ksalvagno
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Shear her down before you treat. You will get the lice better if that fiber is off of her. You don't have to go to skin, just cut it very short.
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freemotion
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Aw, they are so cute! After pics???
(Oh, and teach your kids to keep their faces away from those horns....that pic of the ADORABLE girl holding the doeling...eek. I see horns vs face happening.....we've all learned it the hard way. I got jabbed by a doeling last week by accident when she threw her head up to avoid another goat. Ouch.)
(Oh, and teach your kids to keep their faces away from those horns....that pic of the ADORABLE girl holding the doeling...eek. I see horns vs face happening.....we've all learned it the hard way. I got jabbed by a doeling last week by accident when she threw her head up to avoid another goat. Ouch.)
FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
Good point. My little cuties have the nasty habit of knocking their heads back into my face. It hurts and mine don't have horns. I have learned to not put my face over their heads, on the side yes, over the top where they can bonk me, NO. They are little stinkers.freemotion said:
Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
I saw a pygora doe at the CT Sheep and Wool Festival. She wasn't as nice as your doe! I had been considering fiber goats and this doe turned me right off to them. Yours is much prettier!
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rebecca100
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Actually we have all worn bruises due to goats heads. He is actually further from her face than what the pic looks. None of us have ever been hit in the face before and that is a scary thought.
Anyway, how do I find out about spinning wool and what wool to use? Isn't the long stuff just hair? Oh and aparently we started an arguement among the neighbors on whether they were sheep or goats! LOL Finally when we verified they WERE goats then they swore that MAYBE the big one was, but those weren't her babies then becuase they definately were sheep!
I am going to cut her hair shorter today, but when I do her skin will be easily visible. It is already almost visible along her backbone, but at least she will be clean and hopefully the sparse hair will also discourage the bugs.
Anyway, how do I find out about spinning wool and what wool to use? Isn't the long stuff just hair? Oh and aparently we started an arguement among the neighbors on whether they were sheep or goats! LOL Finally when we verified they WERE goats then they swore that MAYBE the big one was, but those weren't her babies then becuase they definately were sheep!
I am going to cut her hair shorter today, but when I do her skin will be easily visible. It is already almost visible along her backbone, but at least she will be clean and hopefully the sparse hair will also discourage the bugs.
lorihadams
Always doing laundry
Wow....all that pretty hair! Sorry about the lice....gee, it's always something isn't it? 
Rebbetzin
Almost Self-Reliant
I checked out last week from the library a book on spinning yarn.rebecca100 said:I just looked them up and I honestly didn't know such a breed existed. Now I have a woolie goat and a woolie rabbit. I read somewhere that you can mix the hair for spinning-if I knew how to spin!
The Intentional Spinner :
A holistic approach to making yarn
Author: Judith MacKenzie McCuin
Publisher Loveland, Colo. Interweave Press LLC, c2009.
It was interesting. There are lots of things on the web on spinning your own yarn. I have aways wanted to learn. When I had an Old English Sheepdog, I should have tried it.
noobiechickenlady
Almost Self-Reliant
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rebecca100
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We foung the perfect house for the perfect price only to be turned down for financing!! 
5.2 acres with a 3 bed 3 bath ranch style house fixer-upper (abandoned and needs new shingles on the roof) with a beautiful interior with a fireplace for $35,000!!! And it was only 20 minutes from fil's house. Anyone have any suggestions? Neither place has sold, and probably won't in time. Sooooo depressing. I don't want to give up yet, but it looks totally out of reach! Actually without financing, it seems everything is going to be out of reach!
5.2 acres with a 3 bed 3 bath ranch style house fixer-upper (abandoned and needs new shingles on the roof) with a beautiful interior with a fireplace for $35,000!!! And it was only 20 minutes from fil's house. Anyone have any suggestions? Neither place has sold, and probably won't in time. Sooooo depressing. I don't want to give up yet, but it looks totally out of reach! Actually without financing, it seems everything is going to be out of reach!
Rebbetzin
Almost Self-Reliant
That is a bummer to be sure!! You would think... with all the vacant properties they would be more flexible with financing just to get someone in a house rather than to have it sit vacant and get possible vandalism.
