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No, I haven't made a decision yet. I can't address the issue because it is too wet.😭 I am in a sea of mud. Every step my horses take they sink up to their correnet band at best, in the worst halfway to their knees. I am so overwhelmed by all this mud! I am kicking myself for letting my husband...

Wood chip mulch is a good idea. I could give that a try. I hadn't thought about that. I have been thinking sand. Thanks.

Good morning all, I am trying to come up with a plan for an arena space with safe footing at home. I only own 5 acres, and currently only two acres are fenced. My place used to be row crop land that was terraced, so my place rolls down from a hill on the north where the 2 acre pasture is, to...

After owning and keeping horses for over 40 years, my recommendations is to keep horses as naturally as possible. Horses are meant to be free ranging, not stalled. I have a run-in for shelter and my little herd has a 2 acre field. I feed very little grain, my crew eats primarily grass/hay...

Such a cute baby!

Good morning everyone, After five long lonely years, I am the proud owner of horses again. I have a lovely little AQHA mare and a pair of mini geldings to keep her company. It's been 25 years since I kept a horse at home. I kept my previous horse in a large boarding facility on the east coast...

So here is a pick of her udder before I milked her this morning. Such a cute little udder. The problem is or was the left.

Poppy's udder was so much better this afternoon that I forgot to get a picture. I was able to get a good stream and multiple squirts from the problem side between pauses to massage her udder. It was also a lot softer. The teat was bigger and was filling with milk this afternoon. I milked her at...

Ok, so sorry if this is TMI, but I breast fed both my children, and I look at these problems through that lens. I believe she has a blocked milk duct. I can get a little bit out, a thin stream for a couple of squirts, massage and get another couple of thin squirts...The other side has a good...

My first freshener Poppy is having an udder issue. One teat is not filling with milk, it hasn't gotten larger like the other teat. I can get a tiny bit of milk from it, but at this point.not much. The kids are both nursing from the other side. She has way more milk than they need at this point...

My first freshener Poppy is having an udder issue. One teat is not filling with milk, it hasn't gotten larger like the other teat. I can get a tiny bit of milk from it, but at this point.not much. The kids are both nursing from the other side. She has way more milk than they need at this point...

I am specifically looking for goat food. I can get organic chicken feed easily, but nothing else. My chickens free range, so they don't go through to much feed. I have nice pasture with a variety of legumes, grasses and weeds. But does in milk often need more, especially during winter. I was...

Good morning? I see there is very little activity on this organic goat forum. Why is that? I would like to be purely GMO free, but it is very difficult where I live. I would love to hear what organics/ gmo free products others are using and where you are finding them. Thanks everyone.

Congratulations on your cute little doe.

Well Poppy delivered two big boys without any trouble. Both have nursed enthusiastically, so I am going to bed for a good nights sleep!

So we have severe weather, and Poppy has contractions 2 minutes apart. Its going to be an interesting evening.

Poppy is sooo ready to pop. I have been getting up and checking on her every couple of hours at night. Maybe tonight will be the night. :pop Her udder looks like its going to burst and she has ditches on either side of her tail head/spine. Come on babies, momma needs some sleep.

So, Poppy lost her plug last night. I got up every hour last night to check on her. I went home to check her on my lunch...I will be exhausted before these babies get here.

Very interesting, this doe came to me very thin and deficient, going bald, ect... I will give her time and more supplements.