I shaved my two bucklings for the Son of A Buck Show that will be in Amelia, Virginia in a few weeks. They did so well during the entire process!

Mark Stevens from Capra Gia Genetics AI’d five of my does on September 1, 2017. We trailered the girls to Morgan Star Farm (2.5 hrs away) and I think that drive stressed them a lot. Only 1 doe (Tempo Kim) settled. Next year, we will do our own AI’ing here on the farm.

This is the AI Protocol we use each year:

(the number of days can be shortened/extended if needed)

• Day O give 1 cc of Cystorlyn IM & Implant CIDR
• Day 11: Give 2cc of lutlayse IM at 8am
• Day 12: Give 1.5 cc of PG600 IM at CIDR Pull at 8am. (the time of day is critical and must be the same time each day)
• Day 14: AI Breed at 50-54 hrs (2 days, 6 hrs) & Give 1 cc of Cystorlyn IM.

Funny video of most of my girls in season at the same time: Click Here

I started doing my own fecals and am so glad. Using the McMaster slides is easy. The information you learn about your goat’s internal health is priceless!

A great source for purchasing the fecal equipment: Maggidans.com

We have provided free choice minerals to all of our goats for years with very good success.

• Sodium bicarbonate
• Copper Sulfate
• Southern States 2:1 Beef Mineral
• Calcium (limestone)
• Cobalt Sulfate

Video of goat licking the Cobalt block: Click Here