All About Silkies, Nigerian Dwarf Goats & More
When you have goats, they will of course need hay in addition to other supplies. The thing about hay is that it can be difficult to find. Finding a high quality hay can be especially hard. Also, depending on your area, high quality hay can become very cost prohibitive. If you can’t find hay, your hay quality is lacking or the price of your hay is too high Chaffhaye might be a good answer for you!
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I have to admit something, we just wrapped up our first round of kidding season (one round left) and we are already battling with our goat breeding planning for next year. Has anyone else ever felt this pressure? We are all working hard to make the right breeding decisions to improve our herd, but WHAT should those decisions be?
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Coccidia in chickens and goats, if left untreated can be very dangerous.
Coccidia otherwise known as cocci or coccidious is an internal parasite that can affect all species. Coccidia can be found in the dirt, fecal matter, pretty much anywhere outside that your animals will definitely be touching.
You would think that with how widespread coccidia can be that it would be a simple thing right? Wrong! Coccidia, although by definition (it is a single cell protoza) is a simple organism how it affects animals is not simple at all….
The first year we had goats, we had them home for about two weeks and our baby wether started having scours (diahrrea)….on the weekend of course! He was such a tiny baby, we knew he would need help fast, but we didnt know what to do — it was our FIRST sick goat. And we didn’t have ANY goat medical supplies on hand.
We called our vet (who thankfully called us right back). She gave us things we could do to help him right away, but we didn’t have ANY of the items on hand.
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Dairy goat breeds will be the best goat breeds for you to look at if you want a lots of yummy milk production from your goats!
Of course, all goats CAN produce milk. But that doesn’t mean that you will get much milk from them or that it will be as delicious as ones bred specifically for milk production. Of course, if you want milk, you will also need to learn all about breeding goats! Since they have to have kids to produce milk.
For these reasons, you should look at the top dairy goat breeds when you are looking for goats to produce milk for your family.
There are many reasons to get dairy goats, but if you aren’t sure what type of goat to get make sure that dairy goats are right for you.
Dairy goats can be a lot of work — what with all the milking they require! You’ll need all the right milking supplies as well as to learn how to milk a goat….
Kidding Season can get really hectic, really fast. So, if you know you have a pregnant goat, you should be sure to be prepared.
We like to have all of our girls due around the same time so that we can get all of the sleep deprivation and bottle feedings out of the way all at once. However, this means LOTS of work for a period of time.
I don’t think there is any way to make sure that all the work is done without properly preparing for kidding season. However, with the proper kidding preparation, kidding season can go fairly smoothly.
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