Storey's guide to raising dairy goats /

Presents tips on choosing breeds, feeding, housing, milking, dairying, breeding, and health care for milk-producing goats.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Belanger, Jerome D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pownal, Vt. : Storey Books, ©2001.
Series:Storey's down-to-earth guides.
Storey's guide to raising series.
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505 0 |a Basic Information about Goats -- Gender Differences and the Truth about Goat Aroma -- Livestock or Pets? -- Goats Eat Everything, Don't They? -- A Little History -- Breeds of Goats -- Selecting a Breed -- So, You Want a Goat? -- Milk -- How Much Milk? -- Discovering a New Taste -- Goat Milk as "Medicine" -- Exploding More Goat Milk Myths -- Goat Milk vs. Cow Milk -- Raw Milk vs. Pasteurized -- Getting Your Goat -- Beginning Your Search -- Terms to Learn -- Which Goat Is Best for You? -- Spotting a "Good" Goat -- Assessing a Goat's Worth -- Housing -- Ideal Housing -- Size Requirements -- The Manger -- Gates and Latches -- Fencing -- How Much Is Necessary? -- What Kind of Fence? -- Feeding -- The Long and the Short of It -- The Digestive System -- Basic Nutritional Requirements -- Formulating a Goat Ration -- The Science and Art of Feeding -- Grooming -- Hoof Care -- Disbudding -- Dehorning -- Tattooing -- Hair Care -- Health -- Health: The Natural State -- Finding and Using a Veterinarian -- An A-to-Z Guide to Common Health Problems -- Don't Expect to Be a Goat Doctor -- The Buck -- Why Not to Keep a Buck -- Why to Keep a Buck -- Improving the Breed -- Choosing a Buck -- Other Pros and Cons of Keeping Bucks -- Caring for the Buck -- Breeding -- The Doe's Cycle -- When to Breed -- Kidding -- Anticipating the Delivery -- The Birth -- Caring for the Newborns -- Raising Kids -- Early Feeding -- Weaning -- Castration -- Milking -- Milking Essentials -- Milking Procedure -- Milk Handling -- Cleaning Your Equipment -- Keeping Records -- The Basic Barn Record -- Capital Costs and Operating Expenses -- Chevon -- The Market for Chevon -- Slaughtering and Butchering -- Dairy Products -- Preserving Milk for Future Needs -- Cheese Making -- Yogurt -- Kefir -- Koumiss -- Butter -- Cultured Buttermilk -- Recipes for Goat Products -- Milk Soup -- Devonshire Cream -- Cream Cheese -- Sweet Cheese -- Goat-Milk Fudge -- Goat-Milk Pudding -- Vanilla Ice Cream -- Chevon Chili -- Chevon Stew -- Barbecue Sauce for Chevon Ribs -- Marinated Chevon Steak -- Chevon Sausage -- Goat-Milk Soap -- Milking Through -- Where Milk Comes From -- Somatic Cell Counts -- The Composition of Milk -- Giving Injections -- A. Goat-Keeping Calendar -- Immunizations. 
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