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Reader Letters May/June 2025
June 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Do you have a question or a comment about your goats, their feed, housing, or an article you’ve read here? Feel free to email us at goatjournal@iamcountryside.com. …

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Life with Goats: A-Milking We Shall Go!

Add to Favorites by Roberta E Molaron – In the 1980s, the Bloomsburg Fair in Pennsylvania held a milking contest that had always been considered a competition for dairy cow …

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Quality Versus Quantity in San Clemente Island Goats

Add to Favorites When raising endangered heritage-breed livestock like San Clemente Island goats, there’s a temptation to breed every animal to gain as many young as possible. However, conservation breeding …

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Kelp for Goats

Add to Favorites Kelp (Ascophyllum nodosum) is a seaweed in the algae family used by many goat keepers as a feed supplement. It’s the most common seaweed used for animal …

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Is There Such Thing as Goat Breed Temperament?
June 14, 2025 · · Goat Breeds, Ownership

Breed temperament is a trait worth considering when planning to keep goats. Whether a factor of genetics or raising method, studies show there do appear to be differences between lines or herds where boldness, shyness, or behavioral flexibility are concerned

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Prevent Heat Stress in Goats

Add to Favorites With summer temperatures just around the corner, it’s time to consider ways to keep your goat herd cool and prevent heat stress in your goats. What is …

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Kicking Goat Cheese Queso Recipe
May 31, 2025 · · Recipes

Add to Favorites I don’t know about y’all, but for me, junk food is a quick fix for snack time. Only, I don’t love junk ingredients. I decided dips were …

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Breed Profile: Sable Goat
May 31, 2025 · · Goat Breeds

A Sable goat is the colored offspring of purebred Saanen or Sable Saanen parents. Apart from coat color, a Sable goat has the same characteristics and qualities as a Saanen.

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Coffee Can Goat
May 31, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites In 25 years with goats, I’ve come across some strange things. I never would’ve believed I’d come across a goat in the middle of the road with …

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Blister Beetles and Alfalfa
May 31, 2025 · · Feed & Housing, Health

Add to Favorites Seeing beetles on a hay crop is alarming, but the sight of blister beetles, which love to feed on alfalfa, is on another level. They’re most common …

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