Featured Stories
When Wildfires Rage, Animals Can Be Saved
“Get Out! Evacuate … NOW!” These are words no one wants to hear. VERT (Veterinary Emergency Response Team) is there to search and gather fleeing dogs, cats, and barnyard animals.
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6 Things to Love About Kinder Goats
Kinder goats are a relatively new, uncommon goat, but this American breed is becoming increasingly popular, especially among homesteaders and small farmers. What makes Kinders so great? In short, these goats are incredibly versatile and productive!
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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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Janus, a Two-Headed Goat
When Jocelyn went in to feel if the kid needed to be turned or assisted out, what she felt confused her. The little buckling had two heads.
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Synchronizing Estrus
Estrus synchronization is simply any method used to bring an individual or group of animals into an optimal physiological state for ovulation and, thereby, conception. Besides reducing some breeding season headaches, this is also especially helpful to develop a specific kidding window.
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Let’s Talk About B Vitamins for Goats
This series of vitamins play a wide array of roles in a healthy body and metabolism. For people and most animals, we must consume them daily. Goats, on the other hand, are a bit luckier. Thanks to their rumens, they can produce their own B vitamins.
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Back From the Vet: Goat Dental Health
Though you may have gandered at your goat’s incisors to assess age, likely you have not taken them to the veterinarian. As advancements in the care of livestock have been made, more emphasis is being made on the oral health of goats.
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Breed Profile: Girgentana Goat
The Girgentana goat is one of Italy’s rare goat breeds with unique and valuable hardy traits and great potential for craft dairy products … and the most amazing horns!
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Secret Life of Goats: IMTUF Goats
Bleary-eyed from staying awake all night, both humans and pack goats are exhausted as they now hike down the steep trail back to their vehicle. The runners only have 36 hours to complete the race with 20,000 feet of climb and descent.
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Using Kefir and Clabbered Milk Cultures in Cheesemaking
Kefir and clabbered milk recipes aren’t common, but they are the way people made cheese for thousands of years.
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