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Ready for breeding season? 🐐 This week’s Goat News is packed with practical tips—feeding for fertility, preventing urinary calculi, and choosing the right minerals to keep your herd healthy. And for a treat, we’ve added a goat milk pudding recipe to enjoy at home!

Feeding Goats for Fertility

No one doubts that proper nutrition is key in preparing both does and bucks for breeding season. Great nutrition leads to good fertility. But what does feeding for fertility look like? In this post, I discuss the cons of the practice of flushing and how to meet the increased nutritional needs of your breeding bucks.

Five Tips for Breeding Goats

Breeding season is one of the most important times of the year for goat owners, but it can also bring unexpected challenges. From spotting the signs of heat to preventing fertility issues, the right preparation makes all the difference. In this article, I share five key tips to help you breed your goats successfully and look forward to healthy kids in the spring.

Preventing Urinary Calculi in Goats: Diet, Ammonium Chloride, and Struvite Stones

Urinary calculi can be a painful—and even deadly—condition for goats, especially wethers and bucks. Fortunately, recent research has shed new light on how to prevent one type of stone: struvite. In this article, we’re diving into what really causes these stones and how diet, water, and pulsing ammonium chloride supplementation can make all the difference.

Goat Minerals: Why, What, and How

Minerals might seem like a small detail, but they’re essential for healthy goats. In this post, we break down what goat minerals are, why loose is better than blocks, and how to choose the right mix for your herd—without getting overwhelmed by the options.

📄Goat Milk Pudding This goat milk pudding is a cozy, homemade treat inspired by the 100-mile diet—but even closer to home. Made with ingredients sourced within 100 yards of the kitchen (like fresh goat milk, eggs, and maple syrup), it’s rich, creamy, and naturally sweetened. Whether you enjoy it warm or chilled, this simple dessert celebrates truly local eating. Try this recipe!

Happy Goatherding,

Deborah
& the Thrifty Homesteader Team

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