Goat Sires

Carbondale, Illinois city leaders are pushing to allow pygmy goats – mini goats – to be owned as pets. They say owning pygmy goats is largely www.sodahead.com beneficial, as goats can produce up to three quarts of goat milk per day. The ASPCA however, says that permitting ownership of mini goats would lead to a surplus of abandoned animals, as people generally purchase exotic animals on a whim. To this, Carbondale leaders are thinking of implementing a goat permit system.

It takes space and pasture land to raise dairy goats or goats for meat. Learn how to set up space to raise dairy goats from an organic farmer in this free dairy farming video. Expert: Daniel Botkin Contact: www.laughingdogfarm.com Bio: Daniel Botkin is an avid organic gardener, micro-farmer and permaculture advocate who recognizes the timeliness of backyard agriculture and permaculture-style food gardens. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

As we were finishing the rock wall foundation to our earth oven we came to the realization our goats utters were swelling and they were going to kid soon. Now a week after selling Pezra we are having to build the infrastructure to accommodate them and milk them.

www.chickenauctions.com Where it isfree to buy or sell anything! This is a trip that my daughter and I took to the local flea market where they sell all kinds of stuff including chickens, livestock and farm animals, etc. These are some adorable little rabbits that this person had for sale. Recorded on September 28, 2008 using a Flip Video camcorder.

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Here are “Magic” and her 4-day-old twin doelings; I was calling them “Tango & “Disco” at first, but their new owners will be picking their final registered names – to be announced later (smile). This is the babies first day out of the kidding pen and loose in the open doe pen.

Discover a country jam fun festival, called “Goats, Music and More”, with lots of activities and entertainment! What is the “Goats, Music and More Festival?”  The Southeast Tourism Society has selected this festival as one of the top twenty events in the entire southeast region of the USA. This festival has grown from a few thousand its first year to over 17,000 attending from all 50 states, four countries, and 68 counties in Tennessee.  This event takes place every year, usually in October, at Rock Creek Park in the town of Lewisburg, Tennessee.
What activities can you find at this festival? You can find a variety of goats, be able to register goats, find goats for sale, meet soap makers, view handmade goat milk skin care products, find arts and crafts for kids, listen to bands playing bluegrass, Motown, and gospel music, browse show tents, enjoy good foods, and much more! The  “Goats, Music and More Festival” is a, fast growing, worldwide popular, country jam fun festival for all ages!
You will find goats, of all kinds, honored here including:  Fainting goats, Nigerian Dwarf goats, Boer goats, Alpine, Saanen, and Billy goats. Find a Myotonic Goat Registry, and much more!  Breeders or dairy goat farmers have a chance to show their goats in contests and pageants, win awards, and be honored and recognized for their showmanship excellence.  It is a great honor to be recognized at this festival, since raising dairy goats is not, always, easy.   Be sure to see the world champion Fainting goat show! Between goat shows, you may want to browse the show tents.  You may find goats for sale!
Find a variety of activities for kids and adults.  There is a relaxing train ride, a large slide, faux rock climbing, BBQ cook offs, 5K run and much more! At night, enjoy an exciting fireworks display!
Shop the different booths for handmade goats milk soap, handmade lotion, natural shampoo, natural skin care products, wholesale skin care products, and much more!  You will, more than likely, find a goat milk soap maker too!  If interested in making soap, a knowledgeable soap maker would be able to help you find the best soap making recipes.  If you haven’t discovered the benefits of goat milk soap compared to commercial soap you should find out the difference!  Most people can tell a difference in using goat milk soap compared to commercial soap the very first time they use it! There are a variety of, handmade, goat milk bath and body products, shown at this festival, such as natural: soaps, lip balms, shampoo, lotions, foot scrubs, face cream, and much more! Browse the booths, shop and have fun!
Enjoy Motown music, Bluegrass, Gospel songs and more!  It’s fun, foot stomping music played for relaxing or dancing!  Enjoy a variety of bands with, well-known, live country music artists too!
Make sure to stop by the multiple food vendors.  Here you will find, hot dogs, BBQ, hamburgers, funnel cakes, and much more!  There are tasty foods and drinks for everyone to enjoy.
The Goats, Music and More Festival offers good ole’ country fun for everyone to enjoy!  Come alone or bring family and friends. Attendance to this festival is free! So, mark your 2010 calendars, in advance!  This fun-filled, entertaining, country jam festival is growing, in worldwide popularity, by leaps and bounds!

Hi! Here is another video of one of beautiful pygmy goats “Gizmo” kidding her first baby. Her baby “Blizzard” is just over a month old now and doing great!! Please rate and leave a comment! Subscribe and be a friend! I’ll do the same!!! Thanks for stopping by! Karen

Did it on my camera so its short but good because we had floor seats!