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How to Raise Dairy Goats for Organic Goat Milk

June 2, 2020 · Backyard Goats Contributor · Home Dairy

When you’re learning goat farming basics, it pays to ask yourself if you want to raise your dairy goats for organic goat milk. It’s a question asked more frequently, as people in the U.S. get more interested in growing and eating organic foods.

Goat Hoof Trimming Made Easy

May 30, 2020 · Gail Damerow · Health

Goat hoof trimming is a necessary part of keeping and raising goats. When a goat cooperates, hoof trimming can easily and smoothly fit into your regular maintenance routine.

A Beginner’s Guide to the Best Goats for Milk

May 26, 2020 · Backyard Goats Contributor · Home Dairy

There are many good reasons for raising dairy goats, and this article is the best place to start for more information about the best goats for milk.

Kat’s Corner: Answers about What to Feed Goats

May 24, 2020 · Katherine Drovdahl MH CA CR CEIT DipHIr QTP · Feed & Housing

Kat’s Caprine Corner answers your pressing goat questions. In this issue: What to feed goats. And will poison hemlock hurt my animals?

Breed Profile: Poitou Goat

May 20, 2020 · Tamsin Cooper · Goat Breeds

Poitou goats are known in France as native to the Marais Poitevin, in the ancient province of Poitou, western France. A popular legend claims that goats were left by Arab warriors after their defeat in 732 at the battle of Poitiers.

Adventures in Making Goat Butter

April 25, 2020 · Marissa Ames · Home Dairy

The first time I tried making goat butter, I didn’t have a cream separator. I didn’t have much of anything. But I tried anyway.

How to Dehorn a Goat: Early Disbudding

April 16, 2020 · Janet Garman · Health

Learning how to dehorn a goat is a task to understand before breeding, if you are preparing to keep a milking doe. Early disbudding makes the horn buds unable to become full-sized horns.

How to Raise Goats In Your Backyard

March 25, 2020 · Backyard Goats Contributor · Ownership

You’ve decided to get a goat or two and try them for awhile, but don’t know where to start. If you have never owned any livestock before, but want to learn how to raise goats in your backyard, getting started is a simple but big step.