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    Keeping goat and sheep?

    I have 2 lambs (9 month old wethers) and 1 female goat. They get along fine. They love to play tag. Barbie (the goat) has been trying to teach the boys to head butt. They couldn't seem to get it because goats and sheep butt differently, so now they just gently touch heads. I have been...
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    NEED HELP WITH NEW GOAT.

    Around here I have seen people tie ropes to their horns quite often in order to control them. It doesn't seem quite right to me.
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    NEED HELP WITH NEW GOAT.

    drdolittle, Your little ND's are so cute.
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    NEED HELP WITH NEW GOAT.

    I would like to thank everyone for the information. I know not to feed goat food to my sheep. I had planned on getting minerals for her and giving those to her separately from the sheep. I will make sure she gets goat food and hay. It looks like I got more "don't" milk than "do" milk. I did...
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    NEED HELP WITH NEW GOAT.

    One of our neighbors found a female goat in bad shape at his front door yesterday. After trying to find her owner he brought it to us and asked if we could take it because we have 'goats'. We actually have 2 pet lambs that we bottle fed, but took the goat because she really needed help. I put...
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    Newborn lamb, no mother. Need advice.

    My little lamb(Ben) is doing good now. We were given another little lamb (Chase) that is about 4 days younger than the first one. It took a couple of days, but they are buds now and both are doing well. They are half brothers. Same father. Ben and Chase Chase Ben
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    Newborn lamb, no mother. Need advice.

    I think it might be a long trip for him, I am in Texas.:frow
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    Newborn lamb, no mother. Need advice.

    Thank you SheepGirl, we are feeding him the replacer. He doesn't seem to want as much of it as it recommends. I am not sure if we should push him to eat more than he wants. He seems really thin to me, but I don't know how he should be. The guy we got him from isn't really a farmer and I...
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    Newborn lamb, no mother. Need advice.

    I just got a newborn lamb. He was born Sunday. His mother had someting wrong with her udders and couldn't nurse him. They put him in my arms and said if somebody doesn't feed him, he will die. What else could I do but take him home. I gave him goats milk the first night while I tried...
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