goats

Hi. I am new to BYH and I have only been on BYC. I was looking up info on horses and someone suggested this website, so here I am! My username is the same on backyard chickens. I am from upstate new york and I own quail, chickens and goats. My goats are 2 nigerian dwarf goats who are 2 years...

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a boer goat. She can’t keep her food down and vomits after eating. She had this issue when I bought her. She’ll eat fine but then moves away from the herd and starts vomiting. I gave her some pellet wormer and she coughed up lots of slime. I thought that would...

I have 3 Nubian does I bought last year that I now want to register native on appearance. I would like to maybe show them one day or breed them to a registered buck and so their offspring can one day be American nubians. I know nothing about their lineage so I was wondering what would I put for...

So, I am getting two miniature goat doelings this week... me and my dad are attempting to turn a part of an old building (made in the 1950’s) into a place for them to be permanently. I have been in an amazing mood, as I have wanted goats for a while! Anyway, if anyone has any tips, go ahead and...

Hello to all my fellow backyard Mamas (and Pa's too) I've been around the goating world for quite a while now. My herd is a small group of Registered Nigerian Dwarves, collected and retained over a decade of continually breeding for better characteristics in future generations. This little...

Hi all, does anyone use Basic H as a de-wormer? I ran across some information today that talked about how you can use it for sheep and cows, even dogs, as a de-wormer. They said 1.5t to a gallon of water every few months. Does anyone know if you can use this for other ruminants like goats or...

Hi everyone, I am going to be buying a registrable Nubian buckling soon (ADGA) to keep as a breeding buck. We currently only have unregistered Nubians so this will be our first ever registered goat. We plan on eventually getting some registered does and may sell the unregistered ones if we see...

We have 5 nubian does. 4 do not have horns and 1 has horns. The horned goat has been chasing the other does around the pen and often hooks her horns under their neck and belly. We are scared that she may seriously injure them. She especially goes after the new doe we got, cornering her and...

Hi there! 3 does on the farm recently had 7 kids! One set of triplets and 2 twins. I started giving the weakest triplet a bottle once -twice wot day to help her grow as she kept g tying pushed out but then one of the triplets sadly passed away. The one triplet I supplemented in the morning is...

Hi all, I'm new to goat farming and inherited a purebred nigerian dwarf buck and two mini alpine does. They are registered and their papers say the ND buck is pure and the females are 50% ND and 50% alpine. My understanding is that the does are first generation F1 mini alpine. Is this correct...

Hi all ! I'm from a small town called potosi in missouri it's about a hour from st louis.. I've got horses (and a mini donkey but dont tell him hes not a horse) and goats (mostly nubians!) I raise a couple pigs from time to time for butcher.. Right now I have 3 horses blade ,butter cup...

I've been looking in a lot of places but can't find the effects of toxic plants on a pregnant goat. Our goats were confirmed pregnant at around 50 days after breeding using BioPRYNN. How far along would the pregnancy have to be in order for there to be a visible sign of abortion/miscarriage...

Hi everyone, I'm new to turkeys and goats but I'm playing around with the idea of having them share pasture. I know housing chickens and turkeys together can come with its own challenges, such as them sharing diseases, especially Histomoniasis/Blackhead. Then I had this idea that perhaps I could...

Hey y'all, I don't own anything other than cats and dogs right now, but I'm saving up my money to get a house with some acreage in the next couple of years or so and to keep some a couple of donkeys and/or mules as companion animals as well as a small flock of chickens and maybe a few other...

Hi all, I'm planning my property for when I buy goats (hopefully next year). I'm planning on using a two pasture rotation method but the area I'm planning on using is without shade. I'm thinking of planting some trees but want to use something the goats could eat. I have a lot of Junipers on...

Hello! Just had a boatload of kids (diary goats) and looking for the best sites to sell them. Live in Vermont, so looking for sites that cater to this area or can be searchable by location. Any thoughts? TIA!

Just recently acquired a 4 month old mini donkey and a 4 and a half month old Nigerian dwarf goat. I have so many questions and need all the advice I can get!

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Hello, We live on a small <1 acre lot in the suburbs and are getting 2 Nigerian Dwarf does. We plan to fence in a part of our grassy lawn that is about 1000 square feet for them, but it has no shrubs or trees. We DO have a big chunk of wooded area that we could fence, but it's pretty soggy. In...

Hi! I just joined! My problem is with Jack who I’ve owned since he was 2 days old he’s now 11 years old. He’s been down 12 days. Only symptoms week back end and turned under ankles. No other neurological Symptoms was literally fine the day before. No twitching, circling etc Fecal showed low...