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Sherri Talbot
Articles by Sherri Talbot
“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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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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Caprine Crops: Beet Pulp for Goats and Other Alternative Feed
Add to Favorites Facing high feed bills? Look to the past to help with the future and explore other options, such as beet pulp for goats, sweet potato vines, and …
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Artificial Insemination of Goats
Add to Favorites Artificial insemination in goats can aid in conserving endangered breeds, but it comes with complications and uncertain outcomes. Artificial insemination (AI) has been around for hundreds of …
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Heat Stress in Goats
Like many new farmers, goat owners often worry about their goats too much in the wintertime and not enough in hot weather. Heat and humidity can be as detrimental for goats as it can be for humans.
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Meningeal Worms and Goats
Meningeal worms are a parasite that primarily lives in the digestive system of white-tailed deer; however, brain worms can transmit to less-resistant hosts, including; moose, caribou, and domestic livestock. In other animals, meningeal worms cause behavioral changes, weakness, and death in infected animals.
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Where’s the Goat?
Where’s the goat? We take a look at how popular they were on ships of the era and then try to discover why there were none on the Mayflower.
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What Makes a Good Buck Goat?
Just because he’s cute doesn’t mean he’s good for your herd. What traits make a buck goat worthy enough to be a herd sire?
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San Clemente Island Bucks: Boys Will Be Boys
New owners have a vision of their bucks becoming violent, smelly, and crazed during the rutting season and a useless nuisance that hangs out in a corner throughout the rest of the year. Dispelling some of these myths can be an important part of raising San Clemente Island bucks.
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