Raising Goats Naturally, 2nd Edition

Deborah Niemann

Description

• Co-op available
• Feature in Hobby Farm, Mother Earth News
• Excerpts offered to Permaculture North America, Dairy Goat Journal, United Caprine News, Grit, and Countryside
• Email campaign to organizations including American Dairy Goat Association, American Goat Society, Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association, and the American Livestock Breed Conservancy
• Promotion through the author's own website and goat social network Nigeriandwarfgoats.ning.com and ThriftyHomesteader.com
• Promotion to blogs such as Chickens in the Road, Goats in the Garden, and This Goat's Life.
• Galley available on Edelweiss
• Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements
• Simultaneous ebook release and promotion
• Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, and Youtube

• The first edition sold over 5,600 copies
• The 2nd edition will be 40% revised
• The 2nd edition will include the answers to many questions the author received via her readers
• This book is for people who want to raise goats naturally and produce their own dairy products, meat, soap, and more as part of a self-reliant lifestyle
• Breeds will be covered with an emphasis on the strengths of each breed, so that readers can choose the one that best fits with their goals and lifestyle.
• This book encourages the reader to educate themselves about the needs of their goats and then create their own plan for keeping healthy goats and maximizing their productivity.
• A chef will be consulted for the meat section, which will explain the different cuts and how they should be prepared differently for the best results, as well as what to expect of meat from different aged goats
• Unlike other goat books out there, this one includes photographs of actual kiddings, as well as photos to fully illustrate all those things that new goat breeders find challenging
• This book will be the definitive guide that will bring together practical information on raising goats and using their milk and meat to allow readers to become more self-reliant.
• This book encourages natural practices, including having the does raise their own kids rather than following the factory-farm model of taking kids away from their dam to be raised on a bottle.
• Intended audience : people who want to produce their own dairy products, people who are planning to start homesteading/farming, existing homesteaders/farmers who'd like to incorporate dairy and/or meat animals

Produce your own milk, cheese, meat, fiber, fertilizer, and more

Incorporating dairy goats into a diversified homestead can be the key to greater self-sufficiency. Responding to questions and concerns from readers from all over North America and beyond, this fully revised and expanded edition of Raising Goats Naturally will help readers work with nature to raise dairy goats to produce milk, cheese, meat, fertilizer, leather, fiber, and soap – all without relying on drugs or following the factory farm model.

By observing your own animals closely and educating yourself about their specific needs, you can create an individualized plan for keeping them healthy and maximizing their productivity. This unique, fully-illustrated guide will teach you to help your herd thrive with:

• Breed-specific descriptions to help you choose the right goats for your goals and lifestyle
• Detailed information on housing, fencing, breeding, health, milking, and nutrition
• Complete recipes and instructions for making your own cheese, dairy products, and soap, as well as cooking with goat meat.

Packed with personal experiences and backed up by expert veterinary advice and scientific studies, Raising Goats Naturally brings together a wealth of practical information on raising goats for the love of it and using their milk and meat to become more self-reliant.

Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction

Part I: Planning, Purchasing, and Protecting
1. Choosing Your Goats
Breeds
Does
Bucks
Registration
Pedigree
Purchasing

2. Housing Your Goats
Shelter
Bedding

3. Protecting Your Goats
Fencing
Livestock Guardians

Part II: Raising, Remedies, and Reproduction
4. Day-to- Day Life With Goats
Behavior
Anatomy
Health
Grooming
First Aid Supplies
Medicating the Sick Goat

5. Feeding Your Goats
Rotational Grazing
Hay
Grain
Minerals
Baking Soda

6. Parasites
Internal Parasites
Controlling Internal Parasites
Preventing Infection
External Parasites
Controlling External Parasites

7. Injury, Illnesses, and Diseases
Abortion and Stillbirth
Abscesses
Acidosis
Bloat
Brucellosis
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
Constipation
Cryptosporidiosis
Enterotoxemia
Floppy Kid Syndrome
Foot Rot
Hardware Disease
Hypocalcemia
Infertility in Bucks
Infertility in Does
Johne's Disease
Ketosis
Listeriosis
Mastitis
Nutritional Deficiencies
Neonatal Mortality
Pinkeye
Polio (Polioencephalomalacia)
Respiratory Conditions
Ringworm
Scours
Scrapie
Skin Cancer
Sore Mouth
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Urinary Stones (Urinary Calculi)
White Muscle Disease
Vaccines

