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Hi everyone, This spring, I was getting our girls onto fresh pasture slowly, a little bit more each day. The last day, I accidentally let them have too much. Our saanen (who tends to pig out when given the chance) got scours for a day, presumably from eating too much fresh grass. I am pretty...

We have a beautiful nigerian dwarf doeling for sale. Alice was born in June. She is purebred but without papers. Her dam gave nearly a quart of delicious milk per milking. We are asking $150.

Just after a goat gives birth, do y'all generally separate mother+kids from the herd? We built a "maternity ward" last year - but mostly because it was February, and it make a small protected area that we could heat. Now, our first goat of the year is about to kid, and it's warm enough...

We have a nubian/alpine doe (kidded this spring). We are currently getting about a quart from her in the morning and a quart in the evenings. How do you transition to only milking her in the morning? Thanks!

Hi all, We have a very pregnant Nubian/Alpine doe who is due any day now. She looks healthy to me (this is my first kidding, though). Over the past few days, she seems to be eating hay ALL THE TIME. Is she just hungry? Is this a normal behavior for just before kidding? We're worried she...

Hello everyone! We (my wife, and two young children) live on a 9 acre farm in Western MA with two other family. We're building a cooperative farm - we do nearly all activities together - gardening, animals, canning, food prep, dinners, construction projects, etc. It's been a really wonderful...

We have two nigerian dwarfs and two alpine does. The largest doe (alpine) is bullying the two NDs, and keeping them from the hay feeder. The current hay feeder is a slanted frame with fencing on it. The fencing is small enough that small goats with horns will not get their heads in there, but...