Mini Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs

You don’t have to find a farm to find a goat these days. Goats have become popular on hobby farms and even in suburban backyards for fleece, for milk, and just as pets. Goats are known for their easy-keeping qualities and delightful personalities, and what’s easier to keep than a goat? A miniature goat! Including Pygmy Goats, Nigerian Dwarfs, Mini-Myotonics, Miniature Silky Fainting Goats, Miniature Dairy Goats, Pygoras, and Nigoras, mini goats have all of the traits that fanciers love about full-sized goat breeds in a compact size. City dwellers can even enjoy the companionship of a miniature goat—or two! In The Mini Goat Guide, experienced goat keeper and author Sue Weaver brings readers the most comprehensive and current information about selecting and caring for miniature goats.

Inside The Mini-Goat Guide:

The miniature goat breeds and their myriad sizes, shapes, coat types, and colors

Preparing for mini goat ownership and selecting the right goats for you

The miniature goat’s behavior, temperament, social nature, and body language

How to feed, house, exercise, groom, and provide proper health care for your mini goats

Breeding goats and raising kids

Special considerations for owning dairy goats

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Mini Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs

You don’t have to find a farm to find a goat these days. Goats have become popular on hobby farms and even in suburban backyards for fleece, for milk, and just as pets. Goats are known for their easy-keeping qualities and delightful personalities, and what’s easier to keep than a goat? A miniature goat! Including Pygmy Goats, Nigerian Dwarfs, Mini-Myotonics, Miniature Silky Fainting Goats, Miniature Dairy Goats, Pygoras, and Nigoras, mini goats have all of the traits that fanciers love about full-sized goat breeds in a compact size. City dwellers can even enjoy the companionship of a miniature goat—or two! In The Mini Goat Guide, experienced goat keeper and author Sue Weaver brings readers the most comprehensive and current information about selecting and caring for miniature goats.

Inside The Mini-Goat Guide:

The miniature goat breeds and their myriad sizes, shapes, coat types, and colors

Preparing for mini goat ownership and selecting the right goats for you

The miniature goat’s behavior, temperament, social nature, and body language

How to feed, house, exercise, groom, and provide proper health care for your mini goats

Breeding goats and raising kids

Special considerations for owning dairy goats

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Mini Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs

Mini Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs

by Sue Weaver
Mini Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs

Mini Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Miniature Goats in the City, Country, or Suburbs

by Sue Weaver

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Overview

You don’t have to find a farm to find a goat these days. Goats have become popular on hobby farms and even in suburban backyards for fleece, for milk, and just as pets. Goats are known for their easy-keeping qualities and delightful personalities, and what’s easier to keep than a goat? A miniature goat! Including Pygmy Goats, Nigerian Dwarfs, Mini-Myotonics, Miniature Silky Fainting Goats, Miniature Dairy Goats, Pygoras, and Nigoras, mini goats have all of the traits that fanciers love about full-sized goat breeds in a compact size. City dwellers can even enjoy the companionship of a miniature goat—or two! In The Mini Goat Guide, experienced goat keeper and author Sue Weaver brings readers the most comprehensive and current information about selecting and caring for miniature goats.

Inside The Mini-Goat Guide:

The miniature goat breeds and their myriad sizes, shapes, coat types, and colors

Preparing for mini goat ownership and selecting the right goats for you

The miniature goat’s behavior, temperament, social nature, and body language

How to feed, house, exercise, groom, and provide proper health care for your mini goats

Breeding goats and raising kids

Special considerations for owning dairy goats


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620082072
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 03/01/2016
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sue Weaver has written hundreds of articles and ten books about livestock and poultry. She is a contributing editor of Hobby Farms magazine and writes the “Poultry Profiles” column for Chickens magazine. Sue lives on a small farm in Arkansas, which she shares with her husband, a flock of Classic Cheviot sheep and a mixed herd of goats, horses large and small, a donkey who thinks she’s a horse, two llamas, a riding steer, a water buffalo, a pet razorback pig, guinea fowl, and Buckeye chickens.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Chapter 1 Goat FAQs 7

Chapter 2 Choosing a Breed 15

Chapter 3 Get Your Goats 33

Chapter 4 Understanding Goats 45

Chapter 5 Feeding Goats 59

Chapter 6 Shelter and Fences 75

Chapter 7 Parasites 85

Chapter 8 Health and Hoof Care 101

Chapter 9 Breeding and Kidding 121

Chapter 10 Caring for Kids 135

Chapter 11 Mmm-mm, Milk! 149

Glossary 162

Resources 164

Index 168

Photo Credits 175

About the Author 176

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