Recent content by SDBoerGoats

That most certainly isn’t true. I adopted a Male German Shepherd from Ohio (I live in Oregon). He was 2 1-2 years old and had been abused and starved. He only weighed 56 pounds when the rescue got him. I have family and friends in Ohio who knew my old dog had passed and they insisted I take...

Yes German Shepherds bark a lot. They are bred to guard and they are alert to everything. I have owned German Shepherds for 20 years and only had one that rarely barked. He passed away in July at 13. German Shepherds are high energy dogs with a strong prey drive and will need training. Some...

Ashley, I feel my SIL was honest, he even set up an appointment to talk with her about handling him. He didn't sell this buck to get rid of him. HE really liked him a lot, and he actually sold his whole herd that he was keeping here, does and all, totaling 35 goats. I am working with this...

Well, my SIL had made an appointment with her for his pickup and for the express reason of explaining his different behavior problems. ( I found this out after I called to tell them she had picked him up and left a check.) He lives out of state. She called to tell me she was coming on the...

Hi there, been gone a while.....:cool: but still raising Boer goats! I had asked about a buck I owned last year, who was getting agressive and nasty. He was smashing gates, harassing the other bucks etc. Well, he was sold about 2 months ago. And the lady who bought him calls me all the time...

Same here, Kiko crosses are being advertised right now for $250. The buck is an import from New Zealand and the Boer side is an African Import but they go for good money. I think she has proven herself somewhat having such a large baby is good, along with her easy kidding and good hooves...

Do you want them for milking? Or pets? You have quite a few bucks, and all different. If you just want them for pets, it doesn't matter I don't think. I keep adding goats too, but mine are Boer, some registered and some not. And Kiko. But they are strictly meat goats, and goats the kids show at...

Congrats on the babies! I had some stubborn ones too this year, but I was more stubborn cause I didn't want any bottle babies!

I live in a selenium deficient area too and every one who raises goats around here tells me to do the same thing, give selenium 5 weeks before hand. I gave all my does the shot 5 weeks before kidding and all the newborns a shot of like a half a cc when born, with no ill effects. I had babies...

I'm interested in your feeders. Are they the design from Premier? They look sort of like them but I see you have them up against a wall. And the holes in the feeder panels look bigger. I ordered the feeder panels from Premier and made the fenceline feeders and I love the concept of being able to...

Sorry to not get back to post, 3 does decided to all kid within 30 to 45 minutes of each other, I have been busy.:barnie A cold snap moved in with high winds, not a good time for kidding. :( BUT good news about the little girl.:weee I brought her in, got her warm and nursing. Took her back with...

What about magic Mix? I'll have to find my recipe.....

OK, I'm back. Could only get one ounce of colostrum from Spicey which is odd, she is a very heavy milker. The baby drank it eagerly. We put Spicey back on the stand and gave her some grain and got about 2 ounces. However, now the doeling is refusing to drink. She was shivering so I brought her...

Spicey kidded this morning, true to form, no clue she was going to. Large twins, the doeling is extremely large boned, I thought she was a buckling. She holds her head down and cries, like she can't raise her head. I milked the doe and gave her milk in a syringe and she will suck the syringe and...

last year when we had to bottle feed the doeling, the baby wanted to stay with the herd and be with her mama, so we let her stay, she came to the fence for her bottles. But Pixie didn't really care what happened to her. The baby was a survivor, she slept with mom and brother whether her mom...