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Goat Journal Contributor

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Articles by Goat Journal Contributor

Goat Sausage Stuffed Shells Recipe
September 30, 2025 · · Recipes

Add to Favorites This goat sausage stuffed shells recipe will make your family happy. Now, I know what you’re thinking: Goat meat? Gross! Most of the time, people who hold …

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Are Alpine Ibex Goats Becoming Night Owls?
September 30, 2025 · · Health, Ownership

Alpine Ibex goats are adapting by foraging at night to avoid heat stress, but the change in behavior comes with other dangers.

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Hunting With Goats – the Underdogs of the Backcountry
September 30, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Hunting with goats makes it easier to get deeper into the backcountry and allows access for those with injuries or who find age makes it more difficult. …

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Reproductive Success Starts with Good Nutrition
September 24, 2025 · · Health, Ownership

Forage alone doesn’t always supply all the minerals goats need, especially for reproduction. Access to a well-balanced mineral is a must.

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Protein for Goats is Essential
September 19, 2025 · · Health, Ownership

Protein for goats is essential, and many goats may need extra in their diets during specific life stages or under certain conditions.

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Harvesting Goat Milk
September 14, 2025 · · Book Review, Home Dairy, Ownership

High-quality goat’s milk comes only from healthy, well-nourished, and unstressed goats. The task of milking must also be done properly in order to preserve the quality of the milk.

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Life With Goats: The Goat Show
August 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites I had a lovely dairy goatAnd took her to a show,The finest lady dairy goatThat I did ever know!The judge, he felt her ribsAnd checked for dairyness.He …

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Ammonium Chloride for Goats
August 14, 2025 · · Health, Members Only

Add to Favorites Urolithiasis: the formation of bladder stones, or “urinary calculi”— is a leading cause of disease and death in male goats. The treatment, expense, and poor prognosis for …

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Surfing Goats Ride the Waves in California
July 31, 2025 · · Kids' Corner, Ownership

Add to Favorites This is a continuing story about Dana Joseph McGregor, a man who helps people get over their fear of the water with his lovable goats on surfboards. …

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Tails from the Trails: A Hot Summer Hike
July 14, 2025 · · Ownership

Add to Favorites It’s sweltering out, entirely too hot for 9:00 in the morning, as I lead my goats over a loose section of scree that is our makeshift trail. …

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