Watch this before getting Dairy Goats: A Beginner's Guide to Maximizing Your Herd's Potential
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Published 2023-07-21
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Chapters
00:00 Our Saanen Dairy Goats and brief introduction
01:05 Breeding you goats
01:57 Kid birthing and our experiences.
03:37 Our favourite resources on kidding and goat health/nutrition
04:56 Leaving the does with their kids
05:48 Morning milking routine
06:14 Their morning feed including the minerals we add and why we add them
07:39 How to see copper deficiency in a black goat
08:24 Morning milking routine continued
08:48 Our milking stand
10:19 Hygiene procedure before milking
11:35 Goat milking techniques. Tips and tricks from us both.
14:21 After milking hygiene procedure
15:41 Dealing with the milk
17:42 Hoof maintenance
20:05 Goat grooming
20:26 Mental health needs
20:48 Our goat shelters
21:46 Our goat feeders for hay and browse
22:50 Keeping your goats entertained
23:42 Pros and Cons of keeping dairy goats
23:48 Goats are hard to fence! Their enclosure and electric fence set up.
27:16 Proximity. They want to be close to you all the time.
28:17 They will eat anything.
29:04 Good for blackberry management and other feral species
30:02 What to do with baby bucks (bucklings) and our experiences with elastration.
33:42 Fantastic manure for the garden and our experiences with deep bedding.
35:24 The kids are incredibly CUTE. They bond with you strongly.
36:43 Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis. A brief overview.
38:27 Hardy and easy to maintain.
39:19 They are a big responsibility and you need to spend time with them to form a strong bond for easy management.
40:29 Thank you and wrap up (with a very cute sleepy Hugo our baby wether)
RESOURCES
Fias Co Farm website by Molly Nolte
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Natural Goat Care by Pat Coleby
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All Comments (21)
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The world needs more folks like you two. Good job, Troy & Pascal - please keep sharing . . .
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I know Pascal loved the boating life but she's adopted to the farm life quite nicely. Her bonding with the goats is so heartwarming , it's easy to see what a great mom she will be when the time comes .
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My mare passed away leaving us with a 1 month old foal. We jumped in head first into dairy goats since he refused milk replacer. He surpassed the older foals his age in size drinking 3-4 gallons a day. We are expecting our first kids next month. I have loved the fresh milk and never imagined I would be milking goats daily. 😊
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Im so glad this video came to my feed as a surprise because I am thinking about getting a couple of goats some time soon. Awesome information!! Thanks
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Goat are something else. I had a herd of 17 does to milk at my peak. Used a milk machine and fed calves... I wasn't so crazy about the milk, but loved the meat... The calves did so good on that milk... Really enjoyed the podcast...
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Greetings from Florida, USA! Thank you for your excellent videos. I marvel at how you two went from sea lovers to land lovers and appreciate all your hard work while making it look so easy. Continued success in all you both do!!
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You guys settled in from a completely different environment at sea to what now seems like you are old hands at farming with so much knowledge to share. Seems like you guys would excel at anything you put your minds to. I look forward to each and every post.
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Lovely couple. Brilliant video. Thanks!
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Hey Troy Happy 50th b/d! Congrats on being a Senior stay at home Dad, great achievement!!
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Flash chill, brilliant idea!
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I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I am a Filipina who is retiring to my country in June. We plan to raise goats once we get there and I want to thank you for sharing your experience/tips in raising goats.
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I know nothing about goats, until now. Great video…
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I love yiur aittude to all your animals. They are defiitely working animals and not pets. But you go out of your way to give them an enriched living environment and at the same time you obviously get great pleasure from intreracting with them. Just how it should be.
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Enjoyed the video. We had Nubian goats for about 5 years. They were registered and showed them in fairs. The kids never nursed the mothers, so they bonded with us readily because we bottle fed them. The highlught was when our goats won champions and grand champion ribbons Pleasant memories: How good is ice cream made with goats milk? The best😊 ever!
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Hi Pascal, I work with Bird of Prey talons! Mr. Brown ;-)
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What an amazing video, I love your goats and philosophy that drives what you do. I'm not in a position to buy land like this and don't want to take on a daily, long term responsibility like this but it's wonderful to see what that can look like
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With my first and last attempt to milk Laverne,a Saanan goat, I got about a litre of milk in the pail and the goat looked at me and deliberately put her foot in the milk!!! My stomach tolerates goat milk better than cow"s milk! CHEERS from Westcoast Canada!
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Very interesting, I now know what possibly happened to my old goat. Keep up the good work guys, I'm still enjoying your Chanel, even if you're not on a boat, haha. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿
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Love watching your videos and all the trials and information you share. Thanks for sharing. I'm from Cape Town South Africa and want to start farming some time.
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Those goats are loved and happy
