Recent content by BellaM

Awesome, thank you for the info! 🤗

😂😂😂 When you say you wait 2 weeks, do you start milking straight away but only use the milk (for human consumption) after 2 weeks?

I'm likely to have the same issue 🤔. Thanks for the heads-up 👍

Thank you so much! 🙏🤩🤗

My doe had a stillborn birth on Friday. Her milk has come in - can I milk her? TIA! 🪷

Thank you, and to everyone who replied - much appreciated! 🤗 She passed the placenta and is doing fine this morning, although she is sad (and p*ssed at me). I've had goats for 5 years, and this is the first time I've had something go wrong and it would be when I'm alone and it's at night 🙄...

I have removed the kid, I don't see anything in the vagina. My doe is eating so I'm going to take that as a good sign. I'll keep watch for the placenta 👍. If there isn't another kid and no placenta - it's 9:30PM here, can it wait for the morning for the vet?

😱 ... I'll try, thank you.

My doe has just delivered a stillborn kid. She's now just lying down. She was panting but appears to be calmer. I've given her some molasses in water. I don't know what to do next?

Good morning all ☀️. First up, humblest apologies if I don't get back to you with feedback or a thank you. I'm in South Africa so very different time zone - it usually takes at least 12 hours, but often more for me to receive your answers/suggestions, and then implement them or do further...

Hello everyone, does anyone know why a doe's milk would start tasting goaty fresh from the udder? I thought she might be pregnant (our buck escaped a few months ago) but she's definitely not because she's just been in heat. Her milk has been goaty for about two weeks or so.

Hello everyone, I'm looking for suggestions to prevent/minimise feed (pellets) going to waste? I have NDG and Saanen (polled and horned). The NDG especially are naughty - they flip their "troughs" upside down and drag them around, so the feed ends up on the floor or wet if it rains or overnight...

Hi everyone ☀️ ... Just some background info - I currently treat (chemically) twice a year - beginning of summer, after the first good rains, and 6 months later - (the goat keepers around me deworm every 3-4 months - excessive I feel), and I rotate through the 3 different dewormers available to...

Lady Mae has a "bit of a spread" but who wouldn't after 4 pregnancies 😅 ... Thanks for the feedback. I think I just needed reassurance 😊

Thank you! I had a feel and she doesn't have any extra padding... I didn't think she was overweight and yes, after 4 pregnancies I'd expect her to have lost her figure 😏