Understanding our goat's digestive system is vital to keeping our goats healthy. Knowing the unique process that goats use to digest their food can help us make better choices about what to feed our goats, what supplements to offer, and...
In this post, I explain how and why to give your goats a copper bolus. I cover how to look for copper deficiencies in your herd, what is a copper bolus, and how to easily give a goat a bolus...
Learning to trim your goat's hooves is one of the basic skills required for keeping goats. For most goat owners, trimming goat hooves is something that needs to be done about 8-12 times a year so it is a good...
Last year we tried this closed tubing system and it worked wonderfully! There is little room for contamination or spilling, and the buckets don't have to be emptied as often as with other systems. You only need a few supplies that...
I'm so glad that I never tasted store-bought goat's milk before we decided to get dairy goats. I knew I loved goat cheese and that was enough to sell me. But store-bought goat milk...how do I say this... store-bought goat...
How we make butter from our fresh goats milk. Goats milk is naturally homogenized and requires a cream separator...
Hypothermia can come on quickly. If your goat kids are experiencing hypothermia, it is an emergency and all efforts must be made to raise the body temperature immediately. Below I go step-by-step on how to save a goat kid with...
I got a barn cam for Christmas this year and I am obsessed! It was the best $140 our family has ever spent. I'm not a big tech sort of person, but this has seriously relieved so much anxiety, especially...
For as long as I can remember I've been drawn to old-fashioned things. My mother is the same way and this nostalgic, bygone style was embedded in my childhood. The books we read, the movies we watched, my mom's style...
This post contains affiliate links which means I make a small commission if a purchase is made through my link which is at no cost to you. Always change or increase feed slowly. Adding probiotics if you have sensitive goats...
