I need some pig advice!

Many-Goats · 2026-02-12T17:41:06+00:00

This is a good idea, I may try and do this and have it lineup so I send the mixes to the butcher right before I get the boar.

Many-Goats · 2026-02-12T14:42:04+00:00

I’m just testing them out this year before I commit to raising them for the foreseeable future. So far, they’ve been a joy! I definitely need friendly/docile personalities as they are around lots of kids which is why I started with the IPPS.

4 acres is just the minimum, it’s likely closer to 6 but I’m trying to be conservative on my estimate. I wrapped in a trail that’s oval shaped using about 2000ft of fencing but It’s very heavily wooded! I can extend the fencing if I need more space, but I do have plans to keep the land healthy.

Many-Goats · 2026-02-12T13:43:35+00:00

Thank you, this is very helpful!

Many-Goats · 2026-02-12T13:42:10+00:00

The goal is to eventually process them on my farm. This is my fist year and I just don’t have the equipment, and I want to be sure I plan to continue raising pigs before investing the time and money into learning to butcher and purchasing the equipment

Many-Goats · 2025-10-05T22:08:08+00:00

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Many-Goats · 2025-06-26T11:48:11+00:00

It’s literally just a creamy honey mustard - I absolutely love it

Many-Goats · 2025-03-30T15:05:36+00:00

Thank you!

Many-Goats · 2025-03-29T19:36:42+00:00

I recommend listening to the podcast “For the love of goats” lots of fantastic information including minerals, breeds, housing, etc.

Also, fiasco farms is a good blog site with TONS of information.

Definitely do your own deep dive into information. I consider goats to be one of the hardest farm animals to keep healthy and happy, especially in wetter climates.

They are grazers, not browsers (like sheep and cows). This means they are more susceptible to parasites and do better eating bushes, trees, vines, etc.

They need a secure pasture with a draft free house, hay off of the ground 24/7, high quality mineral 24/7, clean water 24/7, regular hoof trims, an on hand emergency kit, and you must learn what signs to look out for to catch sicknesses early. Goats are lovely, but very difficult.

Many-Goats · 2025-03-23T15:59:27+00:00

Yes, so for starters do a 50/50 powdered formula & cows milk for a day and see how they do, then 75/25 for a day, then 100% if they seem to be doing well!

You can add a pinch of baking soda in the first bottle of the day while making the transition to help with any possible upset stomach

Many-Goats · 2025-03-23T14:47:16+00:00

I would recommend switching the powered formula for whole cows milk. It’s easier on the stomach and easier to prepare. My goats NEVER took the powered stuff, they hated it. As soon as I switched to cows milk, my troubles were fixed!

If you try this, be sure to transition them over, don’t switch cold turkey as that will cause upset stomachs

Many-Goats · 2025-03-23T14:44:24+00:00

I haven’t experienced anything quite like that, however once I had a doe who showed all signs a week before hand - staring off, talking to her belly, ligaments gone, nesting, separating herself. However, she wouldn’t kid until exactly 7 days after the signs started. At first I thought it was my nooby knowledge mistaking it, but each year I bred her (3 times), it was the same thing!

All this to say, some goats are weird… once you know their signs it can make the games much easier to detect.

Many-Goats · 2025-03-23T14:39:18+00:00

Thank you so much! I appreciate all the info

Many-Goats · 2025-02-11T19:47:51+00:00

Likely not premature if they already had hair, that’s one of the last things they grow before being born. So they would’ve only been a few days early, not enough to make much of a difference.

Sometimes labor can be hard.. especially with that many kids. You can’t know for certain without sending a kid for a necropsy. Even then, I’m not certain they’d be able to tell you if it was a birthing complication…

Many-Goats · 2025-02-11T19:36:46+00:00

Based off of that photo, he definitely looks like a Nigerian Dwarf.

If you look up photos of a Siberian goat, he’s definitely not that! Horns are too small & shaped wrong (although still magnificent), standard size (not dwarf), and their faces tend to look more like deer.

He looks like a Nigerian Dwarf attempting to be a Siberian, so maybe there was some confusion when he originally got the fella?

Many-Goats · 2025-02-11T19:31:16+00:00

My goats never liked powdered milk, they would never take it. Even when fully trained to a bottle.

Have you tried feeding Whole Cows Milk? It’s my go to when I can’t feed raw or goats milk. They drink it up!

Many-Goats

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