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25.01.2022 After a busy day fencing, best way to unwind is with these girls

25.01.2022 Trinity Callum Hann..... you are too cute!

23.01.2022 Something we are all guilty of doing but I find making a list the easiest way and keeps me on track. Last weekend was... Hoof trims. Check FAMACHA. Brush winter fluff out of coats. Haircuts x2. Copper bolus. Collected hair samples. This week is fencing!

20.01.2022 Craft today in care is Baby Goats! the children love our goats and I’m so thankful my two loves are combined daily

20.01.2022 Pine Creek Shadow is loving breakfast. He makes the trip to VIC in October to be a new stud buck

19.01.2022 Lincoln has more new admirers

19.01.2022 Don’t mind my terrible singing, but check out Shadow listening intently as we sing Happy Birthday to Jerry

19.01.2022 Welcome to the family little ones..... Church Hill Park Laverne and Shirley 59.375% Pygmy Sire- Trinity Brendon Fevola Dam- Mini-Lee Portia They arrived by Any Animal Transport last night, happy safe and content. ... We are very blessed to be chosen as their protectors by Leigh Church, and I’ve now completed my future breeding herd I’ve been chasing this ginger colour since I began and I’m so happy I now have it See more

18.01.2022 Happy 1st Birthday LaFamilia Adelaide and Jericho. You are gorgeous souls whom make our lives that much better

16.01.2022 It’s always nice when new goats are loving and fit straight in with cuddles Miss Laverne you are so snuggly today

15.01.2022 Stop eyeing off my drink Miss Indi!

15.01.2022 Happy 2nd Birthday to our mum to be Dottie

15.01.2022 When your so big and uncomfortable that you have to lie down to eat

12.01.2022 LaFamilia Phoenix

12.01.2022 We have exciting news for tomorrow We have exciting news for tomorrow

10.01.2022 Excited to announce I’m the National Pygmy Goat Association of Australia’s NSW Representative. It’s an honour to be asked to hold this position and hope next year brings us shows, events and exhibits to showcase our Pygmy Goats and have FUN! If I can help at all with registrations or memberships, please message and I’ll source the info for you or refer you to someone who can help further. The Pygmy Goat industry is one that I’m proud of and wish all the best to each breeder, newcomer and association

08.01.2022 6 and 10 days to go for Midnight and Lunar

04.01.2022 ~~VIGILANCE, PREVENTION AND COMMON SENSE~~ I was walking around feeding my goats this morning and thought it might be a good idea to do a post about the health ...and safety of our goats. There are always for and against why people do things a certain way with their goats but the thing to remember is everyones situation is different. They could breed a different breed of goats to you, they may have goats with horns, they may live in an area with dry cold winters and wet humid summers or wet winters and dry hot summers...everyone is different. But one thing that should be across the board when goat breeding is animal safety, and a big help is having common sense, being vigilant and working on prevention rather than cure. Another thing is learning from your mistakes, everyone makes mistakes we are all human and if something happens don't beat yourself up over it. Ask yourself why this happened, why is this so...alot of my time is spent asking why. Sometimes we have no answers like if a kid is stillborn etc but alot of the time if we can figure out why and change the way we do something next time, we can learn from our mistakes and move forward. I'm going to go out on a limb this morning and let everyone know of issues I've had in the past and what I've learned from them. I will start with collars on goats...I leave collars on my goats. In the time I've been breeding I've had two issues with collars. The first was probably about year two of breeding, I had a buck with horns and some wethers in with him for company...all were wearing collars. I heard one of them screaming one day and raced up to find the buck had got his horn stuck in the collar of the wether. The buck was panicking and throwing the wether around in the air and strangling him in the process...luckily I was home to save him. LESSON LEARNED: Don't leave collars on goats if any of them have horns. Second issue I had was we have a level in our sheds so the goats can climb up and sleep on them and this particular one had a hay feeder we made next to it. To stop the goats jumping into the feeder we put a bit of mesh up, but when we cut it in half it had small pieces of metal still sticking up which were supposed to be cut off. We got side tracked and when I heard a goat calling out that didn't sound right I went down to find he had his collar stuck on one of the spikes. If he had panicked and tried to jump off he would have hung himself. I cut all of the spikes off then and there. LESSON LEARNED: Don't leave jobs half done and make sure there is nothing around sticking out that goats can injure themselves on or get caught on. Goats have a knack for mischief. If you have a property with lots of trees and shrubs etc your goats are probably better off without collars in my opinion. Another day I came home from town and when I got out of the car I heard one of my goats making the strangest, almost strangled like noise. i went down to find my 8 month old doeling hanging upside down by her back hoof in the shed. We had put ramps up onto the levels so the goats could climb up, so the goats didn't slip we screwed mesh onto the ramps. Unknown to me a bit of the mesh had lifted and it had a bit of metal sticking out, the doe had been butted by another goat and in a freak accident the small piece of metal on the mesh had scewered her back hoof as she went to jump off the top level and this is what she was hanging by. I had to race up to the house and get something to cut the metal because I couldn't lift her off. A fast trip to the vet found a broken leg and badly damaged ligaments. The $3000 vet bill could have been avoided if I had been more vigilant. Another time this same doeling nearly drowned in our dam. We had one of those water pods that we made into a hay feeder and the plastic section that was cut off the top my husband used to throw over our pump down at the dam. The wind had blown it off the pump and it was laying on the ground open side up so of course my doe decided to climb into it which made it flip over her. I heard her crying out and went down to find her stuck under it and as she panicked and moved, it slid further into the dam with her under it. If I hadn't been home she would have drowned. I guess what I'm trying to say is be vigilant and use common sense. If you have young goat kids around don't have deep water containers and buckets around with water in them or they could drown. Check your fences regularly to make sure they can't get out. Walk your property weekly, if you see a potential hazard deal with it then and there don't put it off. Be your goats personal health and safety officer. Even with your goats nutrition prevention is better than cure, make sure they have access to good pasture, hay or chaff and don't forget that mothers feeding their babies will need alot more nutrition and feed than any other goat. Your does and bucks need to be in good condition before being bred, not over weight but good body condition. A few years ago I had alot of kidding issues because I was overfeeding my pregnant does grain and they became overweight. LESSON LEARNED: Don't overfeed pregnant does and they don't need grain. I only feed a bit of grain to lactating does now. Make sure they have access to minerals at all times, some people use lick blocks I prefer to use loose minerals....but whatever you use make sure they always have access to them. If your goats don't appear to be acting normally, check them over. Another thing is do yourself a favour and learn how to do your own FEC (wormcount) so you are not over using wormers. We are our goats guardians and it is up to us to do the right thing by them, you can't go wrong if you remember these things.. 1. Be Vigilant 2. Use Common Sense 3. Be Your Goats Health and Safety Officer 4. Learn From Any Mistakes Happy goating

04.01.2022 Meet our big dogs, Memphis and Ellie

03.01.2022 Jericho and Dottie fighting over who has the best haircut

02.01.2022 Dam raised kids are just as friendly as bottle raised, this little one is on the verge of annoying Charlotte is most content in your arms

02.01.2022 Satin was 2yrs old on Tuesday..... hip hip hooray

02.01.2022 Before and after Kazoo Dottie’s haircut