Raising Goats For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119772583 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 384 str.

Cheryl K. Smith

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Getting Started with Goats 5Chapter 1: Discovering the Joys of Raising Goats 7Chapter 2: Glimpsing Vital Goat Statistics 19Chapter 3: Knowing Your Capra Aegagrus Hircus (Goat, That Is) 33Chapter 4: Getting Your Property Ready for a Goat 51Part 2: Bringing Your Goats Home 73Chapter 5: Home Sweet Homestead: Sheltering Your Goats 75Chapter 6: Dinner Time: What and How to Feed Your Goats 91Chapter 7: Getting Your Goats: Choosing, Buying, and Bringing Goats Home 117Chapter 8: Working with Your Goats 131Chapter 9: Handling Routine Care and Important One-Time Tasks 151Part 3: Managing Goat Health and Breeding 173Chapter 10: Outlining Basic Health-Care Requirements 175Chapter 11: Addressing Common Health Problems and Ailments 195Chapter 12: Breeding and Looking After Pregnant Goats 219Chapter 13: Now Comes the Fun Part: Kids! 235Chapter 14: Caring for Aged Goats 255Part 4: Making Your Goats Work for You 263Chapter 15: Discovering Goat Milk: How to Get, Use, and Sell It 265Chapter 16: Goat Meat: From Breeding to Selling and Beyond 279Chapter 17: Showing Your Goats 295Chapter 18: More Benefits of Goats: Fiber, Breeding, Weed Control, and More 309Part 5: The Part of Tens 325Chapter 19: Ten Common Mistakes First-Time Goat Owners Make 327Chapter 20: Ten Misconceptions about Goats 333Appendix: Goat-Milk Recipes 339Index 357

O autorze

Cheryl K. Smith has raised a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf and Oberian dairy goats under the herd name Mystic Acres since 1998. She is the owner of karmadillo Press and is the author of Goat Health Care, Goat Midwifery, The Best of Ruminations Goat Milk and Cheese Recipes, and Raising Goats: Some Essentials.