THE MODERN GOAT FARMER'S HANDBOOK

A Complete Practical Guide to Goat Breeding, Feeding, Housing, Health Care, Dairy and Meat Production, Herd Management, and Farm Profitability

von Mara Brooks

262 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Ready to raise healthier goats, improve herd productivity, and manage your farm with greater confidence? The Modern Goat Farmer's Handbook delivers practical, easy-to-apply guidance for beginners, small-scale farmers, homesteaders, and aspiring commercial goat producers.Inside, you will learn how to choose suitable goat breeds, plan your farm, construct functional housing and fencing, manage pasture, provide appropriate nutrition, establish feeding routines, handle breeding, manage pregnancy and kidding, care for newborn kids, maintain herd health, control parasites, prevent common diseases, and develop effective farm-management practices.By applying the guidance in this handbook, readers can learn to: - Select goats based on their intended purpose and farming conditions.- Establish safer, cleaner, and more practical housing systems.- Develop feeding and grazing routines that support healthy growth and production.- Recognize early signs of common health problems and take appropriate preventive steps.- Improve breeding, kidding, and kid-care routines.- Reduce avoidable herd-management problems and improve daily farm organization.- Keep useful records for breeding, health, production, expenses, and herd performance.- Make more informed decisions when developing a goat enterprise for milk, meat, breeding stock, fiber, or diversified farm production.Whether you are raising a few goats or building toward a larger operation, this handbook gives you practical knowledge to make better day-to-day decisions, manage your herd more systematically, and work toward a healthier and more productive goat-farming enterprise.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175912051
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published