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How Do Goats Think and Feel?
Add to Favorites Have you ever wondered what your goats are thinking and how they feel about life? Such questions encouraged Elodie Briefer, a Swiss animal behavior researcher specializing in …
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When Can a Baby Goat Leave Its Mother?
When can a baby goat leave its mother? And how long do kids need to nurse? The delicate questions of weaning and companionship can make all the difference to the health and welfare of kids and their dams.
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Keeping a Buck Goat Happy
When keeping a buck goat, it’s good to remember that he’s a social animal too with an active mind and needs company and play as much as does.
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Changes to The IDGR
Add to Favorites by Peggy Boone The International Dairy Goat Registry has been a vital resource to goat and sheep producers for over 30 years. Now the IDGR is under …
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A Pack Goat Weekend at Rendy
If you’re new to goat packing or just thinking about trying a pack goat, the NAPgA Rendezvous is the best place to discover all your options.
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Best Yarn for Blankets — From Goats!
When looking for the best yarn for blankets, look to goats to provide it. The yarns made from their fibers are often considered luxury.
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Goats Prefer People with Smiling, Happy Faces
Researchers aimed to find out by watching goats at Buttercups Sanctuary for Goats, England, and recording their reactions to photographs of different human expressions. They found that goats prefer people who were smiling.
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Rescue Goats – Goat with The Flow
Learn about the courageous story of volunteers donning respirators, donating land, and equipment to rescue goats from the 2018 Kilauea eruption.
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Life Lessons from the Barnyard: Trailering Adventures
Add to Favorites When we first started raising dairy goats about ten years ago, we began with Mini Nubians. My thinking was that I loved the long floppy ears of …
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Goat Cast Steals The Show
This play, simply titled “Goats”, is a daring theater production that staged a bold innovation — a goat cast live on stage!
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Goat Journal is no longer available as a standalone subscription, but its spirit and expertise live on within Countryside & Small Stock Journal. When you subscribe to Countryside, you also gain full access to Goat Journal's website and archive as a bonus — every article and back issue, plus members-only Goat Notes and more! And with Countryside as your guide, you’ll have the knowledge you need to live a more self-reliant, satisfying life.
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