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I didn’t know which forum. Not really an emergency. I have 2 nigies and 2 Nubians. In December we bought a BEAUTIFUL little Nigerian dwarf. She was 3 months pregnant. She gave birth Valentine’s Day. Her last month of pregnancy her hair got a bit bristly but not bad. Same after she had her kids...

I have 2 kids. Mama is nursing them and they are doing great. The babies are just wild. The mom was a bottle baby and we are out with the babies all the time but they are just not friendly. We are trying to separate the babies from mom for a couple hours then milk mom and feed the milk to the...

We brought home a clearly pregnant Nigerian dwarf. She is due end of February. We just noticed her eyes are a bit watery. She was digging around a few flakes of Alfalfa while we were there so could it be Allergies? Or Pink eye? What can we do that won’t affect/hurt the babies? Thanks!

We just picked up our doe from her breeding. Owner of the buck said it was successful and there was a lot of action. She's home with her fellow does. This is my first time with a pregnant goat. What are the dos and donts? She has free access to an acre of pasture and gets hay every morning. Is...

Please help! I had a few rubber surgical gloves out because a few goats have colds and I use a different glove for each goat. I had 2 gloves (I'm absolutely sure it was 2) when I looked over to see one of my goats chomping on something big. I didn't think much of it because she had just been...

I currently have 4 goats. 1 mini Alpine doe, 1 Pygmy wether, and 2 Nubian/Boer does. One of our Nubian/Boers, Lucy, has been aggressive towards kids and sometimes adults. She is 1 1/2 and has never been "aggressive" in fact, she has always been that "I'm not leaving your side till you give me...

I was checking on my goats when Lucy my Nubian jumped up and I saw a flaky bald spot. I put some Fur-Zone on the bald spot. That's when I noticed her sister had it too. I did the same thing for her. Any idea what this is and how to treat it?! Oh and I thought it might just be a goat thing so I...

We have 3 does, a mini alpine/Nigerian dwarf, and two Nubian/Boer crosses. We bought the Nubian Boers for the floppy ears and the alpine cross for milk. With a house filled with 9 people I think we need a little more milk. The two need to have a little more of a purpose (other than looking cute)...