Breed Associations
Breeders
Breeding, Caring for Kids, Milking
Health and Nutrition Issues
Hoof Trimming
General Goat Care
Goat Supplies
Showing Goats
American Dairy Goat Association
ADGA plans to start registering Nigerians by 2005.
American Goat Society
An all-dairy-breed registry whose primary focus is the Nigerian.
American Nigerian Dwarf Dairy
Association
ANDDA lobbies for the recognition of the Nigerian Dwarf as a dairy animal.
It is not a registry, but provides an important voice for the breed.
Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association
A registry devoted only to the Nigerian Dwarf.
Piddlin Acres
Breeder of Binky.
Ponders End
This is where I acquired Binky and Frasier. Located in Arizona.
Sunrise Farm
This is where I acquired Molly and Ashley.
Breeding, Caring for Kids, Milking
Birthing Kit
What to have on hand when the babies come.
Bottle Feeding
Kids
A good article that includes typical amounts of formula for a small goat.
Castrating Goats With A Burdizzo Clamp
A step-by-step illustrated article.
How to Disbud
Kids
An article with pictures.
Kids Share
Specialty Dairy
Very interesting information about starting a dairy.
Milking
Process
A step-by-step how-to.
Pre/Post
Kidding Preparation
Checklists on what to do before the babies come!
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
An article on how and why to disbud kids. Written for Pygmies, but
applicable to Nigerians as well.
Solving the Mysteries of
Obstetrics
A great article on the stages of labor and delivery, written for Pygmies but
mostly applicable to Nigerians as well.
Starting Newborns
Right
A basic description of kid care. Written for Pygmies, but applies to
Nigerians as well.
Basic Information On Copper Deficiency
In Dairy Goats In Southern California
An excellent discussion of the copper deficiency problem in the West.
Basic Medication and
Equipment for Dairy Goats
An excellent list of medications for goats, how and why they are given,
dosages, side effects and much more.
Doing Your
Own Fecals is Easy!
An article on how to do fecal exams.
Drugs, Goats
and Health
Links to the FDA abstracts for animal drugs.
Goat 911
Get help from goat experts on your emergency health problems.
Goat Vet List
A nationwide listing of vets who work well with goats.
Livestock Fecal Examination
How to do your own fecal exams.
National
Scrapie Eradication Initiative
Important information about the government's scrapie eradication program.
Nutrient
Requirements of Goats
A National Academy Press online book on goat nutrition.
Planning Your
Annual Hay Supply
How to calculate how much hay you'll need and store it.
Update
on Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
Information from Washington State University on CAE and how to get your
goats tested.
Hoof
Trimming
An articles with pictures of hoof trimming procedure.
Hoof Trimming
Another nice site with pictures.
Alchemy
Acres Tip of the Month
Lots of short, great articles on everything from pasteurizing to packgoats.
Bucks and
Wethers
Why you don't want a buck as a pet, and how to care for wethers.
Goat Kingdom
A nice listing of goat information websites
Goatwisdom
A site with some good articles on basic goat care.
Goatworld
Lots of good goat articles, goat news stories, and other goodies. Graphics-intensive!
National
Goat Handbook
A government publication with lots of short, informative articles on all
aspects of goatkeeping.
Caprine Supply
Carries a wide range of supplies, but tends to have the highest prices of the three sites
listed.
Hoegger's
An all-goat supply house. Prices are in the middle of the three sites I've listed. Quick
service.
Internet Hay Exchange
Try shopping for your hay here!
Premier
Primarily a sheep supply site, but has a lot of items useful for goats like fencing, hoof
trimmers, OB supplies, etc. Best prices of the sites I've listed, and quick service.
Pygmy Goat
Stanchion
Plans for an easy-to-build stanchion for small goats. I made mine in under
an hour. Not too useful for milking, but good for training and grooming.
Sureguard
An Australian provider of quality electric fence chargers, both battery-powered and solar.
Free shipping to the US and great technical support.
Fitting
and Showing
A useful article on showing from the USDA Goat handbook. Includes a checklist of what to
take to the show.
Goat Beauty Parlor
How to clip a goat.
Show Checklist
What not to forget when going to a goat show!
Showing
Goats
Dairy goat judging procedure; that for Nigerians is similar.
Spotlight on Judging
Displays pictures of 4 Nigerians and asks you to rank them. Judges' explanations of their
rankings are provided.