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Good morning all ☀️. First up, humblest apologies if I don't get back to you with feedback or a thank you. I'm in South Africa so very different time zone - it usually takes at least 12 hours, but often more for me to receive your answers/suggestions, and then implement them or do further...

Hello everyone, does anyone know why a doe's milk would start tasting goaty fresh from the udder? I thought she might be pregnant (our buck escaped a few months ago) but she's definitely not because she's just been in heat. Her milk has been goaty for about two weeks or so.

Hello everyone, I'm looking for suggestions to prevent/minimise feed (pellets) going to waste? I have NDG and Saanen (polled and horned). The NDG especially are naughty - they flip their "troughs" upside down and drag them around, so the feed ends up on the floor or wet if it rains or overnight...

Hi everyone ☀️ ... Just some background info - I currently treat (chemically) twice a year - beginning of summer, after the first good rains, and 6 months later - (the goat keepers around me deworm every 3-4 months - excessive I feel), and I rotate through the 3 different dewormers available to...

Hello everyone... My NDG is 5y.o (those aren't her babies - she's their granny 😊) and has kidded 4 times. They all free-range and have goat pellets twice a day. (I don't like giving them all their food at once because it attracts birds). They generally don't finish ALL their pellets so I don't...

Hello all, my one NDG mommy has just kidded for the first time. She cleaned the babies (sort of so I've dried them off with towels) but she is now lying in the other pen leaving her babies alone, not nursing or responding to their calls - how long can I "wait 'n see" before intervening? She's...

One of my does miscarried 3 months ago. First time it's happened on my farm and I won't lie, it's made me nervous to breed her again even though she's back to her old self. So my questions are: How long should I wait and what signs am I looking for before deciding to breed her again? TIA

Hi BYH, it's time for me to deworm my herd but one of my does is four months pregnant (babies are due between 26/8 and 4/9 ... Two questions: 1. Is it safe to deworm her? 2. Is there any time you shouldn't deworm a pregnant doe?

Happy 2021 homesteaders! 🤩 My mama is kidding for the 4th time and I've noticed that although her (earliest) due date is 26th January she's showing signs earlier than in her previous pregnancies. So I was wondering if it's possible for her to kid earlier without complications? She's had no...

My goats are on browse during the day (mostly wattle trees, some indigenous veld and the odd mulberry tree) and they get pellets twice a day. I adjust the pellets based on if there's any waste or absolutely none left (I like there to be a few pellets left which I interpret as they're getting...

My name is Bella, I quit corporate and moved to a three hectare small holding to become a full time farmer/homesteader three years ago at the age of 48. It's been brain gymnastics ever since! I'm not just learning something new every day but multiple things every day! I have two donkeys...