Super happy to find this subreddit, will definitely be bringing my questions here in the future!

I have had them almost 2 weeks and they seem to be settling in well so far!

Is this normal? Does anyone else's goats do this? His favorite place to sleep is on a cinder block...

There was this cute sunflower dog costume I had to get, they aren't fans of it, but I did snap a couple photos before taking it off of them.

First goat is my boy Al, who really hated it, but allowed me to take a photo, and the second goat is Miracle. She was indifferent.

Hello! I’ve recently encountered a situation involving a male goat with unilateral cryptorchidism (one undescended testicle) that is intended for slaughter. We removed the visible testicle, but the undescended one is still inside the body.
If I slaughter the goat, will the meat have any unusual odor? Is it safe and suitable for consumption?
I’d appreciate any tips on how to make the best use of this animal.
P.S. Removing the undescended testicle is not an option due to a lack of qualified veterinary personnel.

Does this look like Orf virus on my boy? We’ve had him about a year now and relatively new to caring for goats outside of that. He seems to be my one with the most medical conditions out of the herd

Also, as I have wondered myself: why do they have square pupils in the first place?

Does anyone rotationaly graze goats through brush and weeds in the winter?

This is the first winter I have had the land and the cross fencing to rotate them, but I am not sure how many acres I should plan on per animal.

This is more of an experiment and I will offset with hay and pellet feed as needed.

As a general rule, my four Nigerian Dwarf goats have access to good quality hay at all times. They live on 2 acres of land with grass, trees and shrubs. They are quite round bellied. Do goats have a tendency to overeat?

I know goats are known to be escape artists. I was not aware of the amount of stress it would cause youa to see your goats out. I live in town (you can have up to three does legally). We went on a short walk while my goats were browsing my backyard. I come back to no goats. Not a single goat in my yard. I found them and spent 30 minutes trying to get my goats back to my house. Thankfully four guys stopped to help me catch my goats. They are back in my yard. Praise Jesus. But the amount of stress I had seeing my goats running to a busy street or near dogs was horrible. No more browsing while we are out walking. Anyways here are my escape artists.

I'm a first time goat owner and I got these goats unconfirmed to be bred but with the sheer size of them, I don't think I really need to test them (watch me be wrong). One appears to be a bit further into her pregnancy than the other and I was wondering if ya'll could tell me how much longer she has.

I've only had them about 24 hours so they're not used to me enough to let me go feel around for their ass ligament. Being a first time goat owner i also don't have the experience to know exactly what signs to look for when they're close to kidding.

She's almost 6 years old and has kidded before

Edit: They were with a buck from 6/29 to 8/25! So potentially 40-100 days from kidding but thinking this big ole girl is on the shorter side of that!

I think some of might goats might have gotten into a Laurel bush. They stagger and can’t hold balance well. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Not really sure on what to name this post but how can I get my goats used to me so I can pet them without them screaming and hollering from being in a harness. I’m not the biggest fan of a harness. They just run away from me and the toddlers. Which I mean I would run from my toddlers some days. I’m wanting to be able to pet, brush, and assess their health without them screaming. Lottie is pretty good but Dot is a different story.

Everything that I see is counterintuitive. One says put them in a small space with food and water while the other says not to. What's the best way to help them get used to their new home? One seems to be about halfway through her pregnancy while the other seems to be nearly ready to give birth. I'm trying to limit their stress as much as possible

Hey everyone! I went outside to check on my Goats yesterday and my Goat maple was seizing and couldn’t get up. I immediately thought of meningeal worm because some farmers in my area have dealt with this a lot. When I arrived at the vet, the vet said that it very well could be that along with potentially polio, and that we were going to treat for both things. I started googling Goat polio, and I discovered that if they eat too much sulfur, that can cause the disease. Weirdly enough, for the past few weeks, my Goat has had lesions on her body that she has been licking and biting, so I’ve been putting Nu Stock on the area. Annoyingly, she has been eating it off. I know that they aren’t supposed to do that, but I was waiting on a coach to come in the mail for her to cover the lesions and I needed something to cover them before the coat got here. Could she have polio because she ingested nu stock? My gut says yes, but then why were the lesions there in the first place? A mystery for sure… and googling doesn’t bring up any answers about Nu Stock and polio, even though is like mostly sulfur!

Any experience or thoughts?

We are treating her for meningeal worm, polio, and liver flukes because of weird liver levels.

Small improvements this morning with Maple! She can stand for a few seconds at a time, is drinking a lot, and is biting me, which is her normal self!

These are from the spring, but I still look at them all the time when I want to laugh. Thought I'd share! She's absolutely adorable, I swear, just not always the most photogenic lass. 3.5-year-old Saanen mix bottle baby. She still loves trying to fit in my lap and would cuddle 24/7 if I had the time.

I figured it was just bruising so it didnt need an NSFW tag. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

It was accidental. I was bent over cutting the straps on their timothy hay before putting it in the rack. He was trying to eat the hay as I was doing it. For some reason, he felt the need to look up at something and my face got in the way. This is the result. The one day I worked all day with one eye swollen almost all the way shut. Remember folks, you may be hard headed, but they will win that fight!

Edit: typo

I have a 1.5 year old whether, banded somewhere around 12 weeks I believe. Last fall he showed some adolescent signs of rutting, but they only lasted a few days maybe a week. This fall he's rutting with a vengeance, for weeks now he's been doing the face urination thing and trying to mount his sister to the point that she's now making my life hell because of her escapisms. We've pinned him down to confirm his banding wasn't failed, and he's been in a pasture with his twin sister ever since we bought them, she is not and has not been pregnant that we've ever seen.

Are the rutting behaviours normal for a whether? The internet is conflicted, some sources say they may sometimes show these behaviours, others say they should have been totally removed after the castration.

Just wondering what the community has seen IRL in this regard, thanks.

I wonder why she does this. I'd guess it's probably attention-seeking since she always wants to be petted, or maybe she's curious about the phone. She's a total sweetheart and this is a pretty funny behavior of hers

She had this bubble hanging down yesterday morning and seem to have contractions for a few minutes then stopped and has not showed signs since. She seems to be acting normal and not in distress. Is this normal or should I be giving any meds to help her get through it? Getting ahold of a livestock vet over the weekend will be difficult in my area

My goat is squatting when I pet or touch her lower back all of a sudden. She is peeing, pooping, and walking fine. What could this be? She’s 9 months

I'm a first-time goat owner and I'm getting 2 possibly bred nigerian dwarf goats and while I've done extensive research, I know that there's a lot that research doesn't tell you to prepare for. What should I actually know/expect?