Eagleburra Pygmy Goats

15/06/2025

Milk arrowroot bickies and wheat-bix snacks on this beautiful sunny winters afternoon 💗

14/06/2025

Go ahead Presley, rub that buck stank all over the does scratching post🤣

13/06/2025

Tomorrow will be our 30 day countdown until kidding season starts! I'm in the process of moving things from the First Aid to the kidding kit and still waiting for a few more items to arrive.

I'd love to know if there is anything else we should add to our kidding or first aid kits?

Living rural, our vet is not just five minute trip down the road, so being prepared is essential. After scouring the US Pygmy Goat groups and recommendations from other breeders, our kidding kit is now double the size of any lambing/calving/whelping kit we've ever had, but we'd rather have items we never need rather than have regrets later.

10/06/2025

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08/06/2025

Well worth the read for anyone wanting to add kids to their family.

We've been asked about bottle Pygmy babies, this is not something we will do unless necessary for the health of doe or kid. After raising poddy lambs and a calf the reality is nothing like the cute video clips you see on social media.

06/06/2025

Big thank you to Emma Myall Forest Stud - Nigerian Dwarf & Pygmy Goats for recommending these Black Panther Industrial Snips for hoof trimming.

I have small hands and RA, so nippers that do most of the work for me - and are also small enough for tiny Pygmy hooves is essential.

I've been using the popular green ones on the left and found them pretty much useless after a couple of months, especially on hard summer hooves. They are also very difficult to get in to trim tiny Pygmy heels correctly which I found really frustrating - there's a saying amongst horse people 'no hoof, no horse' that also holds true with goats (especially short heavy ones that need good feet and accurate trims to support their weight).

The fact that these Black Panthers are half the price and available at Bunnings was a bonus :)

Fair warning, they are sharp and need a sturdy leather glove upgrade for safety.

04/06/2025

We are rapidly heading towards the last month of pregnancy for our First Ladies-in-waiting, Dixie, Rose and Phoenix who are due to kid from mid July.

Despite their rather ample bellies, they are still very active and can certainly hike it up the hill to shelter as soon as it starts raining 🤣

04/06/2025

Glen vac 3 in 1 is what we use to vaccinate our Pygmy Goats. The important thing to remember is that unlike other livestock, goats need to be vaccinated every six months and does one month before kidding.

Vaccinations
A reminder that while the label says vaccines are annual for sheep, goats need a minimum of every 6 months to protect them from enterotoxaemia (Pulpy Kidney). See https://www.zoetis.com.au/all-products/portal-site/beef-dairy-sheep/sheep-glanvac-3.aspx My preference is Glanvac3 but as it only comes in a large pack size some find it difficult to source. If in a liverfluke area or have had cases of other clostridial diseases on your farm then may need Glanvac 6. If still can't access Glanvac then you can use 5 in1 but this does not protect against CLA(cheesy gland). Glanvac 3 will produce the smallest reactions/lumps/swelling.

03/06/2025

Why does the hay they have rejected and dropped onto the ground suddenly become tasty once I have raked it up and put it in the cart?

31/05/2025

I think we will appreciate these saving us trips to the kidding shed during freezing cold, wet nights in July and August 😁

29/05/2025

The girls are all sporting thick winter cashmere to keep them warm through the freezing cold nights we’ve been having.

We’re looking forward to some decent rain over the next week, the drought and two below average rainfall years has impacted our pasture and growth was slow and now stopped as the days have got too cold.

The girls are more than happy to scrounge whatever they can find to eat 😁