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Has anyone heard of or used Teff hay for their horses? Our feed store just started carrying it. They say it is good for horses but I was hoping to find people who are not bias to give me their opinion.

we have a 1 year old dwarf lion head. Up until a few days ago he was eating fine. Pellets and timothy hay. Then all of a sudden he stopped eating. He is drinking water still and is running around acting normal. He will eat fruit and celery. I'm not sure what type of lettuce is safe to try. I...

My husband and I are going to look at a horse tonight that was posted on CL. The person said that he has lost a lot of weight in the last month. They have wormed him and had "someone look at his teeth" and they said they "didn't look to bad" They are giving him away because they are unable to...

We have three milk does. 1 Alpine 1 Nubian 1 Saanen. We love our big goats and the amount of milk they give us. The Saanen is now a pet because of on going breeding/birthing problem and we are having trouble getting our Alpine bread. Nubian is fine. The Opportunity fell into my lap to day to get...

So I have a question. We have been feeding Chaffhaye for 2 or 3 months now to our goats. We bought some this week and returned it because when we opened the bags It smells like straight vinegar and it is super wet almost like you could ring it out. There was also none of the white stuff on it...

Hello all!! We have a Saanen (Cookie) and her buck kid (Tuffy) who is almost 5mo old. Due to bad kidding problems that the previous owners did not worn us about we have to retire Cookie to pet status. We have been trying to decide if we are going to have Tuffy castrated (at the vet office) or...

I bought a used pasteurizer on ebay but it didn't come with a book on how to use it. We tested it and the timer works and it holds the water at a constant 145 degerees. How long should I hold it at this temp? the timer goes for 2hours but I thought it only needed to be held at that temp for an...

This is our first time with having kids, and I am not sure when I should start worming him. Is there a better product for young goats?

Hello! We live in Southern Arizona and have been trying to find someone with Saanens for sale. I have found only one lady however she wants quite a bit for hers. We are not looking to use them for show or anything. We just use our goats for milk , cheese and soap for our family as my son is...

We have a chance to get a little buck (nubian/togg) that we would keep for breeding our own goats with when he is older, so that every season we dont have to find a buck to use. My question is can you take him from his mom after a week (that is the soonest we can pick him up) and make him a...

I live in the middle of no where on the out skirts of Tucson Az. Yesterday am we were driving down our dirt road when I saw a little white ball in the road. To our horror it turned out to be a very tiny white domestic bunny!! He was hopping around unable to see, do to his eyes completely...

Hello to all!! I am always on here about my goats but today we got a new family member and I know very little about him. I live in the middle of no where on the out skirts of Tucson Az. This am we were driving down our dirt road when I saw a little white ball in the road. To our horror it...

I just noticed today that 2 of my goats seem to have thinning hair on their backs and the rest of their hair is dull looking and a bit wiry. One is an Alpine and the other is a Saanen. We have not changed their diet(alfalfa hay daily, and grain only on the stand every other day). Our other goat...

As I am fairly new to the goat thing (7 mo.) I try and read a lot to learn about what my herd needs, but so much is conflicting. Right now I'm trying to find out do I need to have free choice sodium bicarbonate? I have free choice Manna pro loose minerals, but I have read they need the SB also...

We have found a great produce share program where we donate $10.00 and we get 60lb YES 60lb of produce. I have given out some and saved some for us I would like to give some as treat for our goats but I'm not sure what is safe. I know not to give anything like broccoli. cauliflower, cabbage...

We got our Alpine Oreo in July. She was in with a large herd including a buck the lady said favored Oreo. So She said that Oreo may have been bread. We have had no signs of her being pregnant, with exception of her milk production started going down a month ago. We went from about 4 qts to 2qts...