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We have made the difficult decision to rehome our LGDs. They are amazing guardians and currently protect our chickens and turkeys. They protected our goats in the past. We live in a highly populated area on a busy road. The predators that lurk outside our fence in the woods have really been...

I’ll start with I have no idea if this is the right place to post this. We have decided to sell all our goats. Everyone is spoken for except, Cash. He is a 2 year old, Nigerian Dwarf. He has blue eyes. We tested in February and all tests are negative. We are located in Duluth, GA...

As many of you know, we are relative newbies to all things goats. We bred our goats and had a poor kidding season. Our bucks are in rut and losing their minds (that’s assuming they had any to begin with). We want to breed soon for spring kids. We thought we’d see how things went and put...

We have a ND buck, Willie. We got him as an adult, back in January. He insists on rubbing his head, disbudded, on me specifically my shins. He is very forceful and it hurts. Is he just being sweet or is he trying to exert his dominance over me? Irregardless, how do I stop him? Here he...

Hey, I have a ND buck that insists on rubbing on me, specifically my calves, if that makes a difference. He is very determined and he hurts me. Is he just trying to be sweet? Or is he trying to exert his dominance over me? We purchased him as an adult. suggestions for stopping this...

Suggestions needed. Our 1 month old buckling needed to be weaned cold turkey from mom due to her having a health condition. If you think he can do without milk, I’ll just let him be completely weaned otherwise if he’s too young. I need help. I dont have anyone in milk nor do I live near...

Any experienced goat owner available. We have a newborn baby kid. He was a single born on Saturday morning. The deliver went smoothly. This is a summary of what has been going on. I'll work backwards. Tonight his temp is 103.4. Yesterday, I found worm in Dixie's poop. I called the vet...

How much weight should a new kid gain? Dixie is a first freshener plus this is our first kidding. I want to make sure baby is eating enough. I remember feeling this way as a new mom. My boobs didn’t have ounce marks so I could know if our baby boy was drinking enough. I feel the same way...

Day 145 is today for Dixie, a Nigerian Dwarf. She is a first freshener. Last weekend she looked like she had discharge. I’m a newbie so I’m not sure about her ligaments. I felt her then tipsy and can definitely feel a difference. Here are a few pics. Please advise me on what you think...

This morning during chores, my husband noticed that Tipsy seemed off. He told me and I looked at her and noticed she has cloudy mucous coming from one nostril. She has a dry cough sometimes but not all the time. I really assumed it had to do with her getting hay dust in her face when I’m...

As most things I do, this journal will be similar. Oftentimes, I do things a$$ backwards. We’ve been farming for about 2 years and I’ve been on this site as long but now I‘m just getting around to making a journal. I’ll try and keep it up to date. For anyone who made read this not having...

As most things I do, this journal will be similar. Oftentimes, I do things a$$ backwards. We’ve been farming for about 2 years and I’ve been on this site as long but now I‘m just getting around to making a journal. I’ll try and keep it up to date. For anyone who made read this not having...

I thought I’d ask how y’all prepare for terrible weather with your animals. We have lgds, goats and chickens. Everyone has shelter but they are outside. We are under tornado watches through the night.

It's so hard to find a vet that treats goats. I'm going to have a friend who is a vet tech come and help me draw blood for labs. For any of you in Georgia or near by, where do you send your bloodwork? If you happen to live in the Atlanta area, if you have a vet that will travel, I'd love...

Do you think my doe, Tipsy, is in heat? I bred her last month. She looks a little drippy this morning. Its not a very good picture but she isn't very cooperative.

What are the benefits of upgrading my membership? I couldn’t find that information when I searched. Second, how do I create a journal? Thanks for the help.

Hey All, I'm looking for a little advice. We recently got 3 new ND, 2 bucks and a doe, almost a year old. I was taking some online courses trying to learn more about our little ones. One of the courses was on copper deficiency. I was out later that day and noticed that one of the bucks, Wille...

We purchased 2 bucks a few weeks back. I wanted to get one that was polled. We thought we got one polled and one that wasn't. The breeder called me Friday because she realized we went home with the twin but not the polled one. We are newbies regarding goats so we wouldn't know the...

Our new doe, Dolly, is bred and due end of March/first of April. She won’t let me near her. What are your suggestions? Spend time with her and let her adjust or make her let me hold/touch her. She won’t take food from me or hay.

We are getting 2 boys tomorrow so that we can breed our girls. I'm very excited about this next step. We built a new goat shelter last Sunday so we have 2 separate areas. Here are a few pictures. Dixie thought dad need a little back massage while working.