Goat Care Articles & Info |
Here are some articles and resources on how we care for our goats that you may find helpful. Click on the links for more info. Some are our own articles and some will take you to other useful websites. Links are also included to products, companies and websites we recommend.
Caring For Our Herd
Links to the products and companies we recommend can be seen here.
General Goat Info
- Info about Mini Nubians
- Info about Nigerian Dwarfs
- Milk production of Nigerian Dwarfs versus Mini Nubians
- The difference between Nigerian Dwarfs and African Pygmy goats
- Nigerian Dwarf (and Mini Nubian) coat colors
- Body condition score article
- G6S Mutation in Nubians and goats of Nubian descent
- A fun page showing the variety of Mini Nubian ears!
Goat Health
Goat Disease Testing
Goat Diseases and General Health Articles
- The Importance of a Good Small Ruminant Vet (OCR)
- Goat Medications & How to Use Them (OCR)
- B Vitamins and their Importance for Goats (OCR)
- Injections Made Easy (OCR)
- Coughing Goats
- Pneumonia in Goats (OCR)
- Livestock Guardian Dogs
- Stress and Goats (OCR)
- Diarrhea in Goats
- Anemia in Goats
- Copper deficiency (OCR)
- Selenium and Vitamin E Deficiency (OCR)
- Hoof Trimming (OCR)
- G6S Mutation in Nubians and goats of Nubian descent
- FARAD (Milk and meat drug withdrawal times for goat drugs, dewormers, etc)
- Goat Milk Withdrawal Times
Deworming & Parasites
- Anemia in Goats
- Diarrhea in Goats
- A New Approach to Deworming
- Combination Deworming, the Time is Now
- Thrifty Homesteader Guide to Deworming Goats
- Worms (OCR)
- Worms part 2 (OCR)
- Goat Parasite Workshop
- Coccidiosis (OCR)
- Coccidiosis, the Most Common Cause of Diarrhea in Young Goats
- Coccidiosis, Deadly Scourge of Lambs and Kids
- Doing your own fecals tutorial with photos
- FAMACHA scoring (inner eyelid test)
- Doing Your Own Fecals (OCR)
- Cornell University Goat Dewormer Dosage Chart
- FARAD (Milk and meat drug withdrawal times for goat drugs, dewormers, etc)
Breeding Goats
Kid Care
The best resources for goat health care that we know of are listed below. They have already done the work so no need for us to reinvent the wheel. If you have questions or concerns about goat health these two websites should have the answers you need! We will add to this database as we find more good sites and eventually we will document our own goat care tips and info as well, as time permits. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us and we’ll do our best to help!
Onion Creek Ranch
Yes, this is a meat goat site but they have the best database of articles on goat health care of anyone on the web and are very professional and knowledgable. They are always the first place we go when we have a question or concern about our goats' health.
Fiasco Farm
This is an older website so a few things might be outdated but overall she has GREAT info on all aspects of goat care, health & husbandry, cheesemaking, etc, with an emphasis on natural and herbal methods. She also sells herbal goat products. We haven't tried them but we hear they are great. She has an extensive list of toxic plants that we always check before we let our goats eat any strange plant.
*Just as an FYI her disbudding info is good but NOT accurate for disbudding Nigerians or Mini Nubians! Do not follow her directions or you WILL get scurs on your kids! (Ask us how we know!) Nigerians and Minis are THE hardest goats to disbud and must be done differently and sooner than standard dairy goats. See the resources in our Disbudding section for accurate disbudding info for Nigerian Dwarfs and Mini Nubians.
Onion Creek Ranch
Yes, this is a meat goat site but they have the best database of articles on goat health care of anyone on the web and are very professional and knowledgable. They are always the first place we go when we have a question or concern about our goats' health.
Fiasco Farm
This is an older website so a few things might be outdated but overall she has GREAT info on all aspects of goat care, health & husbandry, cheesemaking, etc, with an emphasis on natural and herbal methods. She also sells herbal goat products. We haven't tried them but we hear they are great. She has an extensive list of toxic plants that we always check before we let our goats eat any strange plant.
*Just as an FYI her disbudding info is good but NOT accurate for disbudding Nigerians or Mini Nubians! Do not follow her directions or you WILL get scurs on your kids! (Ask us how we know!) Nigerians and Minis are THE hardest goats to disbud and must be done differently and sooner than standard dairy goats. See the resources in our Disbudding section for accurate disbudding info for Nigerian Dwarfs and Mini Nubians.