Graceful, elegant, curious. These words best describe Alpine goats. Add to this their hardy nature and friendly personality, and you have a great new member to your homestead. Alternatively called ...
How to Safely Introduce a New Goat to an Existing Herd
Goats are herd animals by nature. I remember when I first read that statement on some blog, or in a book, many years ago. It seemed like such a quaint, charming idea. I envisioned goats living ...
Best Goat Fencing Options and How to Effectively Confine Your Goats
Are you a newcomer to keeping goats and wondering how you’re going to effectively confine goats and keep these adorable critters safe? Maybe you’re still in the planning stages of raising goats, but ...
Beginner’s Guide to Raising Goats for Milk Production
Raising goats for milk production is generally considered the most labor-intensive reason for keeping them. Between daily milking, special nutrition management, and the mandatory breeding necessary to ...
3 Efficient Methods for Castrating Goats Safely
Are you the proud new goat parent of a bouncing baby boy? Male goat kids are sweet when they’re young, but they become fertile quickly. Most goats are fertile by around seven weeks of age. If ...
American Lamancha Goats: Breed Info, Characteristics, Breeding, and Care
If you are thinking about bringing home a friendly, cooperative, long-milking, and adorable dairy goat, American LaMancha Goats might be the perfect breed for you. Many of us think of the Man of ...
Basic Goat Care Management Responsibilities for New Goat Herd Owners
When you start a goat herd -- whether for milk, meat, fiber, or professional weed control – you'll be bringing home a lot more than just livestock. You're bringing home a whole lot of management ...
The Complete Guide to Choosing Dairy Goat Stock
Is the time right for you to finally bring an adorable goat back to your homestead? Our original goal, when we brought goats home the first time, was to stock our refrigerator with fresh, wholesome ...
23 Reasons Why You Should Raise Goats in Your Homestead
Are you on the fence about adding goats to your homestead? You’ve watched the adorable videos of goats in pajamas and know their cuteness factor is almost more than you can take. Yet, what if ...