8. Breeding
Breeding Season
Breeding Age
Signs of Estrus
Breeding Methods
Buck Behavior
Successful Breeding
Artificial Insemination
Feeding for Fertility

9. Pregnancy
Gestation
Signs of Pregnancy
False Pregnancy
Feeding During Pregnancy

10. Birthing
Getting Ready
Signs of Labor
Birth
Feeding Post Birth
Newborn Check
Kid Complications

11. Raising Kids
Getting Started With Dam Raising
Getting Started With Bottle-feeding
Poop
Feeding Grain and Forage
Horns
Castrating Males
Tattooing and Ear Tags
Weaning
Barn Hygiene

12. Milking
Managing Milkers Naturally
Teaching a Doe to Milk
Milking Equipment
Milking by Hand
Milking With a Machine
Handling Milk
Storing Milk

Part III: Milk, Meat, and More
13. The Dairy Kitchen
Equipment
Ingredients

14. Dairy Products
Buttermilk and Sour Cream
Yogurt
Sweets

15. Acid-ripened Cheeses
Vinegar
Citric Acid

16. Culture-ripened Cheeses
Choosing Cultures
Flocculation
Cutting Curds
Semi-hard and Hard Cheeses

17. Meat
Meat Quality
Butchering
Cooking

18. Soap
Processes
Safety
Equipment
Ingredients
Step-by- Step Soap Making

Final Thoughts

Notes
Glossary
Suggested Reading
Recipe Index
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers

Sujets

• Maison
• Maison
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Animal Husbandry
• Sustainable Living
• Sciences et techniques
• Technology
• Engineering
• Agriculture

Informations

• Publié par: New Society Publishers
• Date de parution: 11 septembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781771422376
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

Praise for Raising Goats Naturally-2nd Edition
With endearing personal stories and layman s scientific explanations, Raising Goats Naturally lays an enjoyable and empowering foundation for goat-rearing success on the self-reliant farmstead. Deborah Niemann exemplifies the best spirit and action in homestead animal care. What a great contribution to self-reliance.
- Joel Salatin, Polyface Farm
Now with even more detail and information, Raising Goats Naturally is a companion to anyone considering or keeping goats. Neimann is knowledgeable and her information complete, but she also brings a heartfelt love for her herd to her writing. Her passion for goats translates into excitement throughout the book, and will surely make readers eager for goats.
- Kirsten Lie-Nielsen, author, The Modern Homesteader s Guide to Keeping Geese , hostilevalleyliving.com
Back in 2009, I wanted to start raising goats. I thought it would be fun to add a small herd to our small farm. My husband didn t quite see eye to eye with me and long story short, we ended up raising chickens and ducks instead. But my dream of a herd of goats still lives on. Raising them naturally would of course be of utmost importance to me and after reading Deborah s book, I feel confident about being able to do just that. From choosing a breed, birthing and raising babies, to feed, supplements, and health issues, Raising Goats Naturally is an easy to read, all-encompassing guide to getting started with goats. Now to convince my husband...
- Lisa Steele, author, Fresh Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Chickens Naturally and Duck Eggs Daily: Raising Happy, Healthy Ducks Naturally
I ve always been a fan of Deborah Niemann s no-nonsense holistic approach to keeping goats. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of the species and this book is a direct reflection of that amazing expertise. Raising Goats Naturally is perfect for beginners as well as seasoned owners and a definite must for any goat keeper s library.
- Jeannette Beranger, Senior Program Manager, The Livestock Conservancy
Raising Goats Naturally thoroughly covers all aspects of what goat owners need to know to succeed with their goats. We have owned goats on our homestead for many years and I was impressed with how much information is packed into this book. I would highly recommend it for those just starting out with goats, but it s got enough detail for experienced goat keepers too!
- Lesa Wilke, farmer and blogger, betterhensandgardens.com
In Raising Goats Naturally , Deborah Neimann cuts through the formulaic and often inflexible so-called expert advice and encourages us to get to know our animals and listen to what they tell us. Drawing on vast experience, Neimann offers an upbeat, authentic glimpse of what life with dairy goats is really like. This book is important because it brings animal husbandry back to the fore and delivers the goods in a highly integrated manner that s every bit as enjoyable to read as it is important for goatherds of all experience levels.
- Oscar H. Hank Will III, Editor-in-Chief, GRIT Magazine and author, Plowing with Pigs

