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Tails from the Trails: A Hike and a Hunt
Add to Favorites It’s early afternoon when we pull into the trailhead, my old Ford pickup lurching to a stop as I shut off the ignition and silence the clattering …
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From This Side of the Ring: Finding Success in the Showring
Add to Favorites Hello readers. It seems the end of an era has come as Goat Journal won’t continue in the New Year. I’d thought about what last words of …
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Goats
Add to Favorites With more goats in the U.S. being raised as pets or in small herds, rather than as production animals, they’re living longer, and their owners are more …
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Goat Pregnancy Health and Nutrition
Add to Favorites With a relatively brief 150-day average gestation, the months of goat pregnancy can fly by for breeders. Pregnant animals need consistent attention and good nutrition throughout, but …
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Humane Certification for Goat Ranchers: Is It Attainable?
Add to Favorites The word “humane” carries weight with consumers, but without certification, it can be misleading. Goat ranchers face unique challenges in meeting humane standards, and while certification is …
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Goat Milk Peanut Butter Fudge Recipe
Making fudge is only as hard as you make it. This simple recipe for goat milk peanut butter fudge is pretty much screw-up free.
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“If only” – An Experience with Ringwomb
Add to Favorites On March 19, 2023, my San Clemente Island goat doe, Sunflower, began to show signs of labor. She was a couple days earlier than expected, but within …
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Goat Horns Throughout History
Add to Favorites Even before domestication, goats and their horns played an important role in human life. From tools for daily work to signaling ceremonies and battles to objects of …
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Witnessing an En Caul Birth
Add to Favorites En caul refers to the birth of a fetus entirely encased in an unruptured amniotic sac. It’s not an emergency, it’s normal in animals. In that moment, …
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How to Tote Your Goat: Transporting Goats
Add to Favorites Goats are a common choice for many small homesteads in the United States, and as a source of meat and milk around the world. There are many …
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