https://thriftyhomesteader.com/cashmere-goats/
Recently the Cashmere Goat Association voted to make Cashmere goats a breed. Prior to that vote, a “cashmere” goat was just a goat with a specific type of cashmere fiber.
In this episode I’m having a
Read more…https://thriftyhomesteader.com/buying-goats-mistakes/
How do you avoid scams when buying goats? Should you buy registered goats? How do you know you’re buying healthy goats?
If you are getting started with goats or still building your herd, you pro
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If I am going to use the moveable pens for daytime foraging for 4 ND's wethers when the weather is good, do you have recommendations for how large I would want the permanent pen area that would be attached to the barn, where they would ha
Read more…https://thriftyhomesteader.com/experimental-goats/
If a herd has more than one breed of goat, odds are good that they also have some experimental goats, which are crosses of other purebred standard-sized goats. Bucks are determined creatures, and
Read more…Can someone give me an idea of at what age kids are no longer likely to fit through the cattle panel openings? I'll have 4 wethers coming in the next 2 months and they'll be 8- 10 weeks old when we bring them in. The combination feedlot panels at Tr
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We live in the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania on almost 2 acres with an old barn and wood sided garage. After years of taking care of other people's farm animals I am finally bringing in 4 NDG's of my own in about 6 wks.Two are does fr
Read more…https://thriftyhomesteader.com/dairy-goat-breed/
Because everyone's dairy needs are different, there is no single best breed of dairy goat. Learn which breeds excel in which traits.
Read more…If you've ever thought about microchipping your goats, that is exactly what we talked about in yesterday's podcast episode:
https://thriftyhomesteader.com/microchipping-goats/
If you prefer to read rather than listen, there is also a complete transc
Read more…I will be purchasing my first 2 or 3 goats this Spring and would like to hear any advice you have to give on what questions I should ask, what I should look for, etc. I live in Nebraska.
I am getting goats to use their milk for multiple purposes. A
Read more…If I'm not going to milk a doe and decide to just let her nurse her kids... let say she has 2 males. I think they get slaughtered at 6 months? Or is that Boers? I'm not sure. How much meat would you actually get from the carcass of a free range (good
Read more…https://thriftyhomesteader.com/selling-goats/
If you are new to selling goats, you might feel like you can’t say “no” to any potential buyers. I am here to tell you otherwise.
You will hear two main points today as I tell you a few stories of peopl
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We are planning on purchasing 2 does and I want to make sure we are prepared with everything we need. We have 11 acres of overgrown pasture and plan on using a premier one movable fence to rotate them on the pasture. With so much food available
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Though I only have wethers I've been wanting to make or have made a milking stand for reasons other than milking. My question is...I have seen plans from people milking larger goats and am wondering whether the dimensions would still be
Read more…My almost 6year old doe kidded two weeks ago. She wasn't well after kidding, but now she's better. She has a single, healthy kid. I had her and kid in a stall by themselves (still with easy contact with the other goats) while she wasn't well. I m
Read more…I bought my first polled doe this year. I ended up getting her at 3 days old because the breeder lives really close to me and the mother rejected the kids. At 12 weeks she is starting to have these little bumps that feel like horn buds on a newborn.
Read more…https://thriftyhomesteader.com/toggenburg-goats/
Today we are talking to Leslie Cardoza owner of Bar XX Dairy Goats, who has been breeding Toggenburgs for milk and show in California since 2003. She has had goats on the ADGA Top Ten list for milk p
Read more…I am finally going to build a structure for my bucks! I am working on creating the design right now, so I wanted to see if anyone had some tips or suggestions. I am struggling to find how big this shelter should be (how much square footage should a g
Read more…https://thriftyhomesteader.com/fainting-goats/
It’s probably safe to say that everyone has heard of fainting goats, which are more correctly called myotonic goats, and they don’t actually faint.
Today we are separating fact from fiction in our conv
Read more…I have a 3 1/2 month old wether and a 4 month old wether. The younger one was a triplet and is much smaller than the older one. The older one has developed aggressive behavior when inside the goat shelter. There is a hay rack on one end of the shelte
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