Goat Hooves: Tools for Trimming

A very vital part of routine care and maintenance of your goat herd is trimming hooves. It doesn't take a lot of skill or any expensive equipment, mostly just trial & error/experience.

All goats, not just Miss Maggie, use their hooves to stand,
 jump, run and play. Overgrown hooves are painful and can
 cause many problems for your goat!

Goat of the Week: Introducing Maggie the doe

The Goat of the Week is.... Maggie!

Maggie loves Matt!

Our barn-mates have many goats, but one of my personal favorites is Miss Maggie.

Fun Monday: Taylor Swift feat. Goats

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Someone shared this with me over on our Northcutt Livestock Facebook and I just had to share it (Check out our page if you haven't seen it before!). As I mentioned before, goats are very vocal animals. Maybe their talents lie in music?

Barnyard Speak: Understanding Bucks

It's a 2-for-1 Thursday!

This post is a mix of Fast Facts and Barnyard Speak, it contains both facts and many of the terms you should be familiar with when working with bucks.

Photo courtesy of "Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats" by Maggie Sayer

Should I Raise...a Buck?

The final installment of “Should I Raise…” is here! I have previously evaluated raising does and wethers, so check those out if you haven’t already. Today, we focus on bucks.

Option 3: Raising a buck

MegaMind (our buck) when we bought him Oct. 2012

Goat of the Week: Introducing MegaMind the buck

This week the blog is focusing on bucks, so the Goat of the Week is our buck: MegaMind!

Baby Mega. So cute!!

On October 21st, my dad, sister and our good friends/barnmates drove to Medford, Oregon to pick up this guy. He is, without a doubt, the biggest personality in our barn.

Friday Fun: Yawing Goats

Happy Friday!

I have a lot of stuff in the works, so today's post is a quick one! Next week I will focus on bucks, so make sure to follow, subscribe, stalk the blog, etc....

On Tuesday, Delilah's roommate Honey delivered two healthy boys. As you can see, the moms are just as tired as the kids.

More after the jump!