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I've never kept a barn cat, so this is new territory for me. Though all feed is kept in metal bins, I am noticing mice and mouse droppings around. Traps work, sometimes. I am never going to put down poison, so that won't be a method of control. I am bringing home a kitten August 4th, when she...

Ahoy, all! It has been a long while since I've surfed about on BYH. I mostly stick to BYC. But kidding has finally begun! I had triplets born here on March 13th. Two doelings and a buckling. All three have their father's blue eyed (that is 7 out of 7 kids born to him that are blue eyed)! Their...

I got a bottle of multimin 90 from vetserv today, and have already put it to work. Everything I read online was that the goat dose is 1mL per 100lbs. So today all my goats got weighed, and each got a dose according to their weight. One thing I haven't been able to find is how long should it...

Just to start off, I know the only true way to find out if the lad is polled is to breed him and see if polled kids pop out. But I am interested to hear your thoughts on if he is potentially polled or not! I just added this little Nigerian Dwarf buckling to my herd, to bring in some new...

I have a question, if anyone has any experience with it. Mostly regarding taking goat kids out to visit with people and how to prepare. In a nutshell, my grandmother lives at an assisted side of a nursing home. She was hugely excited when the kids were born last week, and I printed out some...

Yoko kidded yesterday evening :weee . She was a champ through the entire thing. She is a first freshener and I am a newbie to the birthing process. The girl came first and she was malpositioned (sideways!), but with a little help getting oriented, it all went well. The little boy came second...

So when you shell out $400 for a brand new steel milking stand with all the works, you should expect to receive a flawless piece of work, right? Right?! Apparently, this is not the case in my case. Yep, I hemorrhaged all that money expecting a nice, function stand. But one critical defect has...

Ya'll might've seen this if you're on BYC. But I figured I'd cross post. My doe, Sunnybrook Yoko, is due to pop on the 8th. That is her day 145! I am certain of her due date, because she only spent one day with my buck George. I am such an anxious new mother! I bought a wireless security camera...

I was wondering, when do you think it would be possible to auscultate a heartbeat on fetal kids? My doe Yoko is on day 82. I know it will be a tad difficult, given how loud healthy rumen sounds can be. I am hoping that if I listen on the right side, I might hear something, since the rumen...

Can a goat begin to show her pregnancy as early as two months? Because my girl Yoko is looking quite round most of the time. Or she could be getting fat in a non pregnancy way (I hope not). I know it could also be her rumen, but before, even after she filled herself with a load of hay, she never...

I know in the winter, critters tend to drink less. Fresh, ice free water is critical, I know. But what about adding a bit of hot water to their grain to make kind of a hot mash? My girls each get a small portion of grain (a 50/50 mix of Dumor sweet textured feed and Dumor pelleted feed (not...

I am personally having a bit of difficulty getting a a few blood samples off of my buck, George. I want to test my entire herd for CAE, Johne's, and CL, just so I know I have a clean slate. His neck feels as if it is solid muscle. I can sometimes palpate the jugular vein to get the sample from...

My aunt just sent this to me. She keeps llamas and alpacas, but this caught her attention, since I keep goats. "Elderly man who has an 11 year old (more or less) female guard llama that he would like to rehome. He is single, lives alone, and is having health problems. The llama is currently in...

I've always enjoyed looking at other people's blogs. I only just got one of my own, for my little goat herd. Would anyone like to share their goat blog here, so we can all poke around? Mine is here, the Mini Yooper Goats . My first posts are just introducing the goats of my lil herd, thus far...

So I really want to take a good picture of each of my goats. A side profile, something with their whole body and shows them level. Easier said than done!!!! Of these pictures of George, which do you think is the best? What is your opinion on his conformation? I would shave him, but I think...

Ever since I began the process of banding my wether's horns (after a fatal accident involving his horns and a collar on another goat, my fault for leaving the collar on), his trust in me has been completely crushed. He was never a touchy goat, he'd never been socialized as a kid really. But he...

So I've been considering adding a new doe to my small herd. I guess I will do so sooner than I thought. AND I will also be adding a buck laddie to my herd, too! I wasn't planning on a buck this year, but I couldn't pass him up. He is coming from the same herd that the doe is, but he is not...

What would you do/say if you saw an animal whose hooves looked like this: And it was at a place open to the public, such as a fair or zoo? I may not be an expert in equids, but the hooves of this donkey/zebra mix were all incredibly overgrown and in need of some real care. The animal was...

I have a few questions, if anyone could help me. I am splitting a meat goat with my sister, we're planning on purchasing one from the 4H auction at the local fair tomorrow. We already know which processor we are sending him too (they pick the animals up right from the fair and are the most...

I just took weights on my two Nigerian Dwarf girls, and am a bit surprised at much much they do NOT weigh. Hefting them, I really thought they weighed more. I stood on a scale and held them for a weigh, subtracting my weight (which I took right then for accuracy). Unless the scale is off...