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I just read thru all 14 pages in one sitting too. Very gross pictures but as you said everyone was warned. Hope I never go thru that myself. I just wanted to add that I had a doe that had no apparent injury to 1/2 of her udder but every time she kidded I could never get any milk out of one...

This is the first year that I have gotten girls (only 2 this year) so I will find out what my buck is contributing. He has so far given me about 95% boys. Still waiting for a girl year..... Edited to say: This is the first year that I have gotten girls to survive birth. I have gotten girls...

yes I dam raise. hoping the babies pulling and nursing will make the teats bigger.

Both of them are well bred dairy lines. They aren't just "goats from down the road". one of them has kidded 4 times and raised her babies. I was hoping her teats would get bigger but it hasn't happened yet for her. Now I have another doe that kidded 3 weeks ago that I am trying to milk. I have a...

I'm not sure how the electro net works but if the net is touching the ground it was probably grounded out and not much current was getting the animal.

girls will mount girls too. some of it is play. some is dominance stuff.

I have two mini manchas does that I want to milk. However they both have very tiny teats. Is this common in all F1 mini Manchas ? How can I get larger teats that I can actually grasp and not have to "two-finger"?

Hot wire to separate them is not a good idea. I once had a mare that was separated from other horses that she knew (had been pastured with them all summer) by an electric fence. They were separated for the winter because one guy did not think his horses needed to eat what the other horses were...

is there a way you can cover the front of the cage while you mow? I once had rabbits in all stages of pregnancy and babies in the nest......(over 50 does ) behind a barn. There was a tree that was in danger of falling on the barn that needed to be cut down. I covered the cages with some...

I buy hay from a local guy that lives right around the corner from me. He has a lot of lezpedeza (sp) in his hay. Is this a good hay to feed my goats? I read somewhere that that plant is good to help control worms. Is that correct? Is there any way to find out what the nutrition level is in hay?

Southern....How much do you want a Togg? I have a Mini Togg buck that I could be selling. he is not registered (could be I was told) but from good lines. I could get more info on his bloodline. Of course any body else interested could get in touch with me too.

I ran out of hay once and since I was already feeding a mixture of beet pulp/alfalfa/hay stretcher I just fed them that for a day or two until I could get some more hay. The goats loved it but ended up with dirty butts and soft stools. Hay cleared them right up.

One way to keep from being mobbed at feeding time is get a bucket you can put a lid on and snap it on. The goats are getting "rewarded" for bad behavior by getting a taste of feed every time they mob you. If you have a lid on the bucket and they don't get a taste they will eventually stop...

How old is the dog and how long has this been going on? Is it possible he has something in his eye like a small piece of hay or dirt?

Things you would need for grooming would be a slicker brush (brush with fine wire bristles that are bent at the end) pair of nail clippers, metal comb, ear cleaner and cotton balls. Don't get the brushes with the rubber/plastic on the tips of the bristles. They are useless for grooming and a...