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Keeping Goats as Companions
It's no wonder more urbanites are choosing to share their lives with pet goats. One of the most popular occupations for goats these days is simply being companions. Goats have so much to offer their human companions.
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All About Pack Goats
“Pack goats are easy to handle and they don't break your toes when they step on you!” she says. If the goat is personable and healthy, he probably will enjoy the chance to hike in new areas and explore with you as he carries your camping gear or even...
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How to Make a Pecan Picker
Stop pulling when the Slinky is in a half-circle, Twist the ends of the wire to hold the Slinky in place.Place a 4-foot bamboo pole into a clamp, allowing 3 inches to stick out of one end.
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Raise Goats On 1 Acre Or Less
A couple of goats will keep your family well-fed. The Culinary Delights Of A Goat Most people who are interested in raising goats have a goal of providing their family with healthy, natural, locally sourced food.
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Weed-Control Goats
Goats are useful animals, providing us with milk , meat and wool. They have fulfilled these important roles for thousands of years, enabling humankind to survive and thrive on just about every continent.
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3 Tips For the Best-Tasting Goat\'s Milk
This would have taken about 45 minutes in the refrigerator, but should only take about 10 minutes in the semi-frozen brine. A lid covers your milk as you bring it in from the dairy barn to the house.
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Goat Stats
Nostrils: narrow, just above the mouth; good sense of close-up smell to discern feed Mouth: Upper jaw has no teeth and a hard palate; lower jaw has 8 incisors and 24 molars. Grows constantly.
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Myotonic Goats
With that in mind, weight gains aren't our major concern. Myotonics' medium-sized ears are carried horizontally, they have prominent eye sockets and their facial profiles are usually concave.
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Chicken Vs. Goat Manure: Which Is Best?
Avoid applying fresh manure in any area where you'll be harvesting in the next 120 days; however, I apply my composted manure as I need it during the height of plant production. For one, if you or a neighbor keeps the the animal, the manure is free or...
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List of Plant Fertilizer Brands
Fertilizers can be inorganic or organic; granulated, powdered, solid or liquid; and contain varying amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. According to the horticulture and crop science extension of Ohio State University, fertilizing is an important...
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What Is the Difference Between Perfect & Imperfect Flowers?
Species with staminate flowers on one plant and pistillate flowers on another include asparagus, spinach, willow and cottonwood. Flowers grow in a variety of shapes, sizes and scents.
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How Big Do Azaleas Grow?
The U.S. National Arboretum suggests transplanting in the early spring or fall to reduce shock. If they are properly cared for, azaleas can grow for up to several hundred years.Gardening books and catalogs frequently list the top height that the shrub...
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Is the Lucky Bamboo Plant a Good Clean Air Plant?
Lucky bamboo has "luck" in its name for a reason but that reason has nothing to do with purifying air. Lucky bamboo is a low-maintenance houseplant that has been considered a symbol of good fortune by the Chinese for over 4,000 years.
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Colostrum for Your Livestock Bottle Babies
Colostrum is the thick, immunoglobulin-rich, first milk that all livestock babies need to ingest in order to survive. Many breeders freeze it for emergencies, so ask around and locate some in case you need it.
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How to Tell if Cold-Pressed Rose Hip Oil is Genuine
If the oil has a reddish color, it is more likely to be cold-pressed.Contact the manufacturer to ask questions about the oil or to clarify any of the statements on the label. Rose hip oil is naturally a reddish hue, although a cold-pressed oil can be...
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Fruit Trees That Grow Well in Minnesota
If you want to grow a fruit tree in Minnesota, your first should select the right tree. A fruit tree planted outside of its preferred environment will struggle, no matter how meticulously you care for it.
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Tree With Blooms That Look Like Carnations
Pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) also has carnationlike flowers. Camellias grow in USDA zones 6 through 9.Pink tree peonies blooming on branches in the woods.Many flowering trees have fragrant flowers that perfume the air, and a few produce blossoms...
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List of Monocot & Dicot Flowers
They have strap-shaped leaves, stem vascular arrangement or vascular bundles, and look scattered when you cut the stem open. Flowers are classified as either monocot or dicot. Stem vascular arrangement are numerous inside the stem.
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Sew a Goat Harness for Pulling
(He's the handsome guy in these pictures.) Materials 30 feet cotton or nylon webbing longe line 8 1½-inch welded rings 3 5/8-inch quick snaps padding material imitation sinew or waxed dental floss #3 curved surgical needle button thread, colored to match...
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Goat Health How-To: Injection And Drenching
I've written before about what items you might want to keep in a goat medicine chest , but some of those things are useless if you don't know how to administer them. You'll need to give vitamins, wormers and other medicines either via injection or by...
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When To Breed Young Dairy Goats for Milk
We want to breed them for milk . It usually takes goats 150 days, plus or minus five days, to carry kids to term. Your best bet for information on feeding pregnant does with feeds available in your area is your cooperative extension agent .
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Can This Goat Pass as a Reindeer?
May considered calling his red-nosed deer Rollo or Reginald but settled on Rudolph instead. Mom thinks the weirdest names for Santa's reindeer are the ones in Bob Dylan's Christmas song, “Must Be Santa:” Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter,...
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Mm-mmm, Milk!
Dad stirs chocolate syrup into goat milk and swills it down. Mom gets them all, and she isn't alone. These people developed the ability to digest milk by eating processed or fermented milk products, like yogurt , cheese , kefir and butter.
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5 Flies Bothering Your Goats—And How To Stop Their Bites
Permethrin-based insecticides offer short-term relief for livestock, but other chemical repellents seldom work. Here are some of the fly types you may come in contact with on your farm, and what you can do to stop them before they become a nuisance.
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For Hardy Dairy Goats, Look To The Swiss Alps
Thousands of years ago, goats wandered the Alps, adapting to the climate and the landscape. Their hair is medium to short, and bucks stand approximately 32 inches at the withers and weigh around 170 pounds.
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Protect Your Goats From CAE
Infected goats also lose body condition and show coarse, dull coats. No vaccine is available for either CAE virus or OPP virus; therefore, control is dependent on herd testing using a reliable laboratory and strict bio-security when adding new replacement...
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Meet Sweetie, the Pygmy Goat
These biosecurity measures sound extreme, but they makes good sense. She's afraid she'll be tempted to buy some. Here's why: Even if an animal isn't sick before it's sold through a sale barn, it's exposed to disease on sale day.
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