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Almost a year ago I got a call from a man who rescued a baby goat dumped on RR tracks and I went and got him and bottle fed for 8 weeks. Scheduled appointment to have fixed but he had something going on causing bloating so put off and had worm testing done. Fast forward... we are now close to a...

Hello, been a while. I have 2 rescued Nubian goats who have had their hooves neglected. I started using my tool which is a snipper thing but some of the flaps are so thick it doesn't work, in fact, the back of the hooves have cartilage and is very tough to snip off. Any suggestions on another...

So a man noticed a baby goat down by RR tracks and saw it walking in very tight circle and crying loudly...he thought leg caught in track. Went down and picked him up...baby eyes still closed and ubmilical cord hanging. He took him home and got supplies to bottle feed. This baby got moved around...

My goat had triplets and they are now 2 1/2 weeks old. What is the vaccine schedule for kids? Thanks Kathy

Is there a way to sort of get an accurate weight of your goat without a scale? Similar to how people use a tape measure for their piggy? Thanks Kathy

My Lamacha goat has a brown, crusty discharge in one ear...any thoughts? Thanks Kathy

Needing advice for feeding in winter for goats... we live in Wisconsin and already have 8" of snow so grazing is over. Is there other stuff we should be feeding the goats other than hay? We have to buy our hay and it seems like we are going to go through tons this winter. We do have grain but we...

Ok, this is really weird and a little embarrassing to post but this goat has been doing this the past couple weeks... This Lamancha male goat has been "playing" with himself and then he lifts his head and curls his lips back and just stands there. What the heck is this all about? His penis...

I have two new Kiko does that have both kidded last season and have spent the last month with a buck. Is there a simple way to tell if either are pregnant? Thank you Kathy

I would like to breed my beautiful Boer girl and am not sure of the process (yes, I know she needs a male...lol) but at what age is appropriate and if I only have wethers how do you go about finding a male to breed her? Thank you in advance for your help! Kathy

We live in Wisconsin and get a lot of snow. We have mesh electric fence from Premier Fence and they said if we get more that a few inches of snow that we should not have it hot because it will short out. It is off right now and they are starting to climb through and get out. My question is can I...

I have a whethered Lamache goat that is bigger than the other 4 and he is constantly pushing them out of way of food, water, anything. I'm actually getting fed up with how he is behaving. I have a little Boer female that I'm sure he could hurt. Is it possible to "train" him or should I just...