Goats by Weaver, Sue -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Dedication Introduction CHAPTER ONE - Goats: A Primer

FROM THE BEGINNING GOATS AT A GLANCE GOAT CLASSIFICATIONS SOCIAL STRUCTURE BREEDING TRAITS

CHAPTER TWO - A Buyer’s Guide to Goats

CHOOSING THE BREEDS PUREBRED, EXPERIMENTAL, GRADE, OR AMERICAN? AVAILABILITY SELECTING THE GOATS CONFORMATION HEALTH HORNS TEETH SEX-SPECIFIC FACTORS THE SALE AFTER THE SALE

CHAPTER THREE - Housing and Feeding Your Goats

THE RIGHT HOUSING THE STRUCTURAL BASICS TROUGHS AND FEEDERS FENCES GOATS DON’T EAT TIN CANS RUMINATE ON THIS LET THEM EAT FORAGE DOS AND DON’TS PURE, CLEAR WATER

CHAPTER FOUR - Goat Behavior and You

FOLLOW THE LEADERS GET A HANDLE CAN YOU READ ME NOW? THE BIRDS AND THE BEES AND BEHAVIOR KEYS IT’S A GUY THING DOES JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN TRAIN THEM UP

CHAPTER FIVE - Goat Health, Maladies, and Hooves

RECOGNIZING MALADIES ASSEMBLING YOUR RESOURCES VACCINATING PARASITES FLIES, LICE, MITES WORMS HOOVES TRIMMING DEALING WITH FOOT ROT

CHAPTER SIX - Bringing Kids into the World

CHOOSING BREEDING STOCK SEX IN THE GOAT HERD THE WAITING GAME DELIVERY DAY CARING FOR THE NEW KIDS FOOD, SHELTER, HEALTH BOTTLE KIDS CASTRATING AND DISBUDDING

CHAPTER SEVEN - Making Money with Goats

MEAT GOATS: THE MORTGAGE LIFTERS WHY THE DEMAND? WHY ARE FARMERS FLOCKING TO GOATS? STARTING RIGHT WITH MEAT GOATS HONING IN ON ETHNIC MARKETS DAIRY GOATS: GOT MILK—OR CHEESE? SELLING MILK ARTISAN GOAT CHEESE FIBER GOATS: THE CHOSEN ONES MOHAIR PYGORA FIBER CASHMERE

Acknowledgements Appendix: Goat Diseases at a Glance Glossary Resources Index ABOUT THE AUTHOR Copyright Page

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