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    Mini Boers

    I feel like this is probably just some sort of marketing scheme for someone with smaller than average boer goats. Instead of saying that they have small boer goats for sale, they are attempting to cover up the flaw in the "purebred" stock by marketing them as "mini". I'm pretty well versed on...
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    Llamas and LGD Working Together

    I would NOT recommend it. Llamas are herd animals and just like a father becomes defensive and protective over a family a llama does the exact same. The goats are his family and often times that bond takes a bit to establish. Proper guard llamas are raised in a llama herd until they are two...
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    Is she a standard size or mini pygmy? *pics*

    If she does have fainter in her she will breed FINE :) seeing as both pygmy and fainters are noted for kidding ease :) and as for the beard... back when I bred fainters I selectively bred for the does to have beards :lol:
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    sick goat again

    I won't agrue its against my nature....I did what I thought I had to and all the vets in my county felt that i should enact a worming regimine. I plan to go back to my old way which is medicate as needed once I am confident in my abilities to read fecals. It is impractical to have my vets do it...
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    sick goat again

    I used to agree but in commercial production it is better as a preventative measure. I used to worm as needed though worms can be sneaky and unless you do a fecal analysis every few weeks which to be honest isn't a bad proposition... it is very difficult to keep your goats healthy. Though I also...
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    Thanks everyone. It means alot, being a small holder it is alot harder to lose an animal than if I was a commercial produce, financially and emotionally. And the only place she didn't have hair was on the back of her neck where she rubs it eating out of the hay feeder. And yes her hair was corse...
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    Kidding watch thread - Spotty Mini Nubian- New Vid pg 15

    I read this whole thread hoping for amazing baby pics at the end... the suspense!!! totally staying tunned. Good luck. She is huge by the way. She is wider than most of my fullsize nubians when they are bred and they usually have trips lol
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    Suggestions please

    Meat- virtually any breed of cow can provide plenty of meat for a family with maybe zebu cattle etc. Milk- Millking shorthorn are amazing, randall lineback, simmental, santa gertrudis(though rarely used for milk) all three though not amazing milkers will provide MORE than enough. Dual purpose-...
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    Suggestions Pease

    I've raised most of the common breeds of goats and i've studied the breeds ever since I was old enough to read and my parents bought me a book. I enjoy learning about the different breeds but anyway.... Meat- Boer or Savannah are for the most part the largest weight wise, though true mytonic...
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    Unfortunately, despite my constant battle to try and keep her alive. She past :(
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    *update* so she is up and fine. with the exception of her looking thin you would never know a thing. Vet diagnosis: she thinks that my goat has ulccers! She said that the ulccers might be contributing to her not being able to gain weight, which naturally lowers her immune system. Which makes her...
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    no definently not. All my goats are very calm and have their ocial order figured out and all buds
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    yes they are fine and recently trimmed
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    See I thought the same thing but the vet said over the phone that though it could be bloat there are a lot of other things it could be that are more likely :th ugh. I hate this helpess feeling, thanks by the way.
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    Please assist. . . Sick Nubian

    Ok, so usually I don't ask for advice, I go straight to a vet. Well this sickness...whatever it is she has was just so sudden! The vets aren't able to see her today, and frankly im worried. The closest vet is over an hour away and we might meet half way the lady said but she just is not sure...
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    sick goat again

    This may not be my place to say...after all I am no vet, but my vet said whip worms are really bad little parasites. dogs are usually what they are seen in most. The problem with them is they bury their eggs in the ground and will stay their for up to ten years, hatching when the conditions are...
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    Is she pregnant? How can you know?

    Its been my experience that it simply depends on the goat. They are all quite different. Much like us. One doe may have swollen vulva cause she is pregnant and the other may have it cause she is in heat or they may have it both while in heat and while pregnant. I hope for your sake she is...
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    Pig Fencing and pasture size!

    for your fence question I would think so. My family has horse and keep them in with one electrical strand at chest height and its not even turned on half the time so i guess it depends on how calm your horses are. as for pigs it should do fine I would think. but pigs get big and are known to...
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    Does anyone do anything Special On New Years Eve or New Years?

    I always go to my brothers house. Mainly my immediately family, their spouses or significant other. We hang out have a couple drinks( not much just to let in the New Year). Then we hook up sing star(like a playstation game from back in the late 90s) :lol: we all sing.. none of us are good but it...
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