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    Adult Doe with Diarrhea

    My does are currently not at home but at a breeder to be bred. I was contacted this morning saying one of my does was very ill. Found in a puddle of watery diarrhea this morning. Said she was fine at night check about 11 last night. I am not close by about an hour and a half and bringing the...
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    2 Silver Fox Californian Cross. one male one female

    Have 2 left from last litter. 12 weeks old. These guys are getting big and need to go to make room. Female is black and silvered out and male is solid black. Friendly and in good health. Will be getting pictures husband has the camera stashed somewhere and I can't find it. Let me know if...
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    Silver Fox Doe For Sale South West Ohio

    Selling my Silver Fox Doe with pedigree. She is not the friendliest rabbit ever but got her half grown and not handled much and just haven't had nor taken the time to work on taming her. She has had one litter of 3 kits all died due to lack of care from first time mom. Asking 35 for her but...
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    How often to try to breed two untried rabbits?

    So my silver foxes are 5.5 months now and I tried to breed them last night. My buck was super excited and beside himself trying to do the deed including the poor girls head.... I had great luck with my last rabbits breeding first go around even though by buck was much smaller than my doe. I...
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    My Silver Foxes *Pic Heavy*

    So went and got these two today. Went there to get two does but ended up with a doe and a buck unfortunately of the same litter the breeder has just started with these guys and only has one doe and buck. But they were very reasonably priced so in the long run it will be fine. The buck was...
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    Premier1 Electric Fencing

    Does anyone use the Premier1 Fencing to keep their goats and sheep in? Looking to use it as a primary fence to be able to get goats again and use it for their pasture during the day only. If you use it...Is it durable? Does high wind knock it over? Do you use the solar charger or the 110...
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    Mastitis?

    My saanen mix doe is one and a half. She was running with a buck from november to march. My pygmy already kidded so I didn't think that the smaller buck got the job done. Now she has started to build a small udder but it is uneven. Of course possibility one is that she is going to kid within...
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    How Much Blood?

    My pygmy doe just had her baby! Single Doeling placenta already passed so she is the only one. Momma seems to be bleeding an awful lot how much is normal? Thanks. I will update with pictures because that little girl is the cutest thing I have ever seen! (Ok maybe I'm biased)
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    Balding Goat

    Less than a week ago my goat started balding as first i thought it was extreme shedding but now she has very little hair on her back. large chunks of hair coming out at once. She was wormed with Ivermectin on sunday. Any advice tips ideas. I've had a really bad day and don't want to spend...
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    Pooch Pictures Wondering if Prego

    Have had my two does since last spring and hopefully they were both bred this fall... One is a saanen mix the other is a pygmy. Dad is a pygmy same size as my female pygmy and I am not sure if he got the job done on my large doe. They all ran free together for over 3 months. Got my buck in...
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    How much to feed a doe throughout pregnancy

    Getting ready to breed my doe this weekend and am wondering how much to feed at different stages. She always has acted the pig and right now I limit her pellets to about I would guess is less than 3/4 cup. she gets free choice grass hay and lots of water. I have tried to cut back her pellets...
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    How old of a buck?

    Looking to breed my dairy girl for this coming spring and am just going to get a young buck so that i don't have to have one screaming girl left at home. I want something young so i can work on manners before he gets too big, though i'm going to get a pygmy for space reasons. I have a chance...
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    Goat Size

    I have been looking every where to see if there is a chart out there that tells you how large each breed of goat is supposed to be at x months. I just want to make sure that my girls are on track and hope to breed my dairy doe a little later this fall when she is 9 months but want to make sure...
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    Possible New Horse Owner

    I have an oppotunity to get a nice QH mare all that i have left to do is figure out some sort of boarding arrangement. Problem is i have only ever fed other peoples horses and have no clue how to figure out how much feed mine would need! Of course i have people that can help me but i'd like...
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    broken horn?

    well went out to bring the girls in and one was allready out so got some grain and she came running. while i was checking them over for injuries i discovered that my dairy doe has broken off the the outside of her horns tips off. she is a saanen/alpine doe about 4 months old now i think she...
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    banding horns

    my doelings horns are now about an inch long and i have been told that i can band them since she is too far along to disbud. i do not know anyone in the area with goats and since she is my first goat i do not know how to band the horns. how long do the horns need to be before i can band? i...
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    Making Minis

    I just goat my first two goats both are does one is a pygmy and the other a saanen/alpine. I would like for their babies to pay for their feed for the year and am wondering what is the best breed to breed them to? how much is a goat stud? I am willing to pay a decent stud fee especially...
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    Stock Yards.....

    I dont want to be shot but i was thinking about going to the stockyard nearby to get another goat. Should i be shot? lol what is the likely hood i will bring home a disease to my other goat? How could i quantine this new goat? The only reason why i would consider going is that my aunt used to...
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    Many Multiple Questions

    New to goats and need to start getting everything in order.... I have a adoreable 9 week old saanen/alpine doe and want to have her dehorned she has about 1/2 an inch of horn. what are my dehorning options? She could also use a bit of a hoof trim not much but i would like to get her used to...
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    Dehorning

    I recently got a little 8 week old doe and am wondering she has half an inch of horn can i still have her dehorned? also some goat books say to cut their wattles off since other goats may suck on them is she too old for this also? thanks
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