How to Care for Your Goat

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Good herd management will provide years of companionship, dairy products, and meat. Goats make good pets and show animals for smaller children.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Feed Bucket Holders
  • Goat Barns
  • Goat Dusting Powders
  • Hoof Picks
  • Hoof Plane
  • Straws
  • Animal Water Buckets
  • Hay Feeders
  • Pet Collars
  • Shears And Guards
  • Goat Worming Pastes
  • Lead Ropes
  • Salt Block Holders

Step1
Provide a dry shelter for goats. A good shelter for most climates is a three-sided barn with a pitched roof. Place straw or dry bedding in barn.
Step2
Feed goats in a clean feeder that they cannot stand in and soil feed.
Step3
Provide fresh water daily to goats.
Step4
Check hooves of goats every month and trim as needed. Clean and medicate any hoof rot areas.
Step5
Worm goats twice a year with a paste wormer.
Step6
Watch for lice and dust when needed.
Step7
Check with local veterinarian about any shots your goat may need if you plan to drink the milk.
Step8
Shave goats in summer months if you live in a hot area.

Tips & Warnings

  • Always read warning labels about meat or dairy consumption on any medications you use on your animal.

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on 11/22/2005 A good way to feed goats is to give them alfalfa hay. Break of about one flake of it every day, depending on how many goats you have. If you have two goats, one flake would be good. For occasional treats, you could give them alfalfa pellets (rabbit food).

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on 11/22/2005 When our kids have bonded with their mothers after birth, we take them inside the house where it is warm and keep them in a play pen. This keeps them warm. We take them out every couple of hours to let them drink milk.

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