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...So recently I "learned" something from "THE EXPERTS", in quotes because I now have my doubts on both statements, that I accepted and applied, without much rational thought on my part. Conventional Wisdom tells us that goat parasites, really all parasites, are developing resistence to...

"Young Rider's Guide To Buying a Horse or Pony" by Leslie Ward. Full color paperback. 87 pages copyright 1996 This is a very nice book, that I bought for my daughter some years ago, for a youngster that wants a horse. It is a paperback with a least 1 picture on every page, all full color...

Now I was sure that this particular doe wouldn't be the first doe in the group to kid...But I was wrong...She kidded yesterday, nearly 2 weeks before I figured she was due. She is a fullblood and this is her first kidding so I never know what to expect because I have no previous data, on which...

Tuesday I am officially out of the pigs business, at least until next spring. Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner have a date at the slaughterhouse and I can hardly wait to to see how deliciously they have turned out. I bought them this spring as feeder pigs from a friend of mine. They are a duroc...

So last night was the first night of this "workshop". 5 counties in Indiana, 4 counties in Michigan, and 4 counties in Kentucky, all involved in Video/powerpoint/video conference workshop put on by Purdue University and Kentucky State University. It will be 4 workshops of 3 hours each...

So at BYC, I get this little email notification when I have a waiting new PM. I have checked and Rechecked both my account here and my account there and can see no differences, on privacy/notification/anthing in my profile settings. So Why Do I get Them from BYC and Not BYH ?? Most likely...

As some of you know, I have been waiting for my last 2 groups of does to be "ready" to kid. Wednesday night I couldn't take it any longer and moved the first group into the barn, to settle them in for kidding. Thursday morning around 1130 I went into the barn to find these 2 little devils...

So this is the first year my son showed a goat at the 4H level....I gave him 5 steps to follow for a sucessful show. Now I will share them with you: 1. walk into the arena with the goat.... Try not to trip over you own feet and hold on to the goat....and remember to breathe. 2. meet...

This little guy was born 04/13/10. His dam is an 88% ABGA doe and he is her first kid. His sire is a fullblood USBGA billy straight from SA lines. Although he is technically a 94% registerable buckling He Will Not Be Registered. But if you are looking for a solid billy with SA blood without...

So yesterday a fellow and his son came to the house to look at one of my wethers to show for 4H...I explained that he is a very nice animal, probably not a champion but in the top of its class, at the county level anyway.....He/his son loved it....Here is the catch....His son had shown goats...

So yesterday one of my best does kidded. She had waited almost 2 weeks beyond when I thought she was due. She had twins, 2 boys, 1 not fully delevloped,dead, and the other wrapped in the remains of his brother, he died too shortly after he hit the ground....... Hey it happens Nothing you can...

I'm sure most of you have heard/read/taken this course...But if not here is the link...I took it over the course of a week, several months ago, and learned alot of new things and brushed up on some "old facts" ....Anyway for those that haven't... http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/training/qa.html

Well I'm only a week late but I have been extremely busy, the weather thing....12/6/9 The 3rd doe of the fall Y series kidded. Lizzy had a big buckling kid. This is also her 2nd Y series kid, she kidded 1/27/9,her first was a very nice paint doeling that was added to my doe herd...So Get ready...

While I was in the house posting pictures of Y22...Y23 was born...His mother (Missy) had him standing and nursing by the time I got to the barn....This is her second Y kid also she kidded 1/20/09, she had a very nice traditional doeling that was added to my doe herd...He is traditionally marked...

Sissy one of my grade does(boer) had the first kid of the fall...Actually this is her second kid of 09...She kidded 1/27/09 and raised a large doeling that was added to my doe herd, she was bred to my paint billy...This time she was bred to my fullblood Ivan billy and she threw another...

So , yeah, I know I was going to downsize for winter, As usual....BUT.....A friend of mine, a mini rex breeder, is retiring and selling out....He called me this morning to ask if I wanted to look what he had before he "put them on the open market"....I thought " Why Not?"....Wrong answer....I...

I use the hands off approach, I guess, to breeding my rabbits. I put the nest box in the cage at 29 days...I fill the box with a good quality grass hay...the doe jumps in almost immediately and begins to eat some of the hay making a hole in the middle. She then starts the hair pulling to line...

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I was raised on a farm taking care of animals....Now I have my own"farm"and my own herds....I never remember ticks being a problem, much less even seeing a tick on anything but a dog. But this year I've removed a couple ticks from several several of my goats...and no telling how many are left...

This is Ivan he is a fullblood Boer billy born 12/10/8...He is double registered USBGA/ABGA...and he is mine now....His pedigree includes 7 enoblements...which include: Eggsfile,Concho,Tabu,Wobbles...You will be seeing this exceptional animal on the show circuit soon...as soon as he does his job...