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I need some help from someone experienced with trains and goats! If someone lives next to a railroad track and the trains go by regularly with horns blowing... will goats adjust to it or will they always freak out? Anyone?

Hi all! I haven't been on here in ages due to a very busy life but I'm now new to cattle and have some learning to do! :) My mini jersey had a heifer calf in June this year. I am wanting to rebreed but she's nursing the calf and the bull is 1 1/2 hours away. The only sign that my cow has come...

I have just gotten our first cow... heifer calf actually. She is a miniature Jersey and is 9 months old. I have llamas, goats, chickens and have had horses but she's my first cow. I generally do not give a lot of shots or medication for my animals unless it's necessary. I have no idea what...

I have a Nigerian buck that has scurs. One of the scurs is growing back and is going to end up growing into his skull. He is one year old. Can I use horse nippers to cut off the end a little at a time?

I haven't been here in ages but have an issue I need some experienced help with. I have a female llama I bred to an experienced, proven male in July of 2012. She did not have a cria... she never appeared to be pregnant but we did not verify with ultrasound or blood test. She has had...

I have a nine year old Nubian doe who apparently has mastitis on one side only of her udder. I've used Today on that side and it seem to clear up for a few weeks but she never got milk on that side. I'm milking her other side and getting 3/4 gallon a day from the good side. I felt a small...

I have a seven week old Nubian buckling. His belly button is sticking out... a lot. Maybe it's a type of hernia? I haven't seen this before in any of my goats. It's soft and doesn't seem to bother him at all. Is there anything I should do or just leave it?

I upload my pictures to Photobucket and have always posted them from there to here. Photobucket changed some things and now I can't them to post from there to here. Anyone know why or what I need to do?

Probably a stupid question but this is the first time I've bottle fed babies... a friend gave me her unused Pritchard nipples (yellow with red tip). There doesn't appear to be a whole in the end am I supposed to cut an 'x' in the end or just cut off part of the end?

My Nubian doe just gave birth to twins. I got out to the barn and found a doeling wet but doing well; the buckling was still in the sac and not breathing. I broke open the sack and got his head/nose clear. Nothing. I gave him mouth to nose/mouth and he finally took a breath. I've held him...

Fourteen years, eight months ago we brought home an eight week old rescue puppy; part German Shepherd and part ??? He was 85 lbs. of pure love and devotion to our family for almost 15 years. He helped raise our eight children and lots of foster children. He protected our farm animals...

Got it solved.

So, my city boy hubby who has become a country boy after I moved him to the country :D has decided that we need to raise our own beef next year. He's talked with one person who has a lot more acreage than we have and has a good experience doing this for a couple years. My relatives all had...

I hope other cities around the country follow their lead as they allow people to become more self sufficient in a huge city's limits. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/28306885/detail.html

There's always something new to learn with animals. One of the (several) things this year, that I've not experienced before, is having one of my best milk goats teats actually be smaller this year after freshening than any of her past years (this is her third freshening). She's an Alpine. I...

I banded my Nubian buckling. I have Nigis (who come into heat every month and I don't want them bred by a Nubian). How long do I need to continue to keep him separated from the girls to make absolutely 100% sure that he cannot breed any of them?

I thought I'd share a few pictures of my spring kids... These are my first two - purebred Nubian. The red is a buckling, the black one is a doeling: My Nigi had twins three days ago. Here's her doeling: And her always hungry buckling: My Alpine gave me twin doelings yesterday - their...

I've been milking goats for almost two years so I do have experience with the 'normal' issues. This is new for me.. my Alpine doe's milk is off flavor this year. It is the typical goaty flavor but not real strong... just enough that it is very noticeable and we'd rather not drink it. I'm...

My dog had a run in with a skunk the other night. That's not my Ahhhhh! It appears that the skunk is living under our chicken coop (found a freshly dug hole). The chickens are completely safe so that's also not the issue. The issue is that there is also fresh skunk poo in the barn... so...

My four week old female cria has a white, not clear, nasal discharge today; it's mostly on one side. I have never had this in my llamas before... does anyone have ideas? She is acting just fine in all behaviors. She was in the pasture overnight and it rained almost all night long. They...