DeMaria Farm

17/11/2024

Roxy watching over the goats

12/11/2024

Please join us next week on Wednesday, November 13th @ 11:00 AM PDT / 12:00 pm MDT / 1:00 pm CDT for the November 2024 UI-USU-SDSU Extension Sheep & Goat webinar where Dr. Bob Sager, DVM, PhD, with Medicine Creek Bovine Health & Consulting, will discuss mineral nutrition and related issues for small ruminants.

USU Extension - Sheep and Goat SDSU Extension Sheep & Goats

Register Here: https://uidaho.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fWiLWKvuS2-dx3AJnWotNw

30/10/2024

Happy Halloween Goats!

28/10/2024

Pumpkin party

28/10/2024

Kiko
The Kiko breed came to the US from New Zealand in the 80’s and early 90’s but it has really grown since the 2000’s when breeders started crossing them with Boers.

Kiko’s are great mothers, and have been developed with little human intervention whereas a lot of the purebred Boers need more hands-on management.

The Kiko goat does extremely well with foraging on pasture and not needing supplemental grain for finishing.

The Kiko is a hardy breed that is also parasite resistant and resilient, meaning that they tend to have very low loads of parasites, and if they do get them, they handle it well.

They have twins, and triplets frequently and can raise them on their own as Kiko dams produce a good amount of milk for their kids. They also have less upper respiratory issues and hoof rot problems.

They are commonly used with cattle producers to eat the forage that the cows leave behind. This breed has economic value and advantages over other breeds due to the strict culling that has been used to develop it.

23/10/2024

Turkey Talk

20/10/2024

So...there are pumpkins everywhere as well as the recommendation to feed goats pumpkin as a natural dewormer, sparking the Great Pumpkin Debate.
Does it work? Studies say no.
If your goats like them, great - but if they don't - no worries.

29/09/2024

Sunday morning goats

24/09/2024

24/09/2024

Pretty blue eyed boy.

22/09/2024

More goats on houses