Featured Stories
What to Do with All Those Buckling Goats!
Those new buckling goats are fun until you’re overrun with babies. What are goats good for? We have answers.
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9 Things to Consider Before Raising Milk Goats
Thinking about raising goats for milk? There are many goat milk benefits, including making goat cheese or learning how to make goat milk soap.
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Goat Journal September/October 2020
Goat Journal September/October 2020 is in-home August 27th, but Backyard Goats members can read it NOW! Subscribe for stories on artificial insemination, conceiving doelings vs. bucklings, hermaphroditism, goat-friendly housing, PLUS a Breed Profile of the Valais Blackneck goat!
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That Scary Goat!
What contributes to scary goat behavior and how can we reduce that likelihood? Read on to discover ways to prevent issues from cropping up.
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Registering Your Goat
Goat registries are very beneficial when you want to have the best of a particular breed. Find a list of goat registries here.
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Back from the Vet: Caseous Lymphadenitis in Goats
Insidious diseases such as caseous lymphadenitis are having increasing ramifications for health and production within herds. In order to appropriately manage a goat herd for this disease, it is imperative to understand the disease process as well as the current diagnostics available.
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Hermaphroditism and Polled Goats
Hermaphroditism is not uncommon among goats, especially dairy goats of Western European descent. Before people realized the correlation between goats being polled and possible hermaphroditism, rates were as high as 6-11% of goat herds in the U.S in the early 20th century.
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Goat Blood Testing – A Smart Move!
What is goat blood testing, and why should you do it? Where can you find goat testing lab and how do you know what goat diseases to test for?
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A Story of Urinary Calculi
Chip was standing very still and “looked sick.” He would also occasionally strain, as if he were sneezing but without the sneeze part. He had urinary calculi.
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How to Treat Goat Diseases and Illnesses Naturally
When it comes to goat diseases and illnesses, there are many ways to care for dairy goats naturally, without chemical intervention.
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