Goats have turned this French Alpine village into a tourist attraction https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/07/07/goats-roam-free-in-this-french-alpine-village Watch this video.

92% of Australian dairy goats have worms, especially barbers pole worms https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667114X26000464?via%3Dihub . As 80 % of worm eggs are produced by just 30% of goats, targeted selected treatment is recommended.

Mini Nubian at the 151 day mark today. This is her second year breading and last year she was early.

Process streams in the manufacture of goat and sheep dairy products and by-products https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921448826000647 Great references for milk manufacturing factories.

Goats produce milk differently than do cows & hence have a higher number for normal milk somatic cell counts https://farmtario.com/livestock/ontario-halts-goat-milk-scc-penalties-amid-industry-pushback/ Ontario authorities have now recognized this. While cows milk gets below 250,000 cells goats are often above 1 Million.

Read this reference - I fully agree linear appraisal works with AI - "Future breeding programs should prioritize bone quality, functional udder morphology, and locomotor soundness to balance milk productivity with reproductive efficiency. " https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451943X26000670

I need help with ideas getting my milk cooled down within within half hour. I do not have an hour in the morning before work to wait for it to cool down and I feel like it starts tasting a little sour if it’s not cold within about half an hour. My freezer doesn’t seem to be cooling the quart jars fast enough. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

This is why you must keep Johne's disease out of your dairy goat herd if planning to make cheese - read this article in the 2026 Journal of Food Science - Wiley Online Library

I’m new to goats and worried about my doe. I got her from a guy who didn’t take good care of her and trying to make sure she’s healthy and comfortable.

She kidded about a month ago and had triplets but last week a neighbors dog got in and we tragically lost two of them. I’ve been milking to relieve some of the engorgement since she had such an oversupply. Yesterday I noticed some swelling at the top of her teat where in meets the udder. It doesn’t feel hard or hot and she’s never really stood still for milking so I can’t tell if it’s painful. And it’s not as swollen after milking (not milking her dry as she’s still nursing one kid) there’s no bad smell and the milk looks/tastes good.

Does anyone have experience with this?

We had a doe escape and get bred by our lamancha buck. He is three times her size and then some, but there were several other bucks in the same pen, another three ND only one was confirmed functioning and the other two were cryptorchid and a improperly castrated adult wether who had some nasty behavior traits of a buck. I want to rule him out so bad but I have a feeling that there was a little bit of a ball left when he was banded. I did investigate and did feel something but I’m not 100% sure. I know we would 100% have to dna test to figure out who poked what. But these guys scream lamancha to me and my mother says otherwise. But the chances of a severed ball being actually reproductively functioning is quite low.

Them when they were newborn look just like the other ones that were just born today (same scenario but we literally tried everything) (last pic is the ones that were born today) the doe is only 11 months that’s why they are so incredibly small. :/ But the brown ones were HUGE like abnormally large. She did go like 6 days over her due date though

What's your go to method to put body condition back on a lactating doe? My five year old 3rd freshener drops weight like crazy when lactating (which I know is somewhat expected). I'm just relatively new to goats and want to make sure I'm doing right by her. She got a copper bolus and selenium and zinc supplements right after kidding. And of course she's getting extra goat feed and alfalfa pellets. She also has free access to hay 24/7. What else can I be giving her to make sure she gains condition back?

I need help deciding what doe to add to my current herd. Both have great lineage. What doe would you choose and why? Pictures posted below. First picture he is of Foxwoods Titans Miriam and the following three pictures are of Lil Mill CRK SF Anastasia.