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So I picked up 3 female pigs back in mid-march with the intention of raising them for meat. They went to the butcher on Monday and my husband brought home some of the meat yesterday. The hams and bacon went to the smokehouse. The butcher asked my husband who raised the pigs? "My wife" he...

Congrats! He's so cute :D I had a single doeling born in June that was a little over 4 pounds at birth. I've heard that singles generally run larger since they are getting all the nutrients.

I don't visit this site too often, but just came upon your post. Did you have any luck taming the doe?

thanks for the link!

Oops, sorry....just saw this thread again....haven't been on for a while. I bought a buck when I was ready to breed my girls. I know some breeders offer a driveway breeding. You'd have to look around your area, or if it suits you, get your own buck. I started with the two doelings in may...

I started by purchasing two 8 week old doelings. There is so much to learn about raising and keeping goats, that I wanted to start from the beginning. We now have our first kid born here, she's 5 weeks, and I've started milking her mom. Going pretty well, but still learning every day. I...

Well I've done the kennel two nights in a row. First night great....moms udder was full in the a.m. and I milked out 3 cups. This morning, one side was soft and one side was full......she mustve figured out how to nurse through the kennel. Its one of those wire kind. :P Where there's a...

I want to separate baby at night and milk mama in the morning. She is three weeks and has been gaining 2# per week (Nigerian dwarf) I don't have any other kids. Could I put her in a medium sized dog kennel in the stall? Also, she has been picking at mamas food. When do I need to offer her...

Thanks everyone! We are so excited. She's a keeper, being our first and all. Doesn't hurt that she got her mamas blue eyes too :love

Our FF Nigerian Dwarf Caramel kidded on Friday night, day 145. I was working in the barn all day and left to get dinner and pick up some supplies for the kidding stall. Checked her right before I left and came home (1.5 hrs later) to a wet kid on the stall floor. Stinker! So upset I missed...

I have two does, both sisters....15 month old Nigerian Dwarfs. They were wormed with Safeguard in January when I acquired my buck, and bred shortly thereafter. One doe, Caramel seems to be putting on good weight. She is due July 4th. The other doe, Sally, seems to not be putting on weight at...

1) I trimmed hooves last weekend and noticed some reddish (bloody) spots on the backside of the bucks hooves in the fleshy part. Is this mites? I don't see any bugs. He also has really dry skin, dandruff, on his back/lower neck. I put eprinex pour-on on him and put some in those hoof areas...

I like his name as Zander too :D

I am in Massachusetts and picked up some Yorkshire/Berkshire cross for $80 each and they were 8 weeks old. I know prices vary on breed and location.

Use the same buck next year :D

I purchased a bag of the Manna Pro goat minerals from TSC until the Sweetlix comes in that I ordered, and all 3 of my nigerian dwarfs won't touch it :( I feed my buck Purina Noble goat. The levels look good and it has ammonium chloride in it. I bought it at TSC also.

I use these 50 gallon containers. They have wheels on the bottom and a nice rubber seal around the lid. Works great...

so cute :love

Poor little dude. I haven't had kids yet, my girls are due in July. If I get a buckling, he'll be wethered as a companion for my current buck. I am still up in the air about banding or cutting. Hope he feels better soon. :hugs

We recently got a new puppy and the breeder said to wait until he was 1 yr old, so that his body would grow properly. We have another male english cocker who was 9yrs old when we neutered him, and it never made a difference in his behavior. I know goats are different.