Competitive Goating
ADGA Goat Naming
When you go to name your goat it can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be. Here I’m specifically talking about the constraints of ADGA Goat Naming. Are there rules for naming goats? Yes, …
ADGA Unified Scorecard: Your Key to Competitive Goating
One of the key competitive goating activities I enjoy is showing. At the center of showing is the ADGA Unified Scorecard.
When I first got started showing I was just trying to keep my goat between …
Goating into 2024
I’m not a big one for New Years resolutions, but I do have some idea of the things I want to do differently in 2024. Yesterday I wrote more of a review of 2023, and this post is about the new …
2023 in Review: The good, the bad and the goaty
2023 was a big year for Floof Farm as far as our competitive goating journey. Here I’m doing a 2023 in review both the highlights and the lowlights.
We did quite a few shows including Nationals, …
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 …
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 …
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 …