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Nobody has any advice for me about the ducky :(?

Hello! I have a duckling who has decided I'm mommy. My neighbor found her in a parking lot and brought her to me to care for since she knows I have chickens and foster kittens etc. She's only about 10 days old at the most now. She sits with me every second possible haha and I even got a little...

My neighbor gave me a duckling she found in a parking lot. It seems like it was probably only a day old but is doing great! The only thing is I feel like she must be lonely. I had the idea to 'steal' a chick from my hen who's raising chicks and give it to the ducking so she can have a buddy. The...

Hi everyone! I checked in on my goats a little while ago and my doeling (about 8 weeks old) seems to have torn her disbudding scar off. It's totally gone and there is blood on the area but it isn't actively bleeding, just a spot of blood. Should I be worried or just keep an eye on her to watch...

Thanks for the help. The baby is 5 weeks. I currently don't have a good way to separate them but I'm thinking of getting a new area fenced in to separate them at least during the day. Today I tried milking at 2 and she was pretty full after only 6 hrs of no baby suckling so I'm worried she...

Hi everyone! Thanks for answering my huge number of questions! I just tried test taping yesterday to try to get my ND doe to give more milk. She gave a lot in my evening milking after being taped for about 6 hours. But then in the morning there was no milk at all after baby had he fill...

Thanks! I think she's beautiful myself ;). Kind of another topic but I taped her teats today and it went well and stayed on so far. Is it ok to tape her during the daytime or for the doelings development should she have milk all day and I would tape her at night? The doeling is around 5 weeks.

I finally got some pictures. I'm a beginner so I don't know what I'm doing haha but based on what I've read she seems in pretty good condition but maybe a bit skinny. Thanks for your opinions!

I'll try to get some pics a bit later to post. She wouldn't stand still before when I was trying to take her picture. She always think I must have food in my phone! I already bought a 50 lb bag of BOSS so I'll give it to her by the handful as treats maybe. I'd like to take her on walks in our...

The thing is I can tell she has more milk to give that I'm not able to get out of her. I had to get a Henry milker hand pump milker to use on her because that's what she was used to and she wouldn't put up with me milking by hand for long. I feel like the milker only gets like half and then I...

I get a little over a cup on a good day, most of it from the morning milking. That's if I get to her before the baby does in the morning. On a bad day it might be a quarter cup. I milk twice a day, hoping to keep production up. I'm hesitant to separate mom and baby because I only have the two...

Thanks for your quick reply! I read it would be huge but no one warned me about the stink! Glad I don't have to worry :).

I think I will increase her feed gradually and give her extra alfalfa pellets during the day. She tends to fish around the alfalfa for the grain whe in milking so often times she doesn't eat her alfalfa. The vet seems to be fairly knowledgable about goats. She gave me doseage recommendations...

Hi everyone. I have a broody who's been sitting for about 4 or 5 days. This is her first time sitting and my first time with a broody. Today when she got up for a break she did a really smelly poop. The eggs were a bit poopy too but not extreme. But when I saw her butt when she went back...

Thanks for the answers. The previous owner said to give her a scoop of the 'standard' scoops that they sell at tsc, up to the handle. I think she meant up to the 1 qt line. That's with the mix of grain and alfalfa pellets. Plus she would get some with the herd in the morning but probably no way...

Hi everyone! I just got my first ND doe in milk with her doeling a few weeks ago. The previous owner told me to mix one part textured feed (17/18%) with one part alfalfa pellets. She also said to add in BOSS but I wasn't sure the correct ratio. She's about 50 lbs and has a lot of varied...

Assuming I were to milk my goats for 2 milkings at 12 hours apart, do they care what time of day it is? Does anyone have experiences about how time of day affects them? Like, are they more relaxed and easy to milk if it's just after dawn, or could 8 or 9 work just as well? I'm assuming they...

I just noticed the spots of pee in the goats indoor area is red. I just got my first 2 Nigerian dwarf goats a week ago, a doe and her doeling. They're both acting perfectly fine, eating, poops are normal, energetic, bright eyes etc. I read on another forum the red pee could be caused by eating...

Hi everyone! Im not sure if im posting in the right section for a milking question... I just got a Nigerian dwarf doe in milk and her doeling. She kidded twins but the buckling sadly didn't make it. The previous owner milked her in the mornings to help keep production up for me. I've had her...

Thanks for the responses! Latestarter I think that's a few too many goats to start out with haha! I do want to grow my herd but I want to keep it manageable at first since I have absolutely no goat experience. I definitely would get at least 2 if it was from a different farm so they could all...