Raising Goats for Beginners

6 Things to Know Before You Get Goats

Reader Contribution by Tracy Lynn
Updated on September 13, 2023
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Goats for Beginners: Prepare for raising goats by keeping these essential factors in mind.
You know the old saying, “if I knew then what I know now?” Well, I believe a homesteader must have come up with that quote. On a homestead, mistakes and misjudgments are the most common way to learn.

There is something about living through a mistake that embeds that lesson in our minds and makes this way of learning a valuable one–a way of earning our stripes so to speak.

And my stripes are now your checklist of how to raise goats in your backyard. Your goat care 101 introduction to raising and caring for your new herd.

1. Safe Shelter

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