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Goat placenta delivery
I have a nigerian dwarf doe that gave brith to 4 kids last night. Shes still working on delivering the placenta 14 hours later. Its hanging out and slowly coming but I’ve never had a doe take thjs long. I’ve also never had a doe with quads before. Does anyone have experience with this? She’s nursing/mothering fantasticly,…
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How old should whethers be before they can spend time with bucks?
I have a Nigerian dwarf herd. I am new to goats, and we got them for dairy. I have 2 mamas and 4 kids. The oldest kids were born 7/4 and the littler ones 7/19. I would like to start milking the mom of the 7/4 babies, and I know I need to separate them at night and milk in the morning. I don’t exactly have a way to separate…
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Burdizzo
Hey y'all, do you castrate? I've read some negative things about banding and some good things about burdizzo. It clamps the cords and supposed to be humane. We are giving it ago this year? What do y'all do about this situation?
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Extended lactation
I will be cross posting this to both goats & cattle. We do an extended lactation with our cows & then give the one milking a break (& get her bred) & milk the other for a couple of years, then get her bred. That is why we have more than one cow. A cow will give the most milk after calf #3. Yet this article says with their…
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My new mini goat herd
I needed new blood in my goat lines and I found a small mini herd, 5 goats at about 2 years old. The does are nigerian, the buck pygmy They are healthy, up on their shots and I checked out their housing and they have lived in good conditions. Its so icy here I'll pick them up next week but the deposit in down. I do have…
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Whats your latest farm land adventure or activity?
You don't have to have a farm or land to post whats happening in your backyard, patio or land. Today I had to move perennials to be able to put a group of chickens out in a new penned area. I have my chickens penned I planned to move bit a few chickens free ranging while I was out. Of course these chickens had to help me…
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My new goat milk stand was dropped off
My frineds made me a milk stand. This should be intersting. New shy mom and she's never been milked. They did a nice job. I did not know it came with a bench to sit on
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Beginning cheese making
My one new goat will deliver soon and I plan to make cheese and other products with the milk. It will be a new experience. I found this link with ideas and recipes https://practicalselfreliance.com/beginner-cheesemaking/
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Pasture rotation
Hi all, we just finished fencing if the north pasture. The goats moved cautiously into the overgrown hay field. Then the chickens braved the new land. We have 4 areas fenced off. Two are larger, thes will remain hay/grass. The two smaller areas will be used to intentionally plant forage. We've got lespedeza hay, chicory…
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Extended Lactation
I will be cross posting this to both goats & cattle. No Milk Without Meat? - Modern Farmer https://modernfarmer.com/2021/02/no-milk-without-meat/ Female mammals only produce milk to feed their young. It’s as true for a woman as it is for a cow, a nanny… We do an extended lactation with our cows & then give the one milking…
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Goat for sale - Purebred Nubian buck
I have a really nice young (18 month old) registered Nubian buck (N002075725). He has champions all over his pedigree and comes from excellent milking lines. Healthy, closed herd. I'm downsizing... I really need to sell him so I'm cutting the price drastically. I'm in East Texas between Dallas and Houston. If you would…
