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I have a doe that has not been tested for cae yet that just kidded yesterday. I have no idea what her history is. She came to us skinny and scared of people from some people who kept her on a log chain because they couldn't handle her. Her udder is large and after kidding I tried helping the...

This is the second time I have tried to make homemade mozzarella from goat milk. Both times the milk set but never formed actual curds. It just kinda clumped together into one giant curd. I guess I got a cheese-like product but I am soooo dissapointed. I followed a different recipe the...

I just got a trio of beautiful Jacobs. They are by far my fav. breed. But I am fairly new at sheep, so I can use any ideas, suggestions, and all for the care of them that may help me avoid problems in the future. Right now i am feeding sweet feed and free choice bermuda hay which is what the...

I have a nubian doe due anytime now to kid!!! :weee Her ligs are loosening and her hoohoo is slackening and today she was noticably trimmer looking. But I also noticed that the last few days to a week she is as clutsy as I am(at least according to dh!). She is also having a hard time...

MIL and I both bought young bucks from the same place . They are both nubians out of the same buck and different does. Both around 9 months old. They were kept in quarentine and did quite well. Both were dewormed with ivomec and safeguard and eventually let in with our other goats. Within a...

okay we just got two young registered nubian bucks who promptly came down with pinkeye within 3 days of bringing them home. :duc Anyway we had them quarentined away in the barn when they managed to get loose and into the feed. :ep Just my luck. Fortunately we caught them. That all happened...

I just got a nubian doe for milking and fil also got one. Mine was in the process of being dried up-but not too far along fortunatly. problem 1 - Anyway the one fil got had some dampness around it's mouth when he got it. Now it is just flat out foaming, escpecially when chewing it's cud...

I just had a rash of sudden baby rabbit deaths. All of the babies were around 3 weeks and were constipated. Has anyone else dealt with this? If so then what did you do to treat it? I have lost an entire litter within just a couple of days. I tried to treat them with yogurt and terramycin...

I had an experienced doe that bred to a buck of her own size, caught then never kindled. I palpated her and felt a large hard lump that I assumed was a tumor. I put her down. I upon opening her up I found six dead mummified full term babies inside. What causes this? Keep in mind that she has...

My baby rabbits all in one cage with their momma and surrogate to some more. When I bought them there were two does and between them 14 babies. One of the does died within 24 hours of being moved. I think it was the stress and heat. Her babies I put with the other doe since they had been...

I am Rebecca from Arkansas. We have had animals as long as I can remember and now that I am grown I realize how much I didn't really know! We are trying to set up our own farm. We lost our house on 10 acres to a tornado and now we live on 1/2 acre that we are trying farm on! Nice to meet y'all.