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As most of y’all know, I’m having to decide which of my Nigerians to part with. I’m trying to set emotional attachments aside. I’ll give what pros and cons I have with each. It’ll take me some time to get pics of each. I’m going to post the dam and sire of the ones that we’ve raised. I ask...

As y’all know, life has been crazy. We have baby goats on the way out of a doe that I didn’t truly think was bred. The one I thought was bred isn’t. :idunno:barnie Also, after evaluating everyone tonight...(Thanks @Goat Whisperer for the reminder to check the calendar. I was focused on Calving...

We had previously expected Ella to have kittens but were mistaken. DH saw “the act” between Wilson and Ella about three weeks ago and then a stray yellow tabby tom last week and Ella. She’s bound to be expecting now. My research showed domestic feline gestations to be 58-63 days. Does anyone...

Calving on the Homestead starts soon. The first two are due Feb 11. Our Calving schedule for this year: 2/11Georgia (Grand Fortune) Gatlin (Destiny) 2/19Maxine (MWJ) 2/23Scarlett (Grand Fortune) 2/25 Maddie (Loaded for Bear) 2/28Ember (Destiny) 3/1 Bailey (Dakota Gold) 3/5...

Okay all y’all enablers! ;) DH has agreed to a horse or two once things settle down a bit. Maybe sometime next year. This leads me to having no idea where to start. I’ve ridden a few times but would classify as a beginner and so would DD1. I need info on breeds, genders, size, age, tack...

We are going to switch our cows to rotational grazing the first of the year. Getting the goats on the same track is also a goal but no current timeframe. I thought I’d see if anyone else has done any rotational grazing and any do’s or dont’s to share. We are researching but sometimes the...

Y’all know I am a softie and have difficulty saying no...I’m now raising 3 kittens that were dropped in the storm last night. They were soaking wet and cold when I got them. We dried them with towels that had been warmed in the dryer while they were en route to us. After they were mostly dry...

Have a Nigerian doe that looked “rough.” She’s nursing trips that are growing well and we are milking her once a day. Mucosal color is pale. Took a fecal to be checked to be safe and she came back positive for stomach worms and “a few coccidia.” Our typical regimen for this result would be...

I get to start a goat breeding thread!! I meant to start it before the fact but anyway, it’s a necessity now. Knight covered Caramel today. DH witnessed the act three times while they were together on two occasions. Since they are both ND, 145 days will be 10/5. This will be her 2F. She kidded...

As many of you know, we basically rescued a Nubian doe two nights ago from slaughter. Unfortunately, she’s in really rough shape and has an approximate survival chance of 50%. Blossom turned 5 in January and has ADGA papers. After being bought last spring to be a milk goat for bottle lambs...

We had the opportunity to see two goats milked with a machine at the same time on Fri evening. It was very fast. I don’t feel like cleaning the tubing makes it justifiable for milking two does (IMHO.) DH did ask me to go ahead and start gathering information. He’d like information from two...

As many of you know, I’m still fairly new to milking goats and learning. Diamond is the first doe that has freshened on the farm that I’ve milked. (Nellie’s kid was pulled and sold a week before I got her and she was only milked once a day until I could pick her up.) Diamond freshened for the...

I’ve been asked about Artificial Insemination or AI. I thought I’d start a thread that covers the basics and it could be developed from there. Feel free to ask any questions...if I don’t know the answer, I have several resources that I can use to get the answer. Semen: Semen is collected from...

It’s about time for breeding season! Cattle have a 9 month gestation and our first cow to calve cycled today. We don’t breed on the first heat following Calving but that means we need to get our breeding decisions lined out. Otis is our PB Simmental herd bull. He only has one calf on the...

I started to put this on the kidding thread but decided it fit better as a separate discussion here. Plans are in the works for a proper goat area with a covered loafing area with hay feeders and sleeping shelves, “dry lot” with toys and fresh water access connected to rotational paddocks...

The kids found these orange “balls” on the barn floor under the hay that’s loose from breaking open square bales. Anyway, there are easily thousands. I’ve never seen anything like them before and we can’t fhink of anything that we may have spilled or had around that they could be from. One in...

Chicken Noodle Soup 2 cups cooked chicken (diced or shredded) 8 cups chicken broth or stock 1 box Uncle Ben’s Wild Rice - Original 1/4 t pepper 1 T parsley flakes 2 cups sliced carrots 3 cups egg noodles My recipe is literally the ingredient list! Lol I use stock from the chicken if possible...

Since y’all seem to like Queenie ;) and I’m a little attached to her, I thought I’d start a thread to share our LGD stories and pics on. We do plan on adding at least one more LGD sometime this year. Queenie LOVES her human kids. She now makes a daily trip in the house to clean up any messes...

Diamond’s kids have sneezed a few times. They are two days old. They are all nursing well. No runny noses or nasal discharge. I even listened to lungs on two kids last night just to be sure and they are clear. (I’m a ICU RN. Boy, it’s hard to hear their lung sounds over their fast hearts!) They...

We have 11 cows due this spring so I thought I’d go ahead and put their pics and info here instead of in our journal. Our cows are all named, most know their names and come when called, and several have been shown. In a way, they are big pets! 2/9 Maizy* (Jesse James) 2/10 Maddie (Dakota...