Breeding rabbits isn’t always easy. Despite the saying “breeding like rabbits”. There can be a variety of reasons keeping you from success. Hopefully troubleshooting below can help you figure it out if you’re having this problem. First off, it’s not a good idea to force your doe to breed. It will likely not work and …
Preparing Your Goats For Breeding
Now’s the time of the year to hone in on your goats health and make sure that they are prepared and healthy for breeding so that they have healthy babies. What you need to prepare your goats for breeding is going to differ from herd to herd depending on whether or not your goats graze …
How To Dry Your Your Doe (2 Methods)
Every doe needs to be dried up at some point. Some people leave their does in milk all the way up until a month before they are going to kid again. Some people like us dry them up sooner. We like to dry up our does before the winters get too harsh so the goats …
How Much Milk Should My Goat Be Giving?
I initially found it difficult to find out how much milk a goat should give. So, I thought it would be a good idea to do a post on it. I wanted to find out whether or not I had good milkers or bad milkers. This is good information to know both as a breeder …
Guide To Breeding & Raising Meat Rabbits
Raising meat rabbits can be fun to raise if you have kids that do 4-H or just are learning responsibility of caring for an animal. They can provide your family and or dogs a food source with 2 does to 1 buck providing you with roughly 180 lbs of meat per year. You can show …
Annual Cost Of Feeding A Single Nigerian Dwarf Goat
First off, you would never own just one goat. This is just to get an idea of what you pay to own a single Nigerian Dwarf Goat in our area. For any standard sized goat, you would probably double these figures. Second, this is based on you being the sole provider of food for your …
Winter Care For Goats
Goats are pretty simple to care for in the winter. Their bodies adjust as the temperatures change. There are a few things you’ll want to keep up on to make them comfortable . . . Water Unless you have a heater for your goats’ water, then you’ll have to make sure they are getting fresh …
Guide To Breeding Goats
Breeding goats can be an exciting hobby. You never know how many, or with some breeds, what colors you’ll get. It’s good to do your research and invest in good breeding stock. Quality stock will be more desirable to buyers when it comes time to sell the babies. Breeding Age: Bucks- The boys are fertile …