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Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Part I: Planning, Purchasing, and Protecting
1. Choosing Your Goats
Breeds
Does
Bucks
Registration
Pedigree
Purchasing
2. Housing Your Goats
Shelter
Bedding
3. Protecting Your Goats
Fencing
Livestock Guardians
Part II: Raising, Remedies, and Reproduction
4. Day-to-Day Life With Goats
Behavior
Anatomy
Health
Grooming
First Aid Supplies
Medicating the Sick Goat
5. Feeding Your Goats
Rotational Grazing
Hay
Grain
Minerals
Baking Soda
6. Parasites
Internal Parasites
Controlling Internal Parasites
Preventing Infection
External Parasites
Controlling External Parasites
7. Injury, Illnesses, and Diseases
Abortion and Stillbirth
Abscesses
Acidosis
Bloat
Brucellosis
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
Constipation
Cryptosporidiosis
Enterotoxemia
Floppy Kid Syndrome
Foot Rot
Hardware Disease
Hypocalcemia
Infertility in Bucks
Infertility in Does
Johne s Disease
Ketosis
Listeriosis
Mastitis
Nutritional Deficiencies
Neonatal Mortality
Pinkeye
Polio (Polioencephalomalacia)
Respiratory Conditions
Ringworm
Scours
Scrapie
Skin Cancer
Sore Mouth
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Urinary Stones (Urinary Calculi)
White Muscle Disease
Vaccines
8. Breeding
Breeding Season
Breeding Age
Signs of Estrus
Breeding Methods
Buck Behavior
Successful Breeding
Artificial Insemination
Feeding for Fertility
9. Pregnancy
Gestation
Signs of Pregnancy
False Pregnancy
Feeding During Pregnancy
10. Birthing
Getting Ready
Signs of Labor
Birth
Feeding Post Birth
Newborn Check
Kid Complications
11. Raising Kids
Getting Started With Dam Raising
Getting Started With Bottle-feeding
Poop
Feeding Grain and Forage
Horns
Castrating Males
Tattooing and Ear Tags
Weaning
Barn Hygiene
12. Milking
Managing Milkers Naturally
Teaching a Doe to Milk
Milking Equipment
Milking by Hand
Milking With a Machine
Handling Milk
Storing Milk
Part III: Milk, Meat, and More
13. The Dairy Kitchen
Equipment
Ingredients
14. Dairy Products
Buttermilk and Sour Cream
Yogurt
Sweets
15. Acid-ripened Cheeses
Vinegar
Citric Acid
16. Culture-ripened Cheeses
Choosing Cultures
Flocculation
Cutting Curds
Semi-hard and Hard Cheeses
17. Meat
Meat Quality
Butchering
Cooking
18. Soap
Processes
Safety
Equipment
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Soap Making
Final Thoughts
Notes
Glossary
Suggested Reading
Recipe Index
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
Acknowledgments
It takes a team to write a book, and I m lucky to have a lot of wonderful people working with me on this one. Thanks again to everyone at New Society Publishers for understanding the need for a revised edition and then making it happen, with a special shout out to editor Murray Reiss for his hard work.
Goat extension specialist Steve Hart, PhD, of Langston University deserves an extra special thank you for once again reviewing the parasite information in the book and for answering all of my parasite questions, whether for a magazine article, blog post, video, or whatever project I m working on.
I am also hugely appreciative of Julie Jarvis, who reviewed the illness chapter when I was having a perfectionist attack near my deadline. Her medical expertise as a physician assistant combined with her practical knowledge as a goat breeder is unique and invaluable.
I could not have written this book were it not for the members of the NigerianDwarfGoats.ning.com community who have shared their challenges, frustrations, knowledge, and successes over the years. Reading their stories made me realize the variety of problems that goat owners face on a daily basis, as well as the diversity of solutions. I continue learning from them every day. Feedback from students in my online Raising Dairy Goats Sustainably class at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have also provided me with additional insight that helped shape this revised edition. I also owe a special debt of gratitude to the goat owners who were willing to share their stories and passions specifically for this book. Since the first edition, I have learned a lot about the needs of new goat owners from those who have asked questions on the Thrifty Homesteader Facebook page, as well as all of the interns who have spent time on our farm.
Of course, my family deserves the biggest thank you of all for their love and support. My husband, Mike, deserves a special thank you because he became a novice goat keeper around the time the first edition was published, which was also when our youngest daughter left for college. When our daughters were home, the goats were our project, and he helped out by building fences and shelters. He didn t know the difference between a pastern and a pasture. Watching him start at ground zero five years ago gave me a front row seat to understanding what a new goat owner