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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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 months ago
Nutritional Wisdom of Goats
Episode 54
Although everyone pretty much agrees that goats do a good job of consuming just the right amount of loose minerals when they are available free choic…
5 years ago
Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Nigerian Dwarf Goats
Episode 53
After writing about our experience when one of our does had squamous cell carcinoma, I've been contacted by quite a few other goat owners who have ha…
5 years ago
Microchipping Goats
Episode 52
Someone emailed me after her first experience tattooing goats and said, "There has to be a better way to identify goats. What can you tell me about m…
5 years ago