Goats in the News: December 2009

Sorry for not posting more, but we have been consumed with the paddock expansion (fenced in 2 acres around the wetland). Fencing in November and December started out well and then got coooolllldddd.

Anyway, here are some articles that we liked from the past month.

1. Feeding Bucks - article from the current issue of Dairy Goat Journal. The goat owner-author here doesn't do things quite like we do, but she does detail other ideas and the pros and cons. A must read for anybody who keeps bucks.
2. Goats for Fun, Food and Profit - article from the current issue of Grit magazine (cover story!). More of a general view on all goat breeds, not much specific stuff, but still interesting to read about other goat folks.
3. Meet the Milk - this is a blog posting from our (famous!) friends Sharon and Eric. Those fabulous goat pics are some of ours - we miss them, but they are at an awesome farm now - and it is great to see how goat personalities play out with different farms. Funny!
4. Netherlands to cull 35,000 Goats - article from the BBC, they are trying to stop the spread of Q fever (a bacterial disease that moves from goats/sheep to humans). They are killing all the pregnant females and have banned pregnancy till next summer. Wow.
5. Goats Uncover Cemetery - who knows what that browsing will uncover :D