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Tails from the Trails: Training Baby Pack Goats
March 14, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Training baby pack goats starts at the very beginning, first by being present for their birth, then through play, and finally hiking. I wake up to the …

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Plants Poisonous to Goats: Part One
March 14, 2025 · · Health, Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites In this multi-part series, we’ll take an in-depth look at plants poisonous to goats. But there are ways to help prevent goats from eating things they shouldn’t …

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How Weather Impacts Forages
March 14, 2025 · · Health, Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Feed can be the most significant expense in raising goats, often exceeding other costs. There’s plenty of pressure to strike a balance between cost and nutrition, but …

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Goat Personality Traits and Their Importance in the Herd
March 14, 2025 · · Ownership

Goat personality traits are individual differences that are important to accommodate for effective goat husbandry. Attention to different behavioral needs ensures the welfare of the whole herd.

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Goat News: March/April 2025
March 1, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites In “Goat News” we share goat stories of the current, odd, fun, and important. If there are stories that you’d like us to cover or want to …

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From This Side of the Ring: Getting show goats ready after kidding
March 1, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Today, I find myself thinking about the kidding season and how I help my show goats recover from kidding so they can be ready for the show …

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Dam Raising or Bottle Feeding Baby Goats
March 1, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites There are almost as many ways of raising goat kids as there are goat breeders. Dam raising, bottle feeding, milk-share, lambar-style bucket (nipples at the top), nipple …

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Goat Ear Tags and Other Types of Goat ID
March 1, 2025 · · Members Only, Ownership

Add to Favorites Many goat ear tags say, “UNLAWFUL TO REMOVE,” yet people remove them. Is it really against the law to remove an ear tag? Yes, in fact, it …

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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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