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Alfalfa is so expensive and someone on Craigslist has posted pasture grass with alfalfa and wheat grass bales for sale . Would either of these be OK to feed my goats?

And all with gopher ears!! :love This little girl became chilled. We missed the birth and I think in the fray she got left out in the cold by mom. We spent a few hours tonight in the house warming and feeding her and hopefully she will be fine. This was her enjoying the dog bed in the...

I wasn't there for the birth and found her outside where mom had dropped her, she was partially dry but cold and listless. She will cry occasionally but then her head will droop and she makes no attempt to try and get up. Her two sisters are well and nursing on mom . We have warmed her up and...

I noticed when I was milking my doe that my hand kept getting wet with milk. I realized that she is actually leaking milk through the side of her teat, in possibly more than one place. If I squeeze the teat a drop of milk will ooze through the skin halfway up the teat. As far as I can tell it...

I have a buyer for my two 17 week old bucklings but they would like them wethered. Have I waited too long or can I still band? Also, I have read that I can give children's tylenol before. How much and in what form? And they have never had any shots, should I do CDT vaccine first? I'm very...

Can you please help me! I have the kit from Hoegger which comes with rennet tablets. Every recipe in her book calls for the liquid. Can anyone tell me how much of the tablet to use in how much water to replace the liquid? I have my milk and buttermilk all ready to make some chevre!

My poor Cupcake has a week to go and is as big as a house. She can hardly walk. Poor baby. She has had triplets the last two times, I'm thinking there's a good chance it may be quads this time.

This was our first time disbudding. We got a good copper ring on the blond doeling but did not burn the little buds off or do the x in the middle of the buds when we were done. When the scabs fell off it now looks like she has two little pink buds, not getting any bigger. The little doeling...

My doe's name is Indian Princess. Her Dam was Apache Tears and grandmother Jewel of the Desert. Any suggestions for her two doelings?

Disbudded for the first time last weekend. Not sure we were agressive enough. Got a copper ring on the buck bud did not do the figure 8 and not sure we went deep enough with the doeling (did a long time but no copper ring?) Iron was very hot. My question is, can we do it again if we notice...

My little Indian Princess delivered triplets tonight :love This little doeling is about half the size of the other two, I'm a little worried about her. She did nurse, but I had to help her. It's going to get down to 33 degrees tonight and I don't have little sweaters. They are in an enclosed...

My little doe is due on the 6th (although her udders doubled in size since yesterday and ligaments are almost gone), anyway I'm trying to figure out where to put her while she kids. I don't have a barn and my three does share a 4ft x 6 ft wooden shelter. I'm wanting to give her more space and...

Let me start by saying I am very confused about how to do anything with registering goats. I purchased 3 mini mancha goats one year ago all registered with TMGR as experimental. I do have the certificates of registration and the previous owner signed the transfer form (bill of sale) but I...

I have a 6 month old buckling intended for meat from the beginning but I put off castration until it was too late and he's still intact. He went into rut in October with my buck, not as bad as the buck but still peeing on himself. I've been waiting until he's big enough to justify the cost of...

I've never had to cut a scur before but it's starting to curl and go into my buck's skin. What tool do you recommend for trimming? And also, I have a milk stand, would that be the best way to keep him contained while doing this? How far do I trim? He's a very friendly guy but of course...

I separated my two does when one of them gave birth 9 weeks ago. They have been separated since, leaving my mama doe by herself with her kids. Now I want to put my two does back together again but they fight, like standing on their hind legs and ramming heads. Is this because of the babies...

The last time I trimmed my doe's hooves she had thick white stuff embedded in her hooves, I had to dig it out. I didn't notice an odor. She also seems to be favoring her back hooves like their hurting her. It has been raining a lot here, so the ground is moist, and it is hot. Could this be...

This little doeling is 9 weeks old and still doesn't have a name! Her Dam's name is Cupcake. I've never been crazy about the name but kind of wanted to keep with the dessert/snack theme. (We also have Cupcake's brother Coconut Macaroon, we call him Mac). But, I am open to any suggestions...

Since my doe kidded last week the kids seem to prefer one side over the other. Can I tape one side occasionally to prevent this and what do I use?

This waiting has been torture. We bought Cupcake in January and were told she was bred "around New Years". So, I estimated she would be due around May 29th (give or take). I've tried to check for ligaments (or lack thereof), but I just don't think I know what I'm feeling for. She doesn't...