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Blarneyeggs said:
I have Nigerian Dwarfs. We love them. The plan is to have 2 of our girls kid in the Spring, but the way life is going these days, I'm not so sure we are going to get them bred. My Lily is currently in Milk but I am working on drying her off.

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awwww. they are soooo cute.
 
chiques chicks said:
Blarney, what kind of goats do you have? Are you kidding in the spring?

I'm leaning toward Nigerian dwarf. Being single, I don't use that much milk.
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Blarney always kids....but I think you should take her up on her offer of a visit...she has a great view off her back porch!!! and, plenty of critters too!!!
 
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CC:

Blarney always kids....but I think you should take her up on her offer of a visit...she has a great view off her back porch!!! and, plenty of critters too!!!
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we're still trying to decide between a goat and a dexter cow for milk. We're not sure which yet. Question though. Once a cow or goat is in milk, do they stay in milk as long as you continue to milk them or do they dry up after so long and you have to get them pregnant again?
 
JadeComputerGal said:
Not sure yet. The vet said they typically don't give classes in the fourth quarter unless there's a lot of demand, and there are no classes scheduled yet. It could be near here, Harrisburg, or just about anywhere in the state, but there likely won't be any of them anywhere until early spring.

This has kind of thrown a wrench into things. When she said I'd need to bring my chickens, I told her, no, I have ducks, remember? She didn't seem to understand and said she knew I had ducks but you don't don't bring those to the class, you bring your chickens. Then I told her I have no chickens because my hubby is a chicken-hater and that all I have is ducks. She seemed baffled about that and said she'd never heard of anyone who had ducks and no chickens. That's when she said I'd have to find a way to rent or borrow some chickens.

LOL. I can honestly say I never dreamed I'd someday be in a situation where I'd need to rent chickens.
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....there are a lot of things I never would have dreamt i'd be doing...every conversation ends up being about some crazy thing a chicken has done....yeah, thank goodness for this thread & the peeps who understand!!
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..I think my family is a pinkies width away from shoving me into some kind of intervention!
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JadeComputerGal said:
Yep, I guess you're supposed to get all the practice you can. The wife of one of the guys I work with was studying to be an LPN or phlebotomist last year. My coworker told me that he and his three sons were almost afraid to get near her at the time because she poked them with a needle every time they got too close.
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oh geesh!...
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Blarneyeggs said:
I have Nigerian Dwarfs. We love them. The plan is to have 2 of our girls kid in the Spring, but the way life is going these days, I'm not so sure we are going to get them bred. My Lily is currently in Milk but I am working on drying her off.


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OH-MY-GAWD Blarney...they are the most beautiful little things....ohhh mannnn...I want..soooo baddddd....
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....we have the room, just got to get the DH on the Goat-train
 
Dairy cows need to have a calf every year, the herdsman will stop milking the cow about 1 month before she is due to calf (also known as "freshening" because it restarts her milk production). The cow is bred again shortly after she gives birth, so a dairy cow spends it's entire life pregnant and 11 months a year lactating.

It is important to separate the mother and calf so that the calf bonds with people instead of it's mother and to maximize milk production. Cows must be milked at least twice a day (some farms do 3x a day) to keep the production high, it doesn't take long with a full udder for a cows milk production to stop.

I imagine much of this applies to milk goats, but I'm not certain what differences there are.
 

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