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We want to welcome you to Stinnett Family Farms (SFF)! We are a

small family owned and operated farm located in South Arkansas.

I am Travis and my wife is rystal. We have three "eautifulchildren #ordan $atie and %evi. We operate our own homestead

complete with a farm stand comin& soon!!

This pro&ram is desi&ned to help as you learn from our e'perience

as well as our mistakes in the process of startin& your very own

homesteadin& ourney.

ra" a cup of coffee and sit "ack as you read throu&h the *+ou

an ,omestead Series-


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Table Of Contents

Chapter 1 Why Goats? 7

Chapter 2 Goat Breeds 8

Chapter 3 Feeding Goats 9

Chapter Goat !o"sing 11

Chapter # B"ying Goats 13

Chapter $ %airy Goats 1$

Chapter 7 &eat Goats 18

Chapter 8 Breeding Goats 19

Chapter 9 !ealth ' (afety 22

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Chapter 1

hy oats

oats !an ll several needs "hen it !omes to homesteading.hy shold yo raise goats on yor homestead That is a$estion only 45& !an ans"er. )y the end of this e)ook (hope to be able to help yo in the de!ision making pro!ess. (also hope to give yo the basi!s of ho" to by' raise' andthen se yor goats most e6e!tively on yor homestead.

oats !ome in many shapes' !olors' and si7es. They alsoserve di6erent prposes on the homestead a!!ording to thesi7e and body style of the goat yo de!ide on. (f yo sear!honline and do a little resear!h there are literally hndreds ofdi6erent breeds for yor to !hoose from. (8m not going tobegin to break do"n every breed. (t "old take a "holevolme of books to do that. hat ( A9 going to do is breakdo"n the t"o breeds "e prod!e here at Stinnett FamilyFarms.

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Chapter 2:

hat )reed (s -ight For 9e

*ot only "ill ( break do"n the breeds "e raise' bt ( also "illtell yo ;4 "e !hose these breeds.

The rst breed "e sele!ted to raisehere on or homestead is the*bian goat. The *bian goat "assele!ted as a dal prpose goat fors. First the larger body makes itgreat for meat prod!tion. Se!ond is

for the large $antities of milk theyprod!e.

The se!ond breed "e !hose is the *igerian


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Chapter 3:

hat st abot any Bhealthysna!ks yo !an nd.

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Chapter D:

hat Eind 5f ;osing


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here Can ( )y The )reed ( ;ave %i!ked 5t.

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• 9ake sre the breeders have re!ords of any

va!!inations or "orming they have already performedon the goats. oats are ss!eptible to internal parasitess!h as "orms. The follo"ing is a "orming and

va!!ination s!hedle "e fond dring or resear!h that"e se here on the homestead.o 30 days before "e breed or does "e "orm them'

and the b!ks' 3 times "ith 10 days bet"een ea!hdose.

o At 100 days gestation yo !an re+"orm the goats

that need it again by looking at their poop. ( kno"it8s a dirty >ob' bt somebody has to do it.

o 30 days before the does kid va!!inate "ith !' dLT'

pastrella' and )5+SI. *o" is a good time to trimtheir hooves and dst them for li!e as "ell.

o T"o days after kidding "orm them again 3 times

"ith 10 days bet"een doses.

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hat (f ( Choose oats For 9ilk

5ne of the main reasons "e "anted to add goats to orhomestead "as for the milk prod!tion. e plan to have atleast = *bian does here on the homestead for an estimatedmilk prod!tion of abot 3 $arts to 1 gallon of milk per dayper doe. ( am gessing "e "ill get roghly D gallons of milkper day give or take a $art or t"o.

5r main reason for the e#!ess milk prod!tion is for making!heese' btter' and for or personal and family se. Any that

is left "ill be trned into soap' lotion' and other personal!are items.

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Chapter :

st as m!h meat.9eat goat sele!tion "ill be part of or pro!ess in orbreeding program. Sele!t b!klings and doelings "ill beraised for slaghter' espe!ially if they present "ithimperfe!tions for sho"ing or milk prod!tion.

