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Thank you very much- I'll try those searches.

Hi there. I am newer to milk goats. I've had pygmies, but not for milk. I just got my first 2 nigerian dwarves for milking this year. I am really interested in learning to make cheese with goats' milk. Does anyone know any place in Michigan that offers classes on this? Not MSU- I saw they...

I have smaller breeds: 2 pygmy wethers and 2 nigerian dwarf doelings. The 2 boys are housed in one pasture, and the 2 girls in another. The boys split (and waste a lot of) 1 flake of grassy hay in the morning and again at night. The girls split about 1/2 flake am & pm. So, the most hay I go...

I am happy to say that they are back to normal poop this afternoon. I gave them Probios this morning, and went to work. When I got home this afternoon, they were both pooping pellets! I'm thinking it may have been the stress of eating chicken feed, then shots, then wormer, then a new home-...

I just brought home my two new Nigi doelings tonight. The breeder I got them from has been great all along, giving me lots of useful advice, updated photos, etc. When I picked them up, she said she had given them their CD&T vaccine today, as well as de-wormed them. They also got into her...

Thanks for all the great replies! I'm thinking store bought goat's milk must have the same issues any store bought products does- it's just not fresh like from home. I can't even dream of buying store bought eggs or chicken anymore- doesn't compare to our home grown! So, why would milk be any...

My husband and I currently have 2 almost 2 year old pygmy wethers on our small farm, in addition to the other critters. I have wanted to get a dairy animal for a while now, but don't think the two of us alone require as much milk as a full size cow will produce. And, as much as I like them...