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Goat Math: Why do I have too many goats?

Maybe you are new to goats and haven’t heard of goat math. Or you come from dogs, chickens, cats, horses or any other sort of animal which has its own form of X math. I think there might even be …

Goat Conditions: Floppy Kid Syndrome

I believe Floppy Kid Syndrome killed a couple kids this year. I say “believe” because we did a necropsy on one and ruled out other possibilities. There wasn’t a test we could do to …

Making dairy manageable with alternative milking schedules

Often while milking I make up parody songs about goats. My favorite this fall has been about my milking schedule:

Milking 9 to 5 doing dairy to fit your schedule workin’ other jobs Not all …

Goat Conditions: What is carpal hyperextension in goats?

Carpal hyperextension in goats is a condition and topic of primarily Nigerian Dwarf breeders though there have been instances of it in mini goat breeds. You will often see it referred to as …

Competitive Goating: So you want to show goats?

When I first got goats I said I just wanted some milk for home use. I had no intention to show goats or do anything else like that. Fast forward less than two years and I got the show bug. I showed …

Goat Herd Management: Managing pregnant does

One of the areas of management I’ve changed quite a bit over the past few years is how I manage my pregnant does. As with all my other writing I’m not an expert nor am I a veterinary, …

Expensive Goats: When $1000 + $1500 is not $2500

Goats can really vary in price and quality, there are some quite expensive goats out there. It is hard to make money at goats and few do. New goat breeders sometimes spend a lot of money on their …

Goat Herd Management: How we provide goat minerals

There are lots of different ways to provide goat minerals. The way I have settled upon is one of the more simple ones. Many people will argue other method they use are better and they have seen great …

Polled Intersex Syndrome: Why we don't breed polled to polled

Polled Intersex Syndrome (PIS) is something about goats that comes up every so often in various goat discussion forums. There is a lot of debate back and forth, but in the scientific literature things …

You bought an ADGA registered goat, do you need an ADGA membership?

Registering goats with ADGA is relatively simple, but can seem daunting. I think getting an ADGA membership is the way to go. I give a broad overview of how it works here and why you might want to do …

Goat Herd Management: How we manage goat bedding

Goat bedding is something where there are likely as many variants as there are goat farms. Some things are simple differences and some styles vary quite a bit. Here I’ll explain what we …

How we raise goat kids, currently...

The qualifier in the title of this post is a little bit of a joke, but also is how things work generally in raising livestock. Raising goat kids is no exception. We are constantly evolving our …