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Goat Enrichment: The Importance of Mental Health
Goat enrichment provides stimulation of goats’ minds with emotional and health benefits. Positive emotions promote resilience and help goats to cope with life’s challenges.
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Goat Horns and Hierarchy
Most goats, have horns naturally. They are used as tools to scratch, dig, forage, fight, and defend. Horns also dissipate body heat since the blood supply is very close to the surface.
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Goat Journal Special Issue 2020 Goat Health from Head to Hoof
The Goat Journal Special Issue 2020 – Goat Health, from Head to Hoof – will be available for subscribers ONLY, in-home March 15th. But Backyard Goats members can read it NOW!
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Goat Hoof Trimming
Typical goat hoof trimming should be completed every two to three months. Spring and fall are especially important, as folds in overgrown hooves can trap mud and moisture, creating the perfect environment for bacteria to invite rot and scald.
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Preventing Hoof Rot in Goats
Foot rot and related foot scald cause soreness and limping. In severe cases, goats will try to walk on their knees. When you see goats limping, examine the hoof.
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Using Teeth to Determine Your Goat’s Age
Deciduous incisors generally erupt one pair per week from birth, so you can reckon a kid’s age. The first two middle permanent incisors emerge as a yearling approaches 18 months old.
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10 Ways To Recognize Goat Labor Signs
The ability to identify goat labor signs gives you notice when it’s time to move the doe to a private area where she can concentrate on the job at hand without interference from the other goats.
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Do You Know the Difference Between Goats and Sheep?
Do you know the difference between goats and sheep? I know, being a fiber goat shepherd, I often see people who mistake one species for the other.
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For the Love of Bloomy Rind Cheese
While chèvre may be the most popular fresh goat cheese, when it comes to aged goat cheese, my favorite is a mouth-watering bloomy rind cheese.
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Vegetable Rennet vs. Animal Rennet in Cheese
When making cheese, rennet usually isn’t optional. But, though they do the same thing, animal and vegetable rennet have very different beginnings.
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