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Sorry for venting here, but I really don't have anyone else to talk to about this, I have no farm-friendly friends, and my mate just thinks I'm over reacting. If you talked to me just two or three years ago and told me I'd be living on a farm, if have laughed in your face. But when my mate got...

My buck is useless, I'll start with that. So, this time, we bred our two does to a friend's buck. They were bred on Feb 6. Seems like they should have had babies by now if they were going to. But I was very convinced it took this time. They have been very territorial, stomping and actually...

So, at the first of April, we plan to do a mass testing on our herd. We are closing our herd, so no new animals, and we want to have everyone tested across the board so we start *hopefully* on a clean bill of health. We're planning to do CAE, CL, Johne's, and maybe Brucella? Do any of you do...

In case you haven't gathered by now, this is my first venture into milking goats. So, today, I got a whopping half pint of milk, and I felt like a ninja for a moment, because she tried to step in it, and I caught her foot mid-air and managed to milk one handed for a few minutes until my mate...

So, today was my first milking experience. went out at 6 a.m., fingers crossed, pail in hand, hoping that the kids didn't get out again. The goats were just waking up, and the babies hadn't started trying to find a way out yet. awesome! So, we got the lead, and took the first mama to the...

Hi all, I've been reading on BYH for awhile, but only just signed up tonight. You guys seem like a great crowd, and I was hoping you could give some advice. I did a lot of research on goats before getting them. But the set up we ended up getting threw us about ten steps ahead of the program. We...

I think I'm in the right spot for new member introductions. If not, I apologize, my phone makes some websites harder to navigate. Anyway, my mate and I live in concrete, wa. We have 2 kinder does in milk, 2 kinder doelings, a retired LaMancha doe, a hopefully pregnant LaMancha doe, and a pygmy...