A beginner's guide to keeping goats
£75.00
During the day you will learn all about:
- How to choose your goats: what breed to buy, where to buy a goat, what age to buy a goat for your needs. How to choose your goat for your specific needs & good breed characteristics.
- Housing and feeding your goat: including fencing needs, bedding, feeding regime & supliments
- Health: keeping your goats happy and healthy, regular maintenance and care. Looking out for common ailments and how to treat them. Common diseases to screen for.
- Breeding: planning how to expand your herd, how to look after the pregnant goat, kidding and rearing kids. Registering pedigree animals and how to choose mates to prevent inbreeding.
- Milk:Caring for a nanny in milk, How to milk a goat, how you can make use of your milk & how to go about drying a nanny up (Stopping milk)