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I gave my doe her CDT shot on Jan 29th. I expect her to kid before 30 days after her shot date but her due date is not certain. If she goes past 30 days, do I need to give her another shot? Do the kids need shots when they are born? I've had goats for years but only recently started giving the...

I wonder what they would think of bathing. I doubt they will be thrilled with that idea. They aren't getting any more head scratches from me until they are cleaned up a little!

Not just dirt, lol. They are smelly and sticky from the buck. This is his first rut. I'm so not looking forward to his rut next year since they usually get a more potent smell as time goes on...

Our buck is in rut and is currently being run with our does. We've had bucks in with does previously and while the buck has gotten gross and nasty as one expects with a buck in rut, our does have always stayed relatively clean. Not this year. My does are almost as disgusting as my buck! Has...

I don't mind leaving grain out but they share a pasture with our goats and there is no way the goats would let the sheep anywhere near a pan of grain, lol! They do see the goats getting scratched and petted by us and I think that has helped. Maybe I should put the goats in a different pasture...

We've had sheep before but always in large enough numbers that they've been reasonably easy to work without a dog.

We have four young katahdin ewes that we've had for about a month now. They are pretty wild. They won't run now unless we get within 20ft of them (they used to run anytime they saw us in the pasture). We have them in our second smallest pasture but even when they were in our smallest space, we...

Hopper's lopsided udder: My eager buckling Rufus (who I think needs a name change to Elvis based on his awesome hairdo).

I know he is capable as far as sexually mature enough. He's just much smaller than my does and I'm not sure he can reach without standing on a couple phone books, lol. I'll try to get a picture of her udder tomorrow.

I don't think my doe is bred though it is possible. She is about 1.5 yrs old. I have a young buckling (about 8 months old) in with the girls though we haven't seen any mating behavior and he is still a bit short to accomplish the job. This particular doe's udder is getting bigger but only on one...

We have some barley we are going to start with for the goats and chickens as well as some mung beans for our own consumption. We have it set up in the garage right now but we have a place it could be set up inside our house if it doesn't go well in the garage. Right now we only have a dozen...

What area of California did you come from?

I have our fodder system almost set up. I have the water tubing currently set up so that each tray has its own individual water tube (we also plan on adding another level when we need more fodder), but I was wondering if that will be putting too much water on the lower levels. Since the trays...

We left California about 7 months ago and had to leave my goats behind. We all especially miss our buck, Nibbles. We got some young does several months ago and I've been keeping an eye out for a buck as my girls started getting older. My husband convinced me that we should get another bottle...

He is adorable! I have a six week old buckling as well and he is still on a bottle twice a day as well as eating hay. I know people who wean from milk at 6 weeks, but I personally think that is too young. I don't wean mine until 10-12 weeks. The few time I have sold bottle babies and they have...

Thanks for the replies. I suppose it's possible they didnt recognize her. It was dark when I went out and we usually lock the does up in their stall around dusk so they aren't out in full dark. We had them all out together for a while today while we were out there with them and things were just...

Right now they are in an area about 2 acres.

Last night, I went out to give our bottle buckling his bottle and look in on our does. When I got into the stall where the goats stay during the night, one of them wasn't there which is very unusual. I called for her but she didn't come. I went out to look for her and found her laying out in...

One of my does is showing a very odd attraction to one of our LGDs today. He was laying down this morning and she was nosing around in his fur and pawing at him. When he stood up, she was nosing around under his belly and just generally being oddly lovey towards him. I thought earlier this week...

I am going to try to get injectable B1 today. We couldn't last night because all farm stores were closed already. If all I can get is the b complex, is it better to give that or continue giving the oral B1?