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That's much better odds than I would have thought so thank you! My only bad breeding experience so far is I'm about 70% positive my doe that will be kidding any minute now might have gotten pregnant by her son (through a fence). Kids these days. No more shared fence lines, even with 3.5 month...

Yes!! This will be the first time I want a negative pregnancy test result from a goat. I actually have a few urine tests so will do one today but the blood test I ordered should be here tomorrow. If I overnight it, I'm hoping to have results by the end of the week.

Thank you!

Very good points. They never have feed or hay on the ground and if there ever is a spillage the chickens peck it up faster than I can grab it which is a huge plus. I think having a small flock in with the goats has been a great move tbh. And my apologies for the delay in response -- I have a doe...

Thank you! I'm so grateful for back up if we need it.

Thank you so much, @Hens and Roos. I should have pregnancy test results this week and I hope I'm totally wrong and just hallucinating. I have a kidding kit prepared (another doe due today, in fact) but this tiny girl, if pregnant, will only be my 4th goat midwifery experience and first so young...

Oh man... I bought a 5 month old ND doeling in July and a couple of days ago while she was sitting on my lap I could have sworn I felt babies in her chubby belly but dismissed it because that would be nuts. Today I tried to feel again because she's my only "fat" doeling out of 4 and I definitely...

Thank you! I definitely plan on growing a lot more forage for them, especially because we have an entire 2 acre meadow that is currently not in use. It's not fenced yet though so that's part of the hold up, at least as letting them forage free-range style. I'll be reading up on float testing...

We don't have a lot of those but I do give them free choice garlic and the eat lots of cedar and doug fir which I've read help, as well as seasonal birds foot trefoil. We have wild chives but I've never seen them eat them as they're on a farther part of the property they don't often frequent...

Very good point on being regional. I never even thought about that but it makes so much sense. Thank you. I have a microscope and slides and need to get the fecal float solution and the and odds and ends but everyone looks and acts great -- all high femacha scores, no one pale, etc. I do have a...

I got my first Nigerian Dwarf Dwarf just over a year ago and fell in love with the breed and bought more in December, March and July. Each of them were chemically dewormed by the breeder before purchase (I bought them all from the same place). With the wet season upon us, I need to make some...