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Hello, My husband and I are taking the hike from south to north Florida (no mean feat in such a long state!) in a couple of weeks to pick up our Southdown Babydoll Sheep (brother and sister, 8 weeks old). We presently have 2 goats, 2 Akbash dogs, 2 cats, 3 tortoises, 3 donkeys, and 40+...

Our mini donkey is due in September (we think--we bought her pregnant). Last night she suffered some sort of trauma when we were out (I also lost two chickens). Don't know what happened, but she ended up with a leg caught on her halter. We got home, removed the bent halter, then checked for...

We have two mini donkeys--a jennet and her foal. We also have two young goats and lots of chickens. When we first got our donkeys, they did not like the goats. The mother bit one of the goats (not hard enough to do damage, but it gave a clear message). However, now, less than a month later, the...

My little Rosie (7 month old mini-donkey jennet foal) expresses a certain "interest" in my baby goats. The goats are 2 months old and as sweet and innocent as ever. They have no fear of anything. The goats and donkeys (Rosie and her mom) are usually fine when together out in the back yard, but...

My mini Nubians suck down their bottle so quickly and act like they're starving even after they finish. I know I can start giving them grain, but I'm not sure what that means. I hate to ask such a stupid question, but what type of grain is meant when people say to give goats as young as one week...

I am afraid my twin 10 day old mini Nubians may both be in the early stages of scours. I had to switch back and forth between their mom's milk and cow's milk a couple times and I'm afraid that may have been tough on their systems. Their lose, yellow stool has just begun, but I want to treat it...

Hello, I've read all about how dangerous it is to overfeed kids, and I've checked the recommended feeding schedules for baby goats, but my week old mini-Nubians act like they're starving still when I feed the suggested quantities. Should I feed them as much as they seem to want, or cut them off...

Can I bottle feed them powdered whole goat's milk? Or is the pasteurized goat's milk I buy in the store better? My concern is that the store goat's milk is low fat. I assume I'd have to add some fat of some sort in that. I've also used whole cow's milk, which they seem to enjoy. I can't help...