The goat, along with sheep, were among the earliest domesticated animals. Unlike sheep, goats easily revert to feral or wild condition given a chance. In fact, the only domestic species which will return to a wild state as rapidly as a goat is the domestic cat.
GoatWorld has been set up to buy, sell, share, learn, teach, and care for everything goats. There are articles and resources from start to finish to maintain and care for goats.
New producers of sheep and goats often first learn about pregnancy ketosis the hard way — with a dead dam, fetuses or both. Learn about the causes of ketosis and how to prevent it.
Artificial insemination (AI) involves collection of semen from a buck and transfer of the semen to the reproductive tract of the doe. Does can be inseminated with either fresh semen or with commercially available frozen semen. This publication discusses the use of frozen semen to artificially inseminate does.
Chris Allison, G. Robert Hagevoort |
Apr 2014 |
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Q: I live in Eugene and I am interested in purchasing two mini-Nubian goats. Do you have any information available on the expected expenses of keeping this breed (in town) per year? I'm wondering about both initial expenses and continuing expenses.