Goat Advice

Goats are great!  They have fun personalities, produce a wonderful amount of milk, and take up relatively little space.  However, as I have learned over the past several months of goat-keeping, goats can be "finicky!"  They can suddenly exhibit odd ailments or strange behaviors.  It is in these cases that the advice of fellow goat owners is invaluable!

I have been blessed to have several fellow goat-keepers be willing to let me call them and email them about almost any goat issue under the sun  ("help! my goat has worms!" "help! my goat isn't eating!" "help! how do you trim a goat's hooves!").  I am so thankful to have these helpful people as contacts to aid me in this goat adventure.

Along this goat journey, I have also enjoyed reading the Homesteading Today forums.  This forum is a huge wealth of information.  It is quite simple to join and ask a goat-related question or simply read about other people's goat adventures and how they found solutions to their problems!

Speaking of "problems," I am glad to say that Charlotte's worm problem seems to be resolved.  I gave her the herbal wormer several weeks ago.  Her coat is beautifully sleek now and I have not seen any worms in the goat pen for a while!

In today's society where "independence" is loudly proclaimed, it is interesting to be owning an animal that requires dependence on others.  My goats rely on me for their total care, then I rely on others to help me best care for them.  Thank you, blog readers, for joining me on this adventure as well!

See you later...