Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGoat Birthing: How Much Should You Help?
Episode 64
Practices with birthing goats vary tremendously from one breeder to another. Some people are very hands-on while others want to stay away as much as …
4 years, 1 month ago
Can Goats be Raised Naturally?
Episode 63
It's not uncommon for someone to contact me about a goat problem that they have, and to resist doing anything "unnatural," such as providing a commer…
4 years, 1 month ago
Experimental Goats
Episode 62
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-si…
4 years, 2 months ago
Toggenburg Goats
Episode 61
If you are interested in a medium-sized goat for milking, you should consider the Toggenburg, which is always a shade of brown, somewhere between tan…
4 years, 2 months ago
Sable Goats
Episode 60
If you are looking for a larger dairy goat that produces a lot of milk and has fairly low butterfat, then the Sable goat might be the one for you, es…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nubian Goats and Cheesemaking
Episode 59
Today's episode started as a discussion of Nubian goats with Joanne Danielson who has been raising them for 40 years. However, because of Jo's experi…
4 years, 3 months ago
Choosing a Goat Breed for Your Farm
Episode 58
It can be so challenging to choose a breed of goat to raise. But you should not choose your goats like you choose pets, which is often based on appea…
4 years, 3 months ago
Iodine Deficiency in Goats
Episode 57
As I've received more messages from people with kids born hairless or with goiters, I've become more interested in the topic of iodine and goats beca…
4 years, 4 months ago
Q-Fever and Coxiellosis
Episode 56
Coxiella burnetii is the bacteria that causes coxiellosis in goats and Q-fever in humans, and although it is not super common, all goat owners need t…
4 years, 5 months ago
Goats in a Hand-Harvested Food Year
Episode 55
Have you ever wanted to produce 100% of your food? Well, that's exactly what Alexia Allen and her husband Daniel Kirchhof did in 2017. In this episod…
4 years, 6 months ago