I have been on the prowl for a registered sweet gold & white Nigerian doeling and today we found her! Now we just have to wait for her to be weaned, which is going to be sooo hard.
We chose the name Saffron Spice, so full name will be Happy Hoof's Saffron Spice. Our first goat this year we...
I can't believe what I am reading on this local kijiji ad. Someone advertising their "unmatched genetics" anatolian shepard that later on admits is crossed with malamute and lab. Has had two litters and advertising as "next litter will be outrageous". Then selling because she wants her to go to...
Any tips on getting a lethagic pup going. I have them in heated box and trying goat's milk with blackstrap molasses in a bottle but not much for a suck reflex, they seem pretty weak. Really need to get them going, especially the one that's tummy looks empty. Help please!
Winnie was a real champ again and had beautiful puppies yesterday. She of course had to move out of the nice nest I had built and headed into the straw half way through whelping but she moved them all carefully and has them all positioned nicely now. 8 is perfect because they all have a spot at...
Ughh...As I am expecting a litter out of Winnie the Pyr any day now, I was going over her condition and looking for any signs and discovered a bald patch under her collar on her neck and I suspect it is mange as I had those symptoms on some of my herd. I dosed everyone with ivermec in the flock...
So I went out to feed the dogs after dinner and found out my Nubian FF Poppy had her baby....a cute little doeling! :celebrate she had cleaned her off well but was still doing a lot of pawing after she passed the afterbirth and had stomped the little one a couple times. She seemed completely...
My daughter (6.5 yr old) is wanting to start showing Nigerian Dwarf goats this year (very casually and just for fun at this point) but we are switching over to registered nigerians and so need to come up with a herd name. We would love to hear some feedback from fellow goat lovers, suggestions...
I bought this cutie pie buckling…I just couldn't resist. Can't wait to see his babies! He comes from milky lines, is a triplet and has tons of personality. He's absolutely perfect, I just love that dark chocolate colouring with the blue eyes.
Trying to figure out a name - Herd name is "Country...
My precious Scarlette looks a mess right now. Earlier this week I noticed the hair on her neck thinning…I thought it was just from it rubbing on the bars of the feeder. Now she looks a real mess..big patches of hair falling out everywhere, especially on her back and hindquarters. The hair falls...
Well some of you may know I was expecting our fourth child right in the middle of our lambing time. Well 3 of the sheep did in fact beat me to it but have paused for me to have my beautiful baby boy on Feb 18th, his due date. Everything went very smoothly and baby was born on the farm with his...
Just went outside to find triplet ewelings…great way to start the year. Too bad it is the coldest day of the year but they are in a jug with two heat lamps now and dry.
Well the sheep won the contest as to who was going to have babies first….oh well. All are about the same size but one is a...
I am in quite a pickle. Winnie had her litter of pups at the very end of August and feeding 9 puppies really took a toll on her. She did end up losing a lot of weight and even lost a lot of her coat. Once the puppies had gone to their new homes (12-14 weeks) she started improving and looks...
I have been watching my Nigerian doe Scarlette closely for the last couple days and noticed a bit of swelling in her girls bits and just went out and checked her and we have lots of goo. We have moved her into a kennel surround by straw bales in a deep clean straw and under a heat lamp. I am...
I have a situation and not sure what to do and would love some input. I recently had a litter of puppies with my Great Pyrenees. I have put lots of time into communicating and screening homes to ensure all the pups are going to suitable homes. Sorry about the novel but trying to give a balanced...
Okay, I finally got around to posting some pics of Samspon and Winnie's puppies. They are so adorable and I am so thrilled to have found homes that really seem to match their characters....so worth turning down people and waiting for the right families for the right dogs. Here's an adorable girl...
I have had some challenges with my male Pyr Sampson as my ram is now breeding the ewes. Since the frost has hit I have come into the pasture a couple times and found my ram cut off from the herd of ewes and pressed into a corner with lot of slobber on his chest, no blood or injuries but...
Well Winnie delivered 10 white Pyr pups yesterday! :weee Definitely no surprise genetics as they are all pure white and nearly identical. Unfortunately one didn't make it through the night, not sure what happened, a big darling female. :hit I know its all part of being on a farm and we don't...
I made a big batch of goat's feta for the first time and was hoping it would turn out....and it did! Just in time for the garden tomatoes to ripen too! My 5 year old culinary adventurist is having her second helping for BREAKFAST! She's such a funny kid...the only kid that begs there mom to not...
So today I let my Pyrs into the pasture with my cow and calf after getting used to eachother through the fence over the past couple months. They have been in before but I wanted to seperate the Pyrs as our female is due to welp at the end of the week and I wanted to give her a safe cozy place to...
I have a big holstein bull calf who is has turned a medium brown (think milk chocolate colour). My Jersey cow loves him and licks him all the time and they are in the pasture full time so I am guessing he is fading in the sun? Anyone had anything like this before? They do have a cattle...