking ones) and are generally more solidly built robust critters. Alpacas in general are pretty hardy little guys, so don't let this make your decision for you. I've never noticed a personality difference. Suri can be more difficult to...

Before we go any further, I want to make it clear that she is NOT aggressive toward people, only other goats. She is also not my goat. A few years ago, I sold a doeling (Sonja) to a friend of mine as one of her first goats. She was one of those doelings that is just born to be queen, from the...

I heard somewhere that coconut oils was an acceptable substitute. That doesn't make sense, but I'd rather work with that then lye! Yuck, llama spit. One spit on me before, thankfully not on anything that touched my skin.

El traducir es mal. Is it being translated from spanish? If so, you need a diferent translation. Babelfish works fairly well, according to my friends and family. I've never used it myself though.:welcome P.S. please forgive my horrible spanish grammar.

What you've done sounds good. Isolate her, and try to keep her from walking on it. GO TO THE VET!! I hope she gets better. :hugs On a not very nice side, if she's a milker, three legged goats are a lot nicer to milk!

I just got done taking a shower. Here's why! I was peacefully milking my Artemis (FF Nubian doe). My bucket had about a quarter of a quart in it. Suddenly, she kicks, and the milk bucket goes flying-on top of my head. Have you ever felt warm goat's milk drip down your face and shirt? Not...

*beware, personal horn-tooting alert* I am the 4-H Dairy Goat Grand Champion Showman 3 years in a row in my county. Let me help! First off, you will be judged on how you take care of your goat. This includes general health of your goat, state of its hooves, and its coat. With the coat, you want...

Sorry I took so long, been very busy. We've sold one of her kids, still has one doeling on her. Well, after reading the link from helmstead, it sounds a lot like benign goat pox. I'm guessing because it hasn't changed at all, and it's only on the udder, no other lesions. It doesn't seem to cause...

I've never seen this before! Can't get a good pic, but it almost looks like warts. Three year old FF nubian doe with twins on her,and she's trying to wean them.The babes will be leaving in a week or so, as soon as they are 8 weeks old. I've noticed that she'll break away when they are getting a...

Okay, so my friend just bought two pygoras, a doe and a wether. The doe is four months old and cuter than pie. The lady said that she needed to be bred before she was a month old, or she wouldn't be eligible for show. Everything I've seen suggests that fiber people wait until year two or three...

Just look at those pretty blue eyes!

There's four of them, not four months. Each is one month and a half old. Thanks for all of the good info guys! So what I'm taking away from this is that I should burn them again, then if that doesn't work, see the vet. Am I right?

We have 4 month-and-a-half Nubian doelings that were disbudded at 12-14 days(one set was born two days earlier and we did them all on the same day) I know, I know, you're supposed to do them earlier, but the shipment was late. So anyway, one goat from each set of twins has grown horns about an...

Thank you, I will remember this. Is there any way to present the grain that this won't happen? The funny thing was, today was the first day for grain, I'd been doing alfalfa pellets before this.

Okay, I just sort of encouraged breathing the same way that you do in newborn kids, by rubbing them all over-I'm sorry, I feel bad, I don't know what chest percussions are. Sounds like you hit them on the chest? She's stopped with the whole foam thing, but is still a little shaky and not as...

I was feeding one of my month old doelings some grain, and all of a sudden she started coughing and making a chewing motion. Every time she coughed, white foam came out of her mouth. Sometimes she spat it out, others she kept chewing. She is very distressed and keeps calling for her mom. What on...

Pretty much what Helmstead says-does are kinda strange when they're pregnant. Mine usually reverse their personalities completely! But they become great moms. Good luck, I love LaManchas!