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Not quite sure if this is the right forum for this subject or not. Does anyone know which season & episode this is: Rowdy is held hostage by a gang in a deserted town, and one of the gang pretends to be a good guy and barber, & tricks Rowdy into believing he will help him. His henchmen tie Rowdy...

I tried out making a batch of simple lemon cheese (http://www.cheesemaking.com/store/pg/49-Lemon-Cheese.html) from my goat milk. Different amounts than the link since I had less milk. Scalded it, added lemon juice, let it separate, and drained off the whey. It turned out AWESOME! I have a quart...

Can anybody with experience tell me if this doe looks pregnant? Sorry I don't have better pictures yet. She is a Nigerian Dwarf, 8 months old. The buck (also 8 months) hopped the fence at the end of January. She is the smallest of the three does I have (all the same age), so any weight gain...

If anybody has a goat raising business or hobby (dairy, meat herd, etc.), I am interested to hear about marketing, advertising, herd management, breeding strategies, set-up, laws/regulations, general experiences, etc. Thanks!!

Are goats affected by eating locoweed like horses/cows/sheep/etc? If so, how can you tell if they've eaten any? If they have, can they recover?

Has anyone here butchered a Nigerian Dwarf or Pygmy goat for meat? What kind of dress-out percentages do they get? What age and weight do you do it? We have a small herd of miniatures (Nigerian Dwarf for milking, and 2 Pygmy wethers) that we are raising, and any eventual excess offspring that we...

I have some questions that are probably really dumb, but I am worried about my little goats. We got 2 Pygmy goats sometime between October and Thanksgiving last year. They were (we think but not sure) born around May or June. They were bucks, and should have been banded LONG before we bought...

Hi all! I am new to the forum, and fairly new to goats. I apologize in advance for dumb questions. :D I have a small herd of Nigerian Dwarfs, bred from milking lineage. I know the quantity of milk you get is less than from standard goats, but as I am still learning, that isn't a problem. I...