Raising Goats For Dummies. Cheryl K. Smith

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 Finding Shows Preparing to Show Your Goat Showing Your Goat in Person Showing Your Goat Virtually Chapter