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from Bernice (geminigoats@yahoo.com)
Wow! Sounds like you have been busy preparing! Be careful on the feed, if you feed too much grain you can run into problems. Find out from her the last time she gave shots: CD-T, wormers, etc. Also you will need to trim hooves eventually so you'll need trimmers for that. you can get some nice ones from Jeffers supply or from http://www.goatsupplies.com You will also eventually want to get a milking stand for ease in milking. How long ago did they kid? How were their deliveries? and did they have twins, singles, etc? You'll need to consider getting a buck for breeding in the fall or either artifical insemenation or whatever you decide. Are they registered? It may be important to you and then again not. remember to feed minerals along with grain, we let ours free feed on minerals and have mineral cups (you can buy at farm supply store) around the barn. Depending on mineral mix you may or may not want to get a salt block, personally I like our salt, etc in the mineral mix, its easier. I guess thats about all I can think of, you'll probably want to consider a pasture area eventually. Good Luck and if you need any help I'll be happy to try to help!

Bernice

(posted 9673 days ago)

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