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    Help making drag-board for climbing goat

    Hey all, can anyone give me a little quick help? I have twin Pygmy wether goats that have started climbing the fences. (A previous buck taught them naughty tricks! :somad) They’re large for Pygmies - they are both significantly larger than both of their parents - and are about 4 inches taller...
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    Anyone else have property prone to Cocci?

    Thanks everyone! So far so good. We named the girl Snickerdoodle. Unfortunately, the white little boy met with an accident and was killed. We were all so heartbroken! Snickerdoodle is doing well, however, and now that all the humans are healthy (flu) we can enjoy her hopping and springing all...
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    Anyone else have property prone to Cocci?

    Thanks so much! The temps will be around 20 degrees F tonight. It’s 33 right now and very blustery. I went out at 3am when it started raining - not knowing the doe’s mothering history that well, I just wanted to be sure. She gave birth just outside their round shelter, and didn’t seem to want to...
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    Anyone else have property prone to Cocci?

    Surprise! Went out late in the afternoon to find my oldest doe standing in the pen with twins! I had wondered when I bought her in July if she were pregnant. My goat mentor couldn’t tell for sure, but didn’t think it likely. I DID see her udder swelling the past couple weeks, but I had also had...
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    Anyone else have property prone to Cocci?

    Thanks so much! I will definitely clean out their shelter again before kidding. Right now, the girls and boys have separate shelters (fiberglass silo tops), but we don’t have a barn, per se. The plan is to use livestock panels and/or gates and a tarp for temporary kidding pens as the babies...
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    Anyone else have property prone to Cocci?

    Hey all, I’m fairly new to goats (less than a year). Our property (according to the vet) is prone to coccidia. Flat, clay soil, lousy drainage - first round of goats had to get Corid for five days after having them for less than two months. Then a few months later, when I finally got a vet out...
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    What BYH animal(s) is getting most of your attention and why?

    Love the question! It’s certainly the goats here. We have just a tiny two-acre homestead, and the goats simply DEMAND attention. Whiny creatures. 😉 Gotta love them!
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    Best breed for my situation

    If you’re thinking of a goat for a companion, I would think one of the larger breeds, maybe a Nubian, and definitely a wether.
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    Hay pellets instead of grain?

    Does anyone successfully use hay pellets instead of grain? I’d like to get away from feeding my goats grain. They get an alfalfa/clover/grass mix hay (which they’re not eating much of still it’s still green here), all the browse/grass/weeds they want to forage for, and have loose minerals...
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    Been lurking awhile

    Thanks for the welcome! I have Nigerian Dwarfs, and a couple of Pygmies. There’s a learning curve, for certain. It gets frustrating when you see a friend that never has any trouble and never vaccinates or deworms and does everything ‘wrong’ without issue, then when I strive to do things ‘right’...
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    Integrating a lone goat

    Hey all, new to the site here. I’ve only owned goats since March. I’m hoping someone has an idea of how to help a goat previously kept as a pet (I believe it was alone - not in a herd) integrate into my herd. Rosie is a 3 year old healthy ND doe, never been bred. Her story, as much as I know...
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    Been lurking awhile

    I’ve read many, many posts on this site I’ve the past few years. Finally decided to join, as we now have goats in addition to chickens.
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