Your Complete Guide to Raising Dairy Goats Raising a healthy, productive milking herd requires lots of information and close attention to detail. This comprehensive handbook is the only reference you'll need. Learn how to: Choose the right goats for your goals Set up secure fencing and humane facilities Keep your herd healthy Oversee breeding and kidding Milk your does properly Produce cheese, yogurt, soap, and chevon
Your Complete Guide to Raising Dairy Goats Raising a healthy, productive milking herd requires lots of information and close attention to detail. This comprehensive handbook is the only reference you'll need. Learn how to: Choose the right goats for your goals Set up secure fencing and humane facilities Keep your herd healthy Oversee breeding and kidding Milk your does properly Produce cheese, yogurt, soap, and chevonHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jerry Belanger and Sara Thomson Bredesen are the coauthors of Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats. They have both been involved in dairy goat farming for more than 30 years. Belanger is the former editor and publisher of Countryside & Small Stock Journal. Bredesen is a licensed cheese maker and goat cheese promoter and a former operator of one of Wisconsin's first goat cheese farmsteads.
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1: Basic Information about Goats Terms to Know Goat Myths and Truths A Little History Breeds of Goats Selecting a Breed So You Want a Goat? 2: Milk How Much Milk? Discovering a New Taste Goat Milk as "Medicine" Exploding More Goat Milk Myths Goat Milk vs. Cow Milk Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized 3: Getting Your Goat Beginning Your Search Terms to Learn Which Goat Is Best for You? Spotting a "Good" Goat Assessing a Goat's Worth Getting Your Goat Home 4: Housing Ideal Housing Size Requirements The Manger Gates, Latches, and Fences Other Considerations Final Thoughts 5: Fencing How Much Is Necessary What Kind of Fence? 6: Feeding The Long and the Short of It The Digestive System Basic Nutritional Requirements Formulating a Goat Ration The Science and Art of Feeding 7: Grooming Hoof Care Disbudding Dehorning Tattooing Hair Care 8: Health The Natural State Finding and Using a Veterinarian How to Tell If Your Goat Is Sick An A-to-Z Guide to Common Health Problems Don't Expect to Be a Goat Doctor 9: The Buck Whether or Not to Keep a Buck Improving the Breed Choosing a Buck Living with a Buck Caring for the Buck 10: Breeding Milking Through Preparing for Breeding Successful Breeding 11: Kidding Anticipating the Delivery The Birth Caring for the Newborns 12: Raising Kids Early Feeding Weaning Castration 13: Milking Milking Essentials Facilities: A Milking Parlor or In-Barn Milking Preparing to Milk Milking Procedure Milk Handling Cleaning Your Equipment 14: Keeping Records The Basic Barn Record Figuring Out Costs Capital Costs and Operating Expenses 15: Chevon The Market for Chevon Slaughtering and Butchering 16: Dairy Products Preserving Milk for Future Needs Cheesemaking Yogurt Kefir Koumiss Butter Cultured Buttermilk 17: Recipes for Dairy Products Cooking Chevon Soapmaking with Goat Milk What's Next? Appendixes Resources Glossary Metric Conversion Charts Index
1: Basic Information about Goats Terms to Know Goat Myths and Truths A Little History Breeds of Goats Selecting a Breed So You Want a Goat? 2: Milk How Much Milk? Discovering a New Taste Goat Milk as "Medicine" Exploding More Goat Milk Myths Goat Milk vs. Cow Milk Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized 3: Getting Your Goat Beginning Your Search Terms to Learn Which Goat Is Best for You? Spotting a "Good" Goat Assessing a Goat's Worth Getting Your Goat Home 4: Housing Ideal Housing Size Requirements The Manger Gates, Latches, and Fences Other Considerations Final Thoughts 5: Fencing How Much Is Necessary What Kind of Fence? 6: Feeding The Long and the Short of It The Digestive System Basic Nutritional Requirements Formulating a Goat Ration The Science and Art of Feeding 7: Grooming Hoof Care Disbudding Dehorning Tattooing Hair Care 8: Health The Natural State Finding and Using a Veterinarian How to Tell If Your Goat Is Sick An A-to-Z Guide to Common Health Problems Don't Expect to Be a Goat Doctor 9: The Buck Whether or Not to Keep a Buck Improving the Breed Choosing a Buck Living with a Buck Caring for the Buck 10: Breeding Milking Through Preparing for Breeding Successful Breeding 11: Kidding Anticipating the Delivery The Birth Caring for the Newborns 12: Raising Kids Early Feeding Weaning Castration 13: Milking Milking Essentials Facilities: A Milking Parlor or In-Barn Milking Preparing to Milk Milking Procedure Milk Handling Cleaning Your Equipment 14: Keeping Records The Basic Barn Record Figuring Out Costs Capital Costs and Operating Expenses 15: Chevon The Market for Chevon Slaughtering and Butchering 16: Dairy Products Preserving Milk for Future Needs Cheesemaking Yogurt Kefir Koumiss Butter Cultured Buttermilk 17: Recipes for Dairy Products Cooking Chevon Soapmaking with Goat Milk What's Next? Appendixes Resources Glossary Metric Conversion Charts Index
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