Southern by choice
Herd Master
Adorable! Love your Bessie too!
and your ducks!
and your ducks!
New goat herd project. advise pics posted
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heatherlynnky
Ridin' The Range
The goats love the ducks and geese. It sounds awful but the goats have the best fun doing what we call goose bowling. They wait till they are all clustered up and then they run through the middle of them. They kick up their heels and make a nuisance of themselves. Its rather a funny sight.
Southern by choice
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Ok - I choked reading that! 
My goats have never done that but they will do other bratty things like make one of the LGD's move so they can lay there. Expect our one LGD- she moves for no one, nothing- goats always yield to her!
Some of the goats will butt the chickens.
Our geese will BITE the goats and the LGD's.
My goats have never done that but they will do other bratty things like make one of the LGD's move so they can lay there. Expect our one LGD- she moves for no one, nothing- goats always yield to her!
Some of the goats will butt the chickens.Our geese will BITE the goats and the LGD's.
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heatherlynnky
Ridin' The Range
I am disappointed and I really know the answer to what I am going to ask but I am going to ask anyway. We went to see the nubians who looked great in pics and......skinny, some are sick, one is in quarantine with a lump on its neck. Something they had in the herd that she thinks is now almost eradicated. So disappointed. There was a baby, such a pretty little girl....I don't think she will make it honestly. My heart is just so heavy. My tender side wants me to buy that baby and nurse her to health but I have been down that road and its not pretty. There was one really good looking girl that I was tempted on but I don't know what all is running through this herd. In the last 6 months 3 adults died and that has me scared. Yet here I sit fretting because that pretty little girl won't make it without more help. The people are really nice but I just think it got on top of them and they lost some controls with the herd. Maybe I should wait till spring and get a baby out of herds from someone I know personally. I would never endanger my girls. ehhh I didn't ask the question but I didn't really need to. I feel so bad right now. The people really care and are trying their best but......my girls. I just could not risk them. They all came from great breeders and I just could not risk it.
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heatherlynnky
Ridin' The Range
Oh crud is CL.......This may take an entire pot of tea and maybe a dash of rum in it. bah humbug :-( Upside I didn't buy any goats. I still feel down because that poor little girl. I now understand why people have passed. It a risk they don't want to take.
Southern by choice
Herd Master
So sorry. 
You are right... you have to look out for your existing herd.
Sounds like they are having a bad run of it.
We saw many farms in 2012-2013 that just seemed to have a really bad time of it. Some had cocci issues that had never had them before, some ended up with respiratory, some severe mite issues, some the dreaded barberpole. All these farms were great farms that just had a horrible season. Weather wise it was terrible with months and months of no break in the rain. Some farms lost whole herds of goats, some kids... it was a terrible year for goatkeepers in our region.
Hope they (breeders) can recuperate. I know it is heartbreaking but you are wise to pass.
CL- if you don't have it in your herd you certainly don't want to introduce it. Same as CAE.
You are right... you have to look out for your existing herd.
Sounds like they are having a bad run of it.
We saw many farms in 2012-2013 that just seemed to have a really bad time of it. Some had cocci issues that had never had them before, some ended up with respiratory, some severe mite issues, some the dreaded barberpole. All these farms were great farms that just had a horrible season. Weather wise it was terrible with months and months of no break in the rain. Some farms lost whole herds of goats, some kids... it was a terrible year for goatkeepers in our region.
Hope they (breeders) can recuperate. I know it is heartbreaking but you are wise to pass.
CL- if you don't have it in your herd you certainly don't want to introduce it. Same as CAE.
OneFineAcre
Herd Master
you need to sanitize your clothes and shoes
Southern by choice
Herd Master
Good point.
We never go on anyone's property without being in clean clothes and shoes... we shower and change after taking care of our animals and when we get home straight inside- shower, clean clothes bleach shoes!
We advice everyone to do the same.
We never go on anyone's property without being in clean clothes and shoes... we shower and change after taking care of our animals and when we get home straight inside- shower, clean clothes bleach shoes!
We advice everyone to do the same.
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heatherlynnky
Ridin' The Range
Already did it. When I realized what I had walked into I made the kids strip when we got home. Thankfully flip flops are easy to bleach or toss
Hens and Roos
Herd Master
Is AI used much in goats?
