ArikirA Holdings Pty Ltd
USEFUL GOAT RESOURCES
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The Going into Goats guide
The MLA GiG Guide has 11 modules that address different aspects of the goat production system - all goat owners and breeders can benefit from something within these modules.
NLIS and PIC requirements for goats
Fencing
Unless forced by predators, goats will generally go under or through fences rather than over them, so hingejoint (8-90-30)/ringlock/stiffstay or electric fencing is recommended rather than 4/5 strand barb wire. Depending on the goats, some barb or plain wire fences may be protected by using 1-2 rows of electric outrigger starting fairly low to the ground.
The selection is generally based on your goats, your predators and your pocket...
We use a combination of 6 strand electric, electric off sets and stiffstay.
Planning Sheep and Goat Fencing
Goat Fencing - great discussion on this vid re electric fence requirements
How to Tie A Termination Knot - Joule Shield Hi Strain End Insulator
Feed
Notes on Goats:FEEDING MANAGEMENT OF A MEAT GOAT HERD
Soyhulls: the "almost perfect" feed
General guidelines for feeding sheep and goats
Maryland Dairy Goat Ration Evaluator
Maryland Meat Goat Ration Evaluator
Planning a Pasture System - Part l
Pasture and Grazing Management III
Understanding Round and Square Bale Hay
T he palatability, and potential toxicity of Australian weeds to goats
A Guide to Species of Medical and Veterinary Importance - Great book!
Management and Husbandry
An Illustrated Guide to Sheep and Goat Production
Example of a farmers Monthly Management for goats
Small Ruminant Sustainability Checksheet
Meat Goat Management Wheel free download
Dairy Goat Best Management Practices Guide
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Goat Handling
Anatomy and physiology of the goat
Body Condition Scoring in Pygmy Goats
Dairy Goat Body Condition Scoring
Basic Reproduction and Breeding Systems of Meat Goats
Raising Bucks that are gentle and easy to handle
Signs of Does (female goats) in Oestrus
Estrus Synchronization for Timed Artificial Insemination in Goats
Overview of Artificial Insemination of Kentucky Meat and Dairy Goats
Getting Ready for Lambing & Kidding 2015
Tips for reducing lamb/kid losses
Common Diseases and Vaccinations for Meat Goats
How to Give Medication to Goats
How to draw blood from the jugular vein for testing using a vacutainer
How to draw blood using a syringe
How to Take a goats temperature
Castration of male kids using elastrator
How to Castrate a Male Goat Using an Elastrator (Banding)
Goat Care Series. Pt. 6: Disbudding Goat Kids
Management and Husbandry
Health
Goat Hoof Health
Preventive Health Management - Part II
Diagnosis And Treatment Of Diseases - Part III
Common Health Problems - Part IV
Parasite Control
Most common external parasites in goats & sheep
Managing Worms in Goats in NSW - DPI 2017
Integrated Pest Management - Goat Parasite Control
Sustainable Integrated Parasite Management
Internal Parasite Management in Pasture Based Sheep and Goat Operations
Why & How to Do a Goat Fecal Egg Count
Why and How to do FAMACHA Scoring PDF
American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control
How to perform faecal sampling of goats
WormCount
How to use a drench gun
Health and Disease
Predator Control
To minimise predator attacks on our farm we use a combination of night penning, Maremma livestock dog guarding, electric and improved fencing (stiff stay or equimesh).
Maremma
Best Practice Manual for the use of Livestock Guardian Dogs
Useful Links
Using LGDs to control wild dogs
UK Maremma Breeder - Charlotte Walsh
American Maremma Sheepdog Society
Videos
Guardian animals protecting livestock Australia - Maremmas Webinar
Common Sense Puppy Training - Introducing the stay
Common Sense Puppy Training - Acclimating the dog for veterinary examinations
Obedience training a LGD - sit stay paw handling
Making training mistakes - happens to us all!!
Quick and Easy Dog Nail Trimming using a Dremel
Auto Feed System for Livestock Guard Dogs - LGD - Dog Feeder - I really love this feeder idea!
Lifestock guardian dogs: The correct behavior in front of Lifestock guardian dogs
Books
Livestock Protection Dogs Selection, Care and Training By O. Dawydiak, D.E. Sims
Livestock Guardians : Using Dogs, Donkeys and Llamas to Protect Your Herd By (author) Janet Vorwald Dohner
Other
Guardian animals protecting livestock - Using Alpacas
Guardian animals protecting livestock - Using Donkeys
