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Your HUMAN babies, that is... I have a year and 1/2 old son who i plan on giving our raw goats milk to. We're getting the goats next week (two pregnant female Nigerian Dwarfs...soo excited!!) and was told by our pediatrician that there is a risk of TB from raw goats milk... Everyones thoughts?

the last three days, i've been getting these strange deflated looking eggs. The shells are soft and leathery and they are broken and smooshed. It's coming from a barred rock or a RIR, if that matters... They aren't in the boxes with the intact eggs, either. It's only in the early morning that...

Couple questions, though... we plan on getting a pregnant doe from a breeder and keeping her female kids (to use for milking later). We're keeping them for milking, so we don't need/want to keep any males... has anyone that has done this before had trouble getting rid of the males? Will we be...

I'd like to get some goats for milking. (one step closer to being self sufficient!) Anyone have any goats? A friend of mine has a couple nigerian dwarfs that she milks and loves them. I'd need something small like them, as i'm in the city. I've got a big enough area for 4-6 small ones. I'm...

Just curious to see what people plant in their flower gardens that are "chicken proof" (ie. hardy enough to withstand a few pecks) or plants and flowers that chickens just don't like to eat. We have one flower garden that they like to dirt bathe in and have eaten only certain flowers/plants...

Hi all, this is my first post, i've been reading the forum soaking in everything i can for last few months. This is our first try at raising chickens and we are LOVING IT. The eggs are great, and they are developing quite the set of personalities! My wife and i have 4 mixed pullets that are...