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Pack Goat Forest Closures
February 11, 2025 · · Uncategorized

Add to Favorites Pack goat forest closures continue to impact hiking and hunting with pack goats. Are the restrictions necessary? What can be done about it? From casual day hikers …

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Holiday Meat Marketing Guide
February 10, 2025 · · Goat Notes, Members Only

Here’s a guide to the preferred size, weight, and animals preferred at each holiday.

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Beulah Yule Log Festival
February 10, 2025 · · Ownership

Add to Favorites The sun glistened like diamonds on top of a freshly fallen foot of snow. The air was crisp and cold. The kind of cold that tingles your …

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From This Side of the Ring: Goat Conformation
February 9, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Learn to understand the ADGA scorecard so you can better understand goat conformation, what the different terms are, and what to breed for. When the days get …

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Buying Goats With Unknown Backgrounds

Add to Favorites In an ideal world, all new additions to your herd will be fully vaccinated, in good health, have complete health histories, and come from trustworthy sellers. Of …

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Toxoplasmosis in Goats

Add to Favorites Toxoplasmosis in goats isn’t a disease that will cause severe production losses. However, its zoonotic risk makes it an important disease. Most people are instructed not to …

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Reader Photos – Winter 2024
February 9, 2025 · · Ownership

Add to Favorites Oatie and Barley Oatie and Barley: We adopted their pregnant mom from a farm animal rescue in Ohio without knowing much about her due date or anticipated …

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Goat Glam: Fall 2025
February 9, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Goat Glam will feature two goats for assessment each Time. We’ll discuss each doe’s good traits, what could be better, and what to look for in a …

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Hunting With Pack Goats
February 9, 2025 · · Uncategorized

Add to Favorites Nathan Putnam of Putnam Pack Goats has utilized pack goats to assist with backpacking and, more uniquely, hunting with pack goats for nearly nine years. A member …

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Campfire Dinner Recipe
February 8, 2025 · · Recipes

Add to Favorites If you’re busy with fair week, camping, hiking, or on a backpacking trip, you can easily make this campfire dinner recipe on the go. As fall approaches, …

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