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She does look a little under weight to me, hollowed out in the hips. "Dairyish" Her belly is rather large though. I'm going to run a test tonight when I have an extra set of hands, it has gotten to that point. She has normally been my easiest keeper, and now, I feel like I'm in a flipping...

Well, she seems a little worse for wear today. Just annoyed, tired, and really bothered. I've been giving her electrolytes. Made sure she has plenty of minerals, baking soda, grain, hay, and water. She is eating well. Gobbing up her treats, fresh veggies, and scraps. I just wormed her, but...

My Togg just kidded Feb 26. Our buck kept on busting into her pen. Everything was going well with milking and nursing her kids up until this past week. She is a pain on the stand, doing everything she can, including taking the whole stand down with her to avoid being milked. She will not...

And just a side note. I just called our local vet to see if they would do a fecal test. The one our dogs go to (who is normally just great). "Is not authorized to examine, treat, or prescribe to goats." Mind you, just last week, he told me if I "rode the horse to the parking lot, he'd do a...

First off. The only vet anywhere around here willing to see a goat is out of town :/ I normally give Hoegger Herbal Wormer once a month for my goaties, and use the Ivesco Goat Dewormer Concentrate pellets 3-4x a year (normally when they have been out in the deer trails) This morning my Togg...

Ok, so, kinda new to milking. I really want the RAW milk. The husband, not so much. He's scared of it. Much be pasteurized. Well, I'm no good at that, I end up scalding it, and it tastes off, (she's a Togg so it's more "goaty' tasting anyway) blah blah blah.... I'm trying to find out where...

I use my Medela when my hands don't wanna work. I just glued those plastic syringes in place into an extra set of breast cups. Make sure you use a good glue though, so when you sterilize, it won't melt. I bought a couple different sizes from farm and fleet, so I could make sure I got the right...

Can't hunt a coyote with a rifle in Lake County, cause it sucks here. I'm East of you on the Lake County McHenry County border. With the drought last year, and the flooding this year in the Fox Valley..... OMG! It's going to get worse before it gets better. Last year, the husband shot a...

My chicks don't get it till about 12 - 18 weeks when they get moved out into the main run. Only because there are weekers and up in the smaller runs. I'm sure they can have it earlier, just not sure how early.

You have just a 4' fence with 1 wire!!!! Oh my, you lucky thing! I have a 7' fence with 3 wires (one on the outside, and 2 on the inside) and they still run amuck! I keep my hens in the same main pasture though, but I'm positive if I had just a 4 footer, they'd be over it, while laughing at...

See, I was thinking he had some Alpine too. The farm he came from was mainly Alpine and Saanen, so there's a good posibility he's got both in him. He's a great little guy, but sadly, we have to rehome him. We got flooded last month and lost a lot of our pasture land. I've put him in with my...

I got this little guy last year. I know he was weaned WAY too early (the guy said he went to grain at 3 weeks) 1 guy told me he was 3 weeks old, another guy there told me he was 2 months old. I'd say closer to 3 weeks. I put him on milk replacer for 4 weeks after I brought him home. Anyway...

Oh, they are packed full of nutrients! Honestly, my father and I are trying to obtain a grant to do a study on small farm sustaining with cattails. The biggest problem is, harvesting them for human consumption. It's a big fat pain in the rump! You want to get as much of the root clump out of...

^^^ Exactly! We're getting to that point around here. I can only imagine that this next fall is going to become quite rough.

But, then again, they seem to love just about everything, and that doesn't mean it's always good for them. I have about 40 acres, 2/3 heavily forested, and the remaining 1/3 is marginal land, mostly covered in cattails. We do use them for various things, biofuel, starch filler through the...

ACV is just plain awesomeness. I use it for just about everything. Even down to conditioning my own hair with it. All our waterers get a good sized "splash" every other day. I've heard, not sure though, that it also acts as a good internal mosquito and fly repellent for horses. Either way...

I have an OberTogg and a Togg. Great for cheese, but..... It's probably a combo of the breed and the change in grazing. I would never give 100% alfalfa, to any of my farmamals, but that's just me. Getting it cooled quickly helps, but it is very goaty. I LOVE my Tog, she's my baby. I feel...

Swoon!

I'm in Lake County IL, I can see McHenry County from the far side of my farm ;)

We have to deal with both coyotes, and coy dogs. I honestly would rather deal with the coyotes. I use electric fencing around all the main pens. In most cases, letting your dogs have a good bark is quite enough to scare them away to a safe distance. When all else fails, I've had to sit in a...