Looking After Goats
Are goats factory farmed?
A few years ago and we’d have said ‘no’, this is an impossible concept – goats are animals that above all love freedom and to be able to wander about – goats do roam! There’s even a red wine with this name. The demand for goat’s milk which is now sold in supermarkets has led [...]
What is halhal?
Goats are gentle and non-aggressive creatures, they are intelligent and inquisitive and vegetarian. Their diet consists of herbs, leaves, grasses, twigs and grain. They make wonderful companion friends and will follow you about and always want to be with you. A mother goat is devoted to her kids and will maintain ties with [...]
Goat kids are growing up
Biscuit continues to be a devoted mother and watches carefully over her kids. Here she is with Pippin, who is the darker coloured of the two. His brother Tog (he has one toggle under his chin!) is not far away. The kids are eating well now and prefer rough grazing with lots of [...]
Goats kids are doing well
Biscuit’s kids are doing well and love to snuggle up together. They are suckling milk from their mother but when they are not feeding they spend most of their time asleep. At this stage, only days old, they have a lot of growing to do and while they can easily stand and follow mum [...]
Safety first for goats
Goats have a reputation for being tough creatures who can survive anywhere. Nothing could be further from the truth. If they are in their natural habitat and roaming freely in an environment that suits them, they will be alright, but when kepts as pets or in any domestic situation, there are many hazards. [...]
Beginners guide to goat-keeping
Goats live on average between 12 and 16 years. We’ve had them go on for much longer though. They have cloven hooves and an udder with two teats, ideal for rearing a couple of kids. It’s doubtful if more would survive in the wild. It’s a common misconception that goats eat [...]
Goats do roam
They are browsing animals and want to be on the move all the time – the grass is always greener over the horizon for Miss Goat. If you live in an area where they can run free and do as they please all day, you will find that they come back home at night [...]
Love those kids
One of our goats had two kids earlier this year, a boy kid we’ve called Bafta and a girl kid we’ve named Buffy. They are a lovely champagne mottled colour, Buffy even has pink splodges on her back so they are very pretty. Young goats, up to a year old are called kids, after [...]
Goat keeping – A Guide to Looking After Goats
There are many different ways to keep these gentle, versatile and friendly animals. It all depends on whether you want a milking goat, a pet goat, a kid to rear or maybe you would like to give a ‘golden oldie’ goat a good home. Goats are not as tough as you would think so [...]
