Recent content by Martin Farms

I just weined 2 holstein bull calves off the bucket and now on grain hay and grazing pasture ... I have one who just all of a sudden has gotten weak, but the other calf was constantly sucking his navel and just right down rough on him .... I always seperated them when they would eat and let them...

Ok, in the process of loading pictures of our new babies. Just spent the past hour cradling the weak one by our wood stove, got him good and warm. Moved Star and the 2 boys into my barn where we store our hay and feed to keep the boys out of this awfully cold wind today ... Milked some more...

Well sometime early this morning Star had 2 little billy goats!! Gonna take camera over here in a few but have a VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE One of the billies was laying in the sun near all the mud from yesterday's rain storms....I brought him back into the barn with his brother and mom and he won't...

You can never really over give, when you get too much salt, do you keep eatting it? I have just goats, no sheep so I don't know whats better for you, but there is a blue tub at Southern States, if there is one in your area, thats for goats & sheeps. My mother in law uses it. They may just need...

Our new barn is still in works so I really don't have birthing pens *yet* We've always let them go and they usually come back to the old barn and have them there, been a few times I've had to go hunt them down and find them and carry babies back down the mountain to the barn then back up to get...

Well as of this morning no babies :( I'm getting very anxious for babies I guess LOL! But this is Star this morning, took a side view, top view and back view this morning. (she has a very little drip this morning, sort of white, but not a lot hanging down...) She was also "talking" to the...

I locked them up about 7 pm and still nothing yet, but she was already in the barn bedded down, so I didn't bother her, left her be, for now. I'll be going over first thing in the morning to see how she's doing and if any babies over there lol I can't wait to see the babies too! I told my...

This is as good as I can get of her back side...She's been holding her tail like her ligs are gone but she just don't like to be touched ...

So here's Big Nannie this morning (2/18) I took these with my phone so sorry if they aren't the best!! I couldn't get a back shot of her, she was being shy and kept covering up with her tail... What do you all think she will have? Twins, Trips??!! The picture doesn't do her any justice! She...

I have a goat doing the same thing. She's swollen huge but no bag and her ligs are gone!! I'm not sure of her due date since every time we pulled Big Bill out, he found several ways to get out and back in with his ladies!! So we finally gave up! She's caved in one day and then not caved in the...

This is Big Bill, hes a Boar Billy. Approx. 3 years old.

At 3:30 this morning my husband measured 9" then at 7 this morning when I went out to feed the dogs, I measured 10" thats up here in Virginia. And its still coming down!!! My little GP hates it lol, hes hoping around in my tracks to get around, he ended up coming over to the house last night and...

Quick question for anyone to help. My goat, Star, had some white mucus this morning, not much but this is the 2nd time she's had this coming out of the morning. This morning she was standing at the gate, waiting to get out away from the other goats, but back with them after I let them all out...

Well my husband told me yesterday our pup is ready, Rambo is his name. We are buying him off a guy we rent pasture beside of. Can't wait to get him and start him with our goats, but quick question for you. I have a few goats that will butt the far outta my dogs for no reason, she just comes...

Never heard of that one... of course being born in '89 may have something to do with it lol