Our family has been searching for 2 Nigerian pet kids for a while now, and 2 weeks ago, out of curiosity, I went to look at some "Common goats" a man in our area had advertised on CL.
My kids immediately fell in love with a friendly, fuzzy, 4-month old wether and his sister. When I saw them nursing on their mom, and then found out she'd be sold "as meat", I decided on the spot to take her, too. Yes, you can call me a sucker, it's okay...
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Anyway, yesterday afte
rnoon the man delivered the threesome to our house, and now we are proud owners of three mistery goats.
They are in an enclosed area in our backyard (4 foot galvanized 2x4 fencing), I've purchased Dumor goat feed, a mineral lick (with copper), and Alfalfa pellets (which they have not touched
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Any help/advise from the wonderful, knowledgable goat people on BYC will be greatly appreciated, especially information about what kinds of goats we have aquired (they're definitely dwarf size).
My kids immediately fell in love with a friendly, fuzzy, 4-month old wether and his sister. When I saw them nursing on their mom, and then found out she'd be sold "as meat", I decided on the spot to take her, too. Yes, you can call me a sucker, it's okay...

Anyway, yesterday afte

They are in an enclosed area in our backyard (4 foot galvanized 2x4 fencing), I've purchased Dumor goat feed, a mineral lick (with copper), and Alfalfa pellets (which they have not touched

Any help/advise from the wonderful, knowledgable goat people on BYC will be greatly appreciated, especially information about what kinds of goats we have aquired (they're definitely dwarf size).
