Chicken Scraps Blog

I am certainly not an expert when it comes to hoof trimming, but I have learned how to do a basic trim, and my goats don't have foot problems.  Here is a video tutorial of how I do it. Remember, when you are trimming their feet, pay attention to their condition.  Foot rot can be a problem if your goats are copper deficient.  If you have foot rot, this recipe cures it in one or two treatments. 1/4 lb. copper sulphate, 4 cups water 1/4 cup vinegar. Dissolve copper in the vinegar and water, and soak affected foot for 10 minutes once per day until the foot rot is gone.  (For a more extensive article, please visit:   Natural cure (and prevention) of foot rot in goats, sheep and cows Here is the video: The goat in the video is Honeysuckle, the daughter of Mabel.  (She is currently for sale.) I hope it is helpful!

Sometimes it is tempting to only blog about the good things happening on our farm, but the fact is, that we have problems too.  I have just been reminded that I don't know nearly as much about raising goats as I sometimes think I do.  I am currently dealing with my first (and hopefully only) case of staph mastitis. Shortly after I bought Mabel, she developed a knot in one teat that soon made milking impossible, and that side dried up.  Twice when she has kidded the vet has opened the teat surgically.  It would stay open for a week or two, then gradually close again as that half of her udder dried up. I thought this was scar tissue from an injury received at her former home, as did our vet, but last month I noticed that side of her udder swelling suspiciously.  When I felt it, I knew something was drastically wrong.  It was hard, with round lumps- not at all normal.  It was not hot, so I hoped it wasn't mastitis, but some research and talking to a very knowledgeable d

Due to upcoming changes on our little farm, I will no longer be raising goats.  I have been looking forward to breeding and milking Honeysuckle, but it just isn't going to work out for us. Honeysuckle is a Boer/ Nubian dual-purpose doeling.  She is very friendly, healthy, and has good conformation.  She has been raised with children all her life, and is good with them.  Her udder already looks very nice, and I think she will be a fair milker, with the rich Nubian milk, and yet producing hefty, fast growing kids when bred to a meat buck.

For four and a half years, Chicken Scraps Blog has been the website for our small family farm.  Now the time has come for us to have a more official website. Check it out here:   Feldman Family Farm