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… do you disinfect teats and then use balm? Or do you balm and then disinfect? Winter cold and wind in my world are so drying, that I will need to use a balm to keep my girl from chapping. What I haven’t found is guidance in whether I apply moisturizing balm before or after disinfecting her...

On recommendations here, I picked up some fly spray for the goats. We had a ton of rain this spring and the flies and mosquitos are horrible. The spray I picked up has pyrethrins and seems to work a little. I am a bit alarmed that it cautions against getting it on skin, even though it is...

Goats have been here for ten-ish days. I have learned an important lesson. Do not have a wooden floor. I had a couple of large wooden pallets that I thought the goats would find more comfortable than the gravel pad the barn sits on. To make them more cushy, I picked up a couple of rubber...

With goats’ metabolism being so weird and very few commercial formulas specific to them, I need a fly spray that’s safe to use on dairy goats. With the wet spring warming up, mosquitos and deer flies are out. I’d like something I can use on my girls to keep the nasty-bities off and still use...

Now that the new girl lets me milk, I’ve been obsessed with preventing mastitis. The post-milking spray I have is chlorhexadrine. I have used it myself as a pre-surgical body wash. It strips moisture so bad that I hate using it. Plus, a spray comes out cold, no matter what - very unpleasant...

I brought home my doe in milk and one of her littles yesterday. The baby is dam-raised and still nurses. What I’m hoping I didn’t screw up is the relationship with mama-goat. In my paranoia about her udder filling too much, I tried milking her this morning. It did not go well. The baby (8...

I stumbled across this brand on my quest to find a good quality feed for the best price. The mill is in Texas and the feed is considerably less expensive than other brands I’ve looked at - by $2 to $5 per 50. The nutritional breakdown seems good. For my needs - a lactating doe and one of her...

I am finally getting my goats in June. A doe in milk and one of her doe kids born last week. As I make lists for things I need, what are your recommendations for a loose mineral? Also, as I pull together a first aid kit, what items would you absolutely not start without? I am planning to have...

Not a food recipe, but I missed the "miscellaneous" category. My project for this winter is to make my own soap. I've been reading/studying the process, so I'm pretty comfortable with tackling that part (cold process). I still need a few utensils and containers for handling. What I need now is...

I was referred here by the Back Yard Chickens gang. No herd critters yet, but that’s because I still need a barn to shelter them from predators at night. Once I have the barn on place, I’ll be adding Kinder goats to my little slice of heaven. When that happens, I’m sure I’ll be much more pesky...