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  1. Jaime

    NorthRidge Farm. Getting into Goats!

    A little information about myself. I live on a small family farm on 37 acres of land located in western NY. We've raised poultry, swine, beef/jersey cows, and equine. Just last year we recently got into goats, more specifically Nigerian Dwarfs. We started out with two wethers just as pets, but...
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    Question about the "polled" Gene

    I had bought a Registered Nigerian dwarf doe last winter, and recently I've started to do some looking around in her lineage and found out that both of her parents were polled, but on her papers she is dis-budded. So my question is is it possible to breed a polled goat to another polled goat and...
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    Goat adopting 2 week old kid?

    I recently had a goat pass a premi stillborn kid a week ago. I had her separate from the herd two days after that to let her recover and then put her back in the herd with everyone else. Two and a half weeks ago her sister had quads, (one didn't make it) She seems to have been making enough for...
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    Goat standing weird with abscesses on neck

    I have a friend who i'm posting this for. She has a goat that has had abscesses on it's neck for months. it started out as just one but they seem to be all over his neck now. They've had vets come out to check him. he tested negative for CL. We've lanced them. The puss is very "chunky" And...
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    Was offered some sheep..

    Yikes, So my Grandfather came up to me yesterday and told me he had a friend who's having a hard time keeping his two pet sheep, And was wondering if I could take them in? Now, I've never raised sheep before, Just pigs, Horses, and Goats.. What are they like? What type of housing do they need...
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    New and need help.

    Hello Hello, My name is Jaime and I am Very new to goats. and while feeding and checking on my poultry (Since it had snowed almost a foot worth of snow) I noticed that one of my dad's goats was walking awkwardly. At first it look almost like it was broken so I went into their pen to check it...
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