Goat Care 101

The Complete Beginner's Guide to Fencing, Feeding, and Raising Healthy Goats

von Ehab Mahmoud

106 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Goats have a reputation for being cheap, easy, and self-sufficient. They eat anything, the story goes, they clear your brush for free, and they mostly look after themselves.Almost none of that is true, and the gap between the reputation and the reality is why so many first-time goat keepers quit inside two years.This book is the version nobody puts in the marketing.It covers everything the first year demands: what goats actually cost, with fencing as the line item people underestimate most severely. Zoning, ordinances, and keeping your neighbours on side. How to build a fence that genuinely holds - goats climb, push, squeeze, and test every inch of it, every day, forever. Shelter and ventilation. Forage, hay waste, grain, and water. Hoof trimming every six weeks for life. Handling, restraint, and the stanchion that makes all of it easier. Bucks, breeding, kidding, and milking. And a full seasonal cycle.Three chapters decide whether your herd thrives.Parasites are the leading cause of death in goats, dewormer resistance is now severe, and the old approach of treating everything on a calendar actively makes it worse. This book explains the current approach - FAMACHA scoring, faecal egg counts, and pasture management - and why it's the most important skill you'll learn.Minerals, because goats require copper and sheep are poisoned by it. Feed your goats sheep minerals and they go deficient. Products labelled "sheep and goat" are usually formulated to sheep requirements and aren't adequate. This one label check prevents a common and entirely avoidable problem.And urinary calculi, the most common preventable killer of castrated males. It is a diet problem, it is an emergency measured in hours, and the prevention conversation should happen with your vet before the animal is castrated, not after.Built to be used, not just read. Fencing and housing reference. Feeding tables with the copper rule spelled out. Symptom recognition chart. Emergency action page to print and post. Budget worksheet. Herd records including a parasite log - which matters more with goats than with any other livestock, because resistance management depends on knowing exactly what you used, when, and on which animal. Thirteen-breed comparison. Supplies and first aid list. And a quick-answers section for the questions every new keeper asks.Written in plain language for people who have never kept livestock. No jargon, no assumed knowledge, and no pretending the hard parts don't exist.This book is educational and is not veterinary advice. It contains no medication names, dosages, or treatment protocols, deliberately - most goat drugs are used off-label, dewormer effectiveness varies farm by farm, and meat and milk withdrawal periods apply to nearly everything.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175192767
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 17.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published