Raising Meat Goats for Profit

by Bowman, Gail B.

• ISBN13: 9780967038100
• ISBN10: 0967038103
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Bowman Communications Inc

Table of Contents

What is a Meat Goat?	1	(20)
Breeds of Meat Goat
Boer Goats
Kiko Goats
Tennessee Fainting Goats
Conclusion
Goat Anatomy
Why Raise Meat Goats?	21	(12)
The Meat Market
The Commercial Meat Market
Raising Fullbloods for Profit
Meat Production for Profit
Combining Goats with Other Livestock
Getting Started with Facilities	33	(16)
Fencing for Goats
Fencing for Bucks
Building a Quarantine Pen
Housing
Kidding Pens
Feeders
Working Corral
Guard Animals
Buying Your First Goats	49	(16)
Buying Fullbloods
How do I Start my Meat Herd?
What to look for in a Meat Goat
How to Choose a Doe
Bucks
Feeding for Production	65	(30)
Digestion in Ruminants
What do I feed my Goats?
How Often should I Feed?
Finding Out About Our Feeds
The nutritional Requirements Of Goats
Standards
Figuring a Feed Ration
What about Pelletized Feeds?
Automatic Feeding
Changing Feeds
Vitamins and Minerals
Poisonous Plants
Composition of Goat Feeds
Breeding	95	(22)
The Smell of a Good Buck
Breeding out of Season
When is a Doe in Heat
When to Breed
How to Manage Breeding
In-Breeding and Keeping Records
Genetic Flaws to be Aware of Alternative Breeding Methods
Artificial Insemination
Kidding	117	(22)
When and Where to Kid Your Goats
When will My Goats Kid?
Labor and Kidding
Taking Care of the New Mother
Taking Care of the New Kids Delivery Problems
Moving Pregnant Goats
Kidding Kit or Bucket
Raising Kids	139	(26)
Raising Kids on Their Mother
Raising Kids in Very Cold Weather
Raising Kids on a Bottle
Grafting Kids onto surrogate Mothers
Creep Feeding
your Kids
How to Care for Weak Kids
Floppy Kid Syndrome
Tattooing
Tagging and Micro Chips
Weaning Kids and Drying off Moms
Castrating Dehorning and Disbudding
Marketing Your Goats	165	(18)
Try Telling the Truth
Identify Your Market
Ranching for Sales
Showing your Goats
Putting Together a Flyer
Holding a Seminar or Management Workshop
Putting Together a Web page
Newspaper Articles
being Consistent
Contracts and Documentation
Health Needs and Potential Problems	183	(34)
Emergency Procedures and Possible Causes
Normal Goats Statistics
Worms Parasites and Fungi
Other Parasites and Infections
Diseases
Hoof Trimming
Vaccinating and Testing your goats
Goat Ranching through the Year	217	(8)
Spring is the Time to Buy Stock
Building Facilities in the Summer
Breeding in the Fall
Winter is a Time of Waiting
Spring Kidding and Sales
The Recipe Book	225	(16)
Resources	241	(4)
About the Author	245	(1)
Index	246	(5)
Bibliography and Endnotes	251