Stay tned in ftre pdates to this e)ook for more

information' videos' and photos abot harvesting and storingmeat from yor goats. e plan to sho" yo IMI-4 part ofthe pro!ess so yo "ill be !ompletely !ondent and ready"hen yo embark on yor goat raising >orney.

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Chapter G:

;oney' Are e -eally -eady For Eids

5k' no" that yo have yor breed or breeds of goatssele!ted' it is time to start thinking abot raising yor o"n.

The kidding season @the time "hen yor does "ill bedelivering their bndles of >oy is a >oyos time. ( say bndlesbe!ase goats are kno"n to prod!e t"ins or tripletsreglarly and sometimes !an even have $adrplets. Forsome this !an be >st as spe!ial of a time as having yor o"n!hildren. (f yo plan to milk yor does and bottle feed thekids it "ill be almost as labor intensive as having real babies.

oats go into season' or heat' for the rst time arond Gmonths of age. Their heat !y!le sally rns abot 1 to 23days. (t is a !ontroversial isse as to ho" yong yo sholdbreed yor does. ( have heard both sides of the isse. 5neside says yo !an breed at G months old and the does "illgro" >st as "ell as the ones yo "ait to breed. The otherside says yo shold "ait ntil the doe is 1 N years oldbefore breeding so that she "ill kid at arond 2 years of age.

( have a goat farming friend in Sothern 9issori that follo"sthe 2 year old kidding age. She says she has learned overthe years that if yo "ait ntil the goat is older they haveeasier times dring their rst birth and that the births gom!h more smoothly. e have de!ided to go "ith thispro!ess of "aiting the e#tra time before breeding.

(f yo are going to invest in goats yo might as "ell invest inhaving the healthiest' happiest' best $ality goats yo !anfor them to be protable in both their meat and milkprod!tion as "ell as a possible in!ome sor!e.

5n!e yor goat is ready to breed and has !ome in seasonyo are ready to introd!e her to the b!k. ;ere at StinnettFamily Farms' "e are setting p a pro!ess "here "e bring

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the b!k to the doe and pt them together for 1 hor. 4o"ant to see that yor doe is bred at least a fe" times beforetaking the b!k ba!k to yor b!k yard.

(n order to kno" "hen yor doe is bred "at!h for her to ar!hher ba!k "hen the b!k thrsts. 5n!e yo see it happen yo"ill denitely kno" "hat to look for the ne#t time. e "illeventally be adding a short video sho"ing this pro!ess inthe ftre.

)e sre to mark this date as the date yor doe "as bred. (fyor doe does not !ome into heat again in 1G to 21 days yo"ill kno" that she has been bred and yo !an prepare forthe appro#imate kidding date. The average gestation period

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Chapter ,:

hat Eind 5f ;ealth %roblems Shold e Hook For

Het8s start "ith a fe" basi!s. The normal temperatre of agoat is 102.= to 10D degrees. The average plse rate rnsbet"een 0 to G0 beats per minte. -espirations shold bebet"een 1= and 30 per minte.

Average pberty for goats is bet"een "eeks and Gmonths. (t is best if yo remove b!ks to a separate areaa"ay from yong does by 2 months of age.

The average life span for does is 11 to 12 years. )t' sallythe death is related to kidding. (f yor does are retired frombreeding arond 10 years of age they !an live for 1/ to 1Gyears. ethers @!astrated males average life span is 11 to1/ years. )!ks live an average of G to 10 years. The stressof the b!ks going into rt every year !ases them to have ashorter life span. oats sally rea!h their fll si7e at abot3 years old. That is another reason "e !hoose to "ait ntilor girls are older before "e start breeding them.

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Thank yo again for yor interest inthe B4o Can ;omestead Series.

e vale ea!h and every one ofyo in the highest regardsJJ

This e)ook' like the rest of theseries' is a "ork in progress. As "ern a!ross ne" additional

information "e "ill pdate andrevise the series. As soon as anpdate is available "e "ill send itto yo as long as yo are on ormailing list. Shoot s an email at

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