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The Relaxed Farming Pygmy Goats: How to look after us
All about us
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Why keep pygmy goats
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Fascinating facts
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How to look after us
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Our offspring
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Kidding 2015
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Relaxed FarmingHow to look after us... (as answered by Sage). We really don't take a huge amount of looking after but as with most animals the more time and attention we get, the happier we are

  • Give us room for a bit of a run: Read more

  • Provide a comfy shed or barn: Read more

  • We do love our treats: Read more

  • Please look after our hooves: Read more

  • We are generally very fit and healthy: but occasionally we might get ill so most people give us a yearly vaccination (a bit like your measles and mumps jabs) and check us for worms or nasty creepy crawlies. ..

    In our first year here we had to spend a lot of time inside as it rained ALL winter (well nearly) and most of got coughs and sniffles (imagine being in your classroom all day and night for a week with all those lovely germs).

    Onion also got a nasty abscess one summer and had to have it drained (all the pus squeezed out) - yuk!!!!!

  • We love being with other goats: Read more

 The picture of health
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Onion with a shaved neck
after they drained her abscess
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