Hello all... Today is another sad day... We went out to feed and found another goat dead in the pen... 2wk ago we had the first goat pass, and I figured it...
Oh Jim I am so sorry to hear this!! Were they acting sick in any way at all before they passed?? Do you have other goats that may get what ever these two might...
Fri Mkt-Valentine's Day Hi everyone- It's been a very long week! I know alot of you are also having babies, and I hope all is going well with you and yours! ...
I'd be getting concerned too. From just this post I can't tell you anything. If you can post some more information it will help people to find a place to...
Wanted: Goats ~Trading Llamas for Goats~ Reducing a formerly breeding herd of quality llamas and looking to trade a few of them for goats. Interested in...
Wanted: Goats ~Trading Llamas for Goats~ Reducing a formerly breeding herd of quality llamas and looking to trade a few of them for goats. Interested in...
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I have a nanny that has just kidded for the first time, she lost the first kid but second one lived and seems very healthy. My question is, has any one seen a...
It's a false heat... Pretty common in goats and sheep but even if there were a buck, it's unlikely she would let him "cover" her. ... I have a nanny that has...
Wow really?? Gee thanks, I thought this was crazy!! it lasted 2 days and I almost had to take the kid away, she was like on speed and could care less about the...
Truly! :-) "False heat" (or false estrus) amounts to irritation of the reproductive tract as it's healing from the birth of the kids. Joyce Wow really?? Gee...
Ah good to know! I will remember this!! does it happen more in hard labors? I know my other nanny never did this!! Banty From: "Joyce E" <j0yc3e@...>...
Yes it can, but it also happens more with certain does than with others. I don't know if some are more sensitive than others, or if it's a weakness of the...
Yes this is her first! She lost the first kid, she got it out to the neck and then just gave up, the kid died so I finally had to pull it out, first time I...
Thought so! Possibly the first kid resisted being born by holding its shoulders together instead of one passing through the birth canal in advance of the...
Aw what a great story!! it is amazing what we can learn from our Elders. An 85 year old man came by the house here right after I lost the first kid and I told...
I learned yet more over the years from the Elders; one was Adena H., near Albany. At the age of 86, she was still milking a couple of Nubians. No goats right...
I started out with two does just over a year ago, I just wanted them for pets lol well both were pregnant and I did not know it, the owner did not know it so...
Dear friends, Happy Valentine's Day to you all! I thought that on this occasion I could share with you a website which will soon be your favourite. It's...
We started with three Nubian does, a mother and her two doe kids, complete with a beautiful big heavy milking stand, then had to move back to The C__y for...
We have a FB Traditional (De-horned not natrual poll) Doe and 2 Red 15/16% Bucks for sale. I am in the process of updating our website and I don't have a...
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USDA Poised to Push Us Off Our Farms With the National Animal Identification SystemThe latest word on what can happen if NAIS is implemented. Forwarded by...
Hey all, Our first Nubian kids have arrived for this season!! Last night we got home from town and found two little doelings!! Their sire is Northwest Goats...