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I would really like to feed my hens corn/soy free feed. We currently use wheat, barley and oats. Does anyone have a surefire recipe that won't slow egg production?

I have 3 broody ducks. I have not disturbed them to count eggs or anything. I would guess at least 20 eggs between the 3 of them, maybe more. They should be "due" around June 26.

I have raised hatchery ducklings before, but I wasn't sure the mother ducks should eat the starter. Should I just put both out? I will probable fence them off, I don't trust our cats and I typically start ducklings in a secure pen. I think there may be 3 ducks sharing the nest now:). We will see...

I have 2 recently broody ducks, and I have some questions. What do you feed the ducklings? The same thing as the moms? I give them whole grains (wheat,oats, barley). Will this work? Do you cage the ducks in at all after the ducklings hatch? I am not sure if they need to be separate from other...

I thought you were just getting one as a companion. You need separate housing for a buck. I keep both of my bucks together and they breed the girls in a separate pen. It isn't worth having a buck unless you have 6 does or no buck available within reasonable driving distance. We have 9 goats, the...

Nigerian dwarfs have a high butterfat content that makes their milk yield more cheese. If you do get NDs, you need to make sure you get them from lines bred for milk production, not show or cuteness. Also check teat size to make sure you will be able to milk them. A good Nigerian dwarf should...

Make sure they are well tamed. It is much easier to train a goat that likes humans than one who doesn't. You should be able to find a show boer, they are really expensive though. A Nubian wether shouldn't cost too much, I sell mine for $75.

Boers are really calm. It may be hard to find a tame one though, as they are raised for meat. Otherwise you could get a Nubian, they are the biggest dairy breed.

They need 4-5' fencing. The more you can fence off the less they will cost for food. I figure about $6 per week per goat. I do not vaccinate, so I don't have to pay for that. Which breed depends on your preference. I like nubians. Just make sure they don't have CAE, CL, Johnes or Brucellosis.

I would reccomend a Pygmy or Nigerian dwarf wether, if the horse doesn't mind goats. They eat less than full size breeds. However, a full size breed would be able to defend itself better. Nubians are the biggest dairy breed. A meat breed wether would be larger than a dairy breed. It also...

GI soother is an herbal wormer that also works for Coccidia. Normal wormers wouldn't work, but herbal wormers would.

Pepto Bismal will mess up the Ph of her rumen. It could kill her.

scours is usually Cocidia. You need to worm her. Slippery elm root powder would stop the diahrea if you have it. The sooner you help her the better. Fir Meadow LLC sells a good herbal wormer. I would not pull the kid, the best thing for her is her mom's milk.

With Nigerian Dwarfs, it doesn't matter how old they are, they will not be a match for a GP. You will need to just keep an eye on the dog. the 4 month old goat should get along fine with a dog, depending on what she learned from her herd. We have a couple of goats who hate our dog, they always...

It sounds like she may have had Johnes. Bloat is cause by eating too much of something they are not used to, such as switching what you feed them too fast. I have some mostly grass hay, and when we got mostly alfalfa I gradually switched over. You can easily treat minor bloat by feeding them...

You could join the TotallyNaturalGoats group on Facebook. They have a breeder directory you could look through. That is where I got those links from.

Quote: If you are looking for miniature milk goats, get Nigerian Dwarfs. They produce a lot more milk than Pygmies.

Here are 3 Nubian goat breeders in Missouri. http://www.allnaturalsimplelife.blogspot.com/ http://www.grannysbest.blogspot.com/ http://www.legacyconnemaras.com/GOATS1.html You will have to contact them to find out where they are.

Go here and look. http://adga.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&view=category&id=19:lnkmembersites&Itemid=48. You will need to click through the OK breeders to find ones with Nubians. If they don't say that they test you can email them to find out if they do or are willing to. I don't know of...