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Prevent Heat Stress in Goats
June 11, 2025 · · Health, Ownership

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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Q&A  With the Program Director for the Livestock Conservancy
May 31, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites In part II of our Q&A on goat registry, we speak with Alison Martin, Ph.D., program director of The Livestock Conservancy. Alison has a PhD in genetics …

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Just for Fun: Coloring Sheets – May/June 2025
May 14, 2025 · · Kids' Corner

Add to Favorites This section of Just for Fun brings you the fabulous coloring sheets sent in by our wonderful readers. As the newsletters progress through a two-month period, this …

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Tails from the Trails: Goat Heaven
May 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites The best adventures start at the end of a bumpy dirt road, and this one would be no different. After being jostled around for several hours in …

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Goat Glam: May/June 2025
May 14, 2025 · · 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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Growing and Cutting Hay
May 14, 2025 · · Feed & Housing, Members Only, Ownership

With the rising expense of hay, if you have the space and equipment, growing and cutting hay for yourself could be a way to reduce costs. Even those with smaller spaces can supplement their hay in summer.

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