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    Keeping the herd together

    Thanks Latestarter, that was pretty comprehensive and informative. purplequeenvt, I do need to separate the cria, he was making an attempt yesterday at one of the females, she put an end to it pretty quick. I do have a small pen that I can separate one male and one female into. I will definitely...
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    Keeping the herd together

    I have 3 males, 3 females, one male cria (about 1 year old) and a Llama. I currently have the males together in one pasture, and the females, cria, and llama in a different pasture. I plan on separating them, one male to one female in May for breeding. How long should I leave them separated for...
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    Generic Kinder ?

    Hi, been a while since I've been on here, like the changes. I have been raising and milking dairy goats for a while. I just sold off some kids and my Oberhasli, but I still have two does, I was told they were Alpine Nubian mixes, but they don't look anything like my sisters Nubians. I am the...
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    what age is safe to transport

    One of my does had a litter on July 4th. My brother is buying the doe and kits. He wants to come pick them up tomorrow. I'm thinking that may be to early and cause to much stress on the mother and kits. What age is OK to let him take them? He lives about 20 miles from me, eight miles of it is...
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    Goat processing photo tutorial - GRAPHIC

    Thanks for posting this. I wish I had checked the site regularly, this would have been helpful a couple weeks ago. Now I have 5 kids I'm fattening up. How long does it take for the chickens to clean the head? Myke
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    Doe not lifting? *VIDEO*

    FarmerBoy24, Good luck, I have the same problem. Somebody suggested adding vinegar to the does water.Not sure what kind (apple cider, straight vinegar or whatever other type) or how much. Hopefully somebody else has some better advice than me. Myke
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    Bucks not falling?

    I've put my does in with my bucks , the does don't assume the position, the bucks are quite enthusiastic, but don't fall off, I waited and put them together again 8 hours later, the does both started squealing right away and were trying to bite the bucks. Any ideas? My wife is starting to get...
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    Help needed

    Last week I was feeding my rabbits and noticed my buck had his head at a weird angle, didn't think much about it. It seems to be getting worse. I included a picture. Now his head is at almost a 90 degree angle of where it normally is. He hasn't been eating, drinking or pooping as much as he...
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    Finally a Live Litter

    After 1 year of unsuccessful breeding's and litters dying in the first three days I have a litter with 4 survivors at two weeks.
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    Help Needed Doe died (kits still alive)

    They all died. Wife was heartbroken but we have another litter due this weekend
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    New litter picture

    the last 2 died this afternoon. Not sure what went wrong. We were feeding them Kitten Milk Replacer morning and night, There bellies seemed full and they were pretty active. Then went to check them this afternoon and they were cold. Hopefully my other doe has better luck, she's due to have a...
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    New litter picture

    Had a new problem arise today. My wife went to check the kits when she got home, the doe squealed at her and died. We are attempting to eyedropper feed them now. We brought them inside, so hopefully we can save them.
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    Help Needed Doe died (kits still alive)

    Thanks, It took a minute, but they are starting to eat. One peed on me. My daughter thought that was pretty funny.
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    Help Needed Doe died (kits still alive)

    My doe had 5 live kits Wednesday. This morning (Friday) one of the kits was dead. This afternoon my wife went out to check on them and the nest box was tipped over, the doe was laying still, my wife asked the doe why she knocked the nest box over and the doe squealed and by the time I got out...
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    New litter picture

    brentr, the kits are one day old. The doe did not pull any hair. In fact, she had the kits on the floor of the cage and didn't use the nest box. I put them in the nest box yesterday when I got home from work. My wife wants to put a blanket or something in the nest box. I am going to the feed...
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    New litter picture

    I'm not great with a camera and my wife doesn't have a macro lens (not sure what that means) Picture was taken at 6:00 PM, so they aren't overly fat, but they seem to be moving around quite a bit. This doe (Californian 17 to 18 months old) hasn't been a good mother and has lost 2 or 3 litters...
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    another liiter today

    Got home today all five kits are still squirming and bouncing around. They are not fat, but it's 5:18 here, so it's been quite a few hours since morning feeding and a couple hours till evening feeding. Thanks for responding yankee'n'moxie. Myke
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    another liiter today

    One of my does had kits. I put a nest box in her cage Saturday. When I got home from work I checked and she didn't pull any fur and had the kits on the wire floor. There are 5 wiggling around and normal sized. There were two that seemed about half the size of the other five, they were dead. This...
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    when to check litter

    They were in the nest box, covered in fur and straw, they looked well fed, not wrinkly. It was her 2nd litter, the first was about August of last year, they are Californians. I did breed my second doe today, I will re-breed this doe in two weeks. Myke
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    when to check litter

    Just fed the rabbits, all three kits died last night?:(
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