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    goats don't like their "dry shelter"

    That's so strange, I've always read and been told that goats can't stand to be wet. Was it raining lightly? sometimes when the rain is light, mine will go and eat their hay or browse, but for the most part, they won't leave their shelter when it's raining. They'll probably come out if I put...
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    new to cows and questions

    LOL, you'll probably never take my advice again, but here goes :P I would put that buck in with the bottle baby calf :P I did that for a while, and they got to be best friends :P Then you can put that bottle baby goat in with the wethers *and see how they act* before deciding you want another...
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    bottlefeed baby question

    I apologize, sometimes I forget we all have different setups and I skipped over the buck part. My bucks are usually all separated from my doesn, so my original advice didn't include the buck. I'm sorry, I made a mistake :( the other posters are right, you shouldn't put her in with a buck. The...
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    is she eating anough?

    I go by how they look. Can you post a picture of her? How is she acting? If she's lethargic and not growing well, I'd give her more. If she's energetic, acting normal, and growing well, I'd keep her where she is so she can start drinking water and grazing. The more milk you give, the less...
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    bottlefeed baby question

    They should be fine. Well, I've had kids and very young babies in the same area together and they got along fine. Of course mom was there, but they still played and slept together. Why not try and put baby outside with them and stay a while to supervise? If she's not going to be an inside goat...
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    water heaters

    I use a submergeable heater for the cows. But for the goats, I carry out a bucket of hot water for each pen, twice a day, and also bust the ice on top of their regular water container. The nubians will drink it hot, they actually like it on really cold mornings, especially kids. It was...
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    bottlefeed baby question

    In this warm weather I wouldn't even consider keeping a bottle baby in the house. But that's just me, I realize that. Even in the winter, I'd be very hard pressed to keep her in the house. They do pretty well as long as they have a good shelter that will keep them out of the wind and rain, and...
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    Milking sheep?

    when I was looking I couldn't even find a milk sheep :/ Any East Friesan owners out there?
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    A new calf

    Awwww, so cute :) Congratulations!
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    Baby goats and Chickens together??

    My chickens visit my goats in their pen all the time. I never see them on the waterers, but I see them drinking out of the waterers. I guess it's at the right height :)
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    Calcium Help Please

    I was taught that you're supposed to withhold calcium for two months prior to kidding, and then after kidding, add back the calcium. So while my goats always had mineral blocks, I didn't give ready-to-kid does any alfalfa hay or alfalfa pellets until after they kidded. Also, have a tube of...
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    Fencing question!

    I have one goat field that's fenced in with seven strands of hotwire. It works really well.
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    herd advice needed

    I have two bucks penned together, and they get along fine. One is a bit bigger than the other. Both don't have horns. I wouldn't mix a horned with a hornless goat. I don't keep one buck because IMOHO a lonely buck is an unhappy and troublesome buck. I keep two for that reason.
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    Goat Horns

    For me, horns would be a deal-breaker on a potential herd addition, even with the best milking bloodlines.
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    Salt block?

    I'd get some labels from cow blocks and see if you can find something comparable with copper in it. Or provide a copper suppement. To answer your original question: I keep out a loose mineral for goats, and no salt block.
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    Temporary fence for kids

    I wouldn't use cattle panel. I'd spend the money on the goat panels because the kids can walk right though the cattle panel and you'll have to spend the same amount of money reinforcing it so that the kids can't get though. JMOHO. You'll only need four panels for a while. They're so tiny :)
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    Finally Kidded yesterday (pics pg. 1)!

    Congratulations on the pretty pair :)
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    Who is glad it's not witnter!

    You know, I'm sick of this heat already :P I never have to worry about any of my animals freezing to death. They do very well in the winter. OTOH, I'm worried about all of them in this heat, especially the rabbits. I think one of them is gonna keel over in this heat. I don't remember being...
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    I'm considering buying a buck....any advice?

    Freemotion, you're not alone. There are many goats here that I would love to lease, but like you, I'm encountering closed herds. They're for sale only. I don't blame them. I don't lease out my bucks either and someone asked if they could bring a doe here and have my buck breed her and I said...
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    Grey Wolves back in the news.

    I'm going under the standpoint that they are illegal to kill. I didn't mean to get into the politics of hunting :P I'm not against hunting them at all. Their population does need to be controlled for the reasons you mentioned. I don't want them mulitplying to the point of coming out of their...
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