a Safe, Cozy Place for Goats to Bunk
Creating an Outdoor Shelter
Keeping Your Goats and Their Living Space Clean
Chapter 6: Dinner Time: What and How to Feed Your Goats
Goats Don’t Eat Tin Cans: What and How to Feed
Using Body-Condition Scoring to Fine-Tune Feeding
Feeding for Special Cases
Getting the Basic Supplies
Building a Simple Hay Feeder
Building a Mineral Block Holder
Providing Supplemental Feeding Options
Creating a Hedgerow
Supplementing with Fodder
Chapter 7: Getting Your Goats: Choosing, Buying, and Bringing Goats Home
Choosing the Right Goats for Your Needs
Finding Sources for Goats
Making Sure You Get a Healthy Goat
Protecting Yourself with a Contract
Bringing Your Goats Home
Chapter 8: Working with Your Goats
Identifying Normal Goat Behavior
Conducting Basic Training with Your Goats
Moving Up to Advanced Goat Training
Supervising Your Herd
Maintaining Physical Fitness
Entertaining with Your Goats
Chapter 9: Handling Routine Care and Important One-Time Tasks
Grooming Your Goats
Caring for Hooves
Dealing with Horns
Castrating Your Bucks
Identifying Your Goats: Microchipping and Tattooing
7 Part 3: Managing Goat Health and Breeding Chapter 10: Outlining Basic Health-Care Requirements Recognizing Signs of Illness Working with a Veterinarian Building a First-Aid Kit The Straight Poop: Fecal Analysis Giving Injections Considering Vaccinations Keeping Health Records Testing to Avoid Problems Knowing the Law Regarding Drugs in Food Animals Chapter 11: Addressing Common Health Problems and Ailments Managing the Creepy-Crawlies Acquainting Yourself with Goat Viruses and Infections Examining Feed-Related Problems Chapter 12: Breeding and Looking After Pregnant Goats Preparing for Breeding Running through Goat Mating Habits: Courting Is Crucial! Finding Breeding Solutions When You Have Only Does Looking into the Finer Points of Goat Pregnancy Getting Ready for Kidding Chapter 13: Now Comes the Fun Part: Kids! Grasping the Basics of Kidding Taking Care of Mother and Kids after Kidding Feeding the Kids Chapter 14: Caring for Aged Goats Identifying Health Problems Making Allowances for Disability Determining When to Let Go
8 Part 4: Making Your Goats Work for You Chapter 15: Discovering Goat Milk: How to Get, Use, and Sell It Developing a Milking Routine Getting a Grip on Hand-Milking Using a Motorized Milking Machine Handling Milk to Keep It Clean and Fresh Staying Legal while Selling Milk Chapter 16: Goat Meat: From Breeding to Selling and Beyond Getting the Basics of Raising Goats for Meat Selling Your Products Slaughtering Goats Using All of the Goat Chapter 17: Showing Your Goats
