Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying,   ISBN:9781580172592

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We got a couple of goats just to keep as pets and this guide was recommended by the breeder. Its very straightforward, easy to read and addresses many issues.

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When we decided to advance from making our own yogurt to making our own cheese, we quickly realized that we wouldn't be able to get the raw milk needed to make the best cheeses unless we could produce our own milk. Certainly that didn't mean keeping a cow, so we began to research goats-ownership. The first book we read was interesting but filled with "tips" that required some familiarity with keeping goats; we needed something more basic. By accident, our next book acquisition was Gail Damerow's YOUR GOAT, which it turned out was aimed at a youth audience. This was not a bad place for us to start because it provided really helpful definitions and pictures. Storey's Guide to RAISING DAIRY GOATS was the perfect second step. Now we are ready to start constructing housing & fencing as well as places for milking & storing feed; we understand ads in the Farmer's Market Bulletin; we have a feel for the real challenges (a dairy goat must be milked at the same time twice each day, every day of the 10-month-or-so milking cycle); and we have a feel for reasonable time frame for this undertaking. I can't imagine how we would have dealt with goat-ownership if we hadn't read this book first!

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Fantastic book. So much helpful information. Answers every question clearly. Great ideas to use. Exactly what I needed to start milking goats. Recommended to everyone who want to raise from 1 to 100 goats!

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I have no experience raising goats per se, but it seems like there must be more to it, like some things have been left out. I have read this book and feel like I need more information. I think this book is easy to read and understand, but I found some of the author's tone to be of an alarmist's nature. I was left afraid that goats are very fragile and run a good risk of getting every disease in the book. That isn't very encouraging. I cannot really apply the advice given as I do not have goats yet, I am in the research stage, so I cannot make comments about it. Overall I am happy to have the book, but it isn't the only one I will buy.

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Very good and complete information for someone like me who knows nothing about raising dairy goats.