Farm goats

How To Raise Goats On Pasture - Hobby Farms

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When choosing goats, there are a lot of factors to consider. The obvious ones are: do you want them for milk, meat, or fiber? What about creating a farm business with them? Deciding on the right breed for your needs is important and can also affect how much food and land they'll need. Use these tips to help you choose the best breeds of homestead goats for your farm.

Goat Commune: Raising chickens with goats » Brings up some good points that I wasn't aware of, like the fact that both chickens and goats can spread coccidiosis to each other (that could be devastating to a flock of chickens and a herd of goats)..... Just something to think about

Thor, a Boer goat at Nittany Meadow Farm in Boalsburg, PA

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Saanens—the breed Hooper and his wife, Daryll Breau, raise at Ayers Brook Goat Dairy in Randolph, Vermont—are recognized as the highest-producing goat breed in the world. Originally from Switzerland, with snowy white fur and pink-tinged ears and noses, the average doe can give milk for 150 to 300 days on a single lactation cycle.

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Goat in Norwegian mountain

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