Recent content by mendofarm

ragdollcatlady, thanks for your reply. Would you suggest a separate grow-out paddock for the kids so I can feed them without the does helping themselves to it? My pasture is rocky poor soil with weeds and grass, no browse. So I will be providing hay nearly full-time besides the grain and...

goatgurl, thank you so much for your insight and sharing your experience with me. I like your idea of milking only when I need the milk and letting the kids stay on otherwise. Breeding to a meat buck makes sense. I have processed chickens and rabbits but already know I will not be able to do my...

Welcome Neighbor from the West Puget Sound area! You will love all the experience and advice people are willing to take the time to share with you here.

Hi All! Newby soon-to-be goat owner here. We planned to get one Nubian and 1-2 Boer does/kids this coming Spring for dairy and for meat. Have a 10 ft. x 18 ft. stall roughed in so far with direct access to -1 acres of pasture. Had an experienced farmer drop by who strongly suggested I should do...

Bay, do you use straw, shavings or wood chips for your goat stalls? We are enclosing a lean-to with rough concrete floors (already there) for our first herd. Plan on deep litter with sleeping platforms. PNW so does not get below 30 usually but I like the idea of lotsa compost, nice heat for...

One of the first tools my DH bought when we moved to our rocky hilltop 3 years ago. Invaluable.

Welcome Lebanon! Originally from Brownsburg. Now on 2.5 acres in the PNW.

Well thought out and well said, farmerjan! Maybe if I sent this to my 85-yr old Mom, she would believe you. She doesn't believe me . "It's just a cold virus."

So stinkin' cute! Think I would have to keep all three! And congrats on keeping your property.

That is the most uniquely colored goat I have ever seen in your avatar.

Latestarter seemed to always be the first to welcome new members. Remember when he lost his pig out of the back of his truck within the first few miles of buying it! He is missed.

I agree with Mini Horses! Call Dr. Hope and ask for a referral near you. Or she may be able to direct you to a registry of doctors with this specialty. If not, it may be worth that hard 8 hour drive to see her. Always ask if this new doctor takes insurance and/or Medicare. If so, explain the...

Welcome, Suncrestrabbitry! I am in Kitsap County so we might be neighbors! What breed/breeds do you raise? Meat production? Showing? Pets? I plan on a rabbitry soon. Have empty cages but still working on enclosing the barn. Please put your general location on your profile so when you ask a...

My girlfriend, who was later diagnosed with black mold toxicity, first realized she had a problem when she served a tennis ball. It came right back, her racket up to receive AND just froze, unable to move, as the ball went by her head. She saw it, she could not move. I guess that was absence...

Thanks, Baymule.