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Simply wonderful. I love barns, any kind, old and new. I am a barn gal. :lol: We have many barsn from dedicated to hay only, tractors/equip barns, horse barns, goat barns, and separate kidding barns and more. truly there is nothing like a barn. feels so, I don't know, safe somehow. Yea...

beautiful dog and great for guarding. if you need it then that would be a great choice. being South anything with big furry coats sufferes down here. I see they come in smooth coat also. If needed I would def. consider that dog! At this point I lightened my herd load since we got out of...

I hear you on the 'do it yourself' We sell to the public. I must go thru a USDA certified processer to handle our meats for public sale. So I default and use Kev for everythign I do....but yes I can butcher and have. It is a great skill to learn how to preserve and make great meats...

I am the same. I never treat unless I know there is a true problem. runny nose. Heck I get them alot! :) If discharge is clear and the goat in general is happy, seems like a waste of time to treat yet. only if 'some other symptoms' happen would I investigate further. Keep an eye is the...

never eaten a pot belly pig. let us know how it goes in the taste dept. and amt. of meat you acquire when dressed. You are right tho with only 2 people to feed the bigger hogs are alot of meat at one time, BUT if you have a local processer you can raise the bigger hog, and sell 1/2 the meat...

:lol: I thought I read KIDS in a box. Expecting baby goats in some kind of box as a cute pic. :P pretty rabbit pic love the coloring

why goats? for me it was ethnic food preference for my area. sheep out, goats in. so I went into Boer kids.

never bottle fed. left all kids on does, but if a kid passed, she would cry and search for a while. not long. life moves forward very fast for goats. she will search a bit. call. but nature takes it course and her next breeding etc. will come into play and go forward. stress is not the...

goats are houdinis. that is for sure. I have tons of pasture so never truly did they 'try to escape'. problem was getting the head/horns thru the squares. Those PITAs I ductaped a pvc pipe to the horns. done with that. They are instinctly browsers, foragers, wanders. They are not a good...

Alpha doe will usually become the buck if needed. I saw this many times and crack up watching the herd. heck the alpha doe will even take on the buck sometimes :lol: that is even more hilarious to watch :P lol edited to say I found the pics of the kids. Absolutely adorable. The first...

Is she eating? Have you actually seen this goat nurse and eat? sometimes the doe refuses a kid for whatever reason and you don't notice they are not eating. Happened to me. but since it is 'about' 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 months old I would definitely do the fecal. The kid needs help fast. While it...

You know now. Check your wormers AND anything else you administer on pregnant does. So much can go wrong if you give that one wrong med. So sorry this happened. but any learning curve is going to happen on a farm and with birthing. I had my share. Read up on worming rotation and safety...

if she is ornamental and a farm pet, sure I would also go overboard for a fix. that black goat pic is a hoot! the hair is wild!

status I meant usage. Personal use for goat milk, use for meat in freezer, hair goats. that type of thing. probably worded that wrong lol personal use I would do more to keep livestock vs. cull. If commercial use I would cull for bottom line dollars most times pretty fast.

yup, we banded. so simple and easy. I never disbud my Boers. I like handles. I had a herd of 120 does. Never had but a few problems with horns being used as a weapon among themselves. Goats can be brutual. While it was easier not to disbud, the benefit of doing so was not worth the work...

I would not abort. Accidents while not intended by the farmer most times, it is better to let nature take its course. Sell the kid, freezer the kid, or keep as needed. One breed back is my rule, if I ever use that rule. While this is 'very loose' rule on who to breed back, only under certain...

Zero and I mean, 0 tolerance for livestock predidation from dogs. We have shot many loose dogs. ONLY if it is needed. We lost 10 goats to wild pack. 1 dead, 9 I had to shoot because of horrible wounds. Guts ripped open, broken legs and more. Any and all predators are just that, toast if...

I am sinus. All about allergy and weather pressure and miserable. Then I got a 6 yr old in school. If I am fine, oh yea, she brings home somthing. :lol: Is it more allergy or something else you just can't get over?

:thumbsup Santa (is on his way!)

sure sign, discharge most times. Unless you see that mucus nothing will happen. when that string appears the it is gonna happen soon, how soon? :celebrate.. when I have been fooled many times.