Avoiding Disease
I always tell people new to goats to spend the time and money it takes to ensure that they purchase CAE free goats. Unfortunately, they often get caught up in the excitement of getting goats and tend...
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I thought everyone would get a kick out of this video: I know the goats enjoyed it! PJ
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Goat Family
We bottle raise our baby goats because it works best for us. Doing it this way produces the healthiest and friendliest goats. But once the babies are big enough, all the goats live together. Here is a...
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Why We Bottle Feed
There are many different ways to raise goats. When we first had goats we let them dam raise. It’s a lot less work to do it that way, but you’ve got to be careful that all the babies are getting enough...
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ZuZu’s Delivery
This year we filmed ZuZu’s labor and delivery and edited the video for you to watch. Fletcher did a wonderful job doing the filming, but the camera isn’t always steady. Pretty amazing, huh?
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Our Favorite Time of the Year
We really enjoy the holidays, but to us, the “most wonderful time of the year” is… kidding season! Especially on nice sunny days when we can run around and play with the kids outside. So far we have...
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Birthday Goat
We normally try to have our goats freshen (have their babies) during the end of February and the beginning of March. Because Indigo’s birthday is February 23rd, for the past 2 years she has had baby...
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Traveling Goats
The goats are all pregnant (well, the female goats) and they are getting closer to their due dates. We’ve wanted to get them moved to the new barn and settled in before they’re too heavily pregnant....
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Expectations vs Reality
When we first got goats 7 years ago, we were completely new to farm animals. I read a lot of books and did a lot of online research, and thought I was prepared and knew exactly what to expect. Hah! I...
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Myna’s Triplets
Myna Bird was the first of our does to kid this year. Last year she had three bucks, so we were really hoping to get some doelings out of her this year. She didn’t disappoint us and again gave birth...
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Taking the Goats for a Walk
When we first got goats, we lived on three acres. There were a total of 3 pine trees on that entire property for the goats to eat because the property was an old hay field. The goats had plenty of...
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Feeding Baby Goats
We bottle raise our babies because it keeps all the goats healthier and the babies friendlier. When they are first born, they get 4 bottles a day. As they grow, the number of bottles decreases until...
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Hungry Baby Goats
We bottle raise our baby goats. When they are first born, they’re all fed with an individual bottle. Once the babies are drinking well from their bottle (after 2-3 days), we switch them over to a...
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Goats at the Nursing Home
At Goat Milk Stuff, we are so thankful for the many blessings we’ve been given. We get to work hard as a family to assist people in keeping their skin healthy. Because there is so much work for us...
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Sleeping in the Soap Room
We work very hard to be present at the birth of all of our goats. Sometimes we miss, but that is very rare. People often think we’re over-vigilant and worry needlessly. I’ve been told before,...
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Outside Fun
After what has been a brutally hot summer, the past few days have felt like heaven. It’s been sunny, but cooler, with no humidity. We always spend a lot of our time outside, but much of this summer...
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Having Fun In The Sun
Yesterday was the sunniest day I have seen in a LONG time! It was also a pretty warm day. So the girls played outside with the baby goats almost all day! They were getting a lot of vitamin D, exercise,...
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Let’s Run!
We love baby goats at our house. Well, that is probably an understatement. We LOVE our baby goats! We also like to blog about them! We like to blog about them in the winter, (when we can’t wait to have...
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Just Goats and Cats
We have lived in our current home for seven years. That’s the longest I’ve ever lived in one place, and it’s half my life time. I really like Indiana and all of the stuff we’ve been able to do out...
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Goat Care
I was headed out to the soap room today, but when I spotted Jade, I had to run back inside and grab my camera. Apparently she was concerned about the goats being thirsty. They have an automatic...
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