Last week, we talked about where llamas and alpacas came from. According to the International Lama Registry there are 163,131 llamas in the United States and the Alpaca Registry says there are 167,802 alpacas, too. Lamas are popular nowadays!
Do you have llamas or alpacas on your farm? We do! Our llama is a pretty, spotted male named Bandit. He likes horses and lives with our granny Standardbred, Maire. They are good friends.
We have new baby goats at our farm! Their names are Doughnut Jimmy and Esme, and they are bottle babies.
Martok the goat explains why some goats have their horns removed and how it works.
Martok the goat explains how rabies can affect your livestock and what you can do to protect them.
It's easy to check livestock vital signs to ensure your animals stay healthy. Here's how.
If you thought your livestock friend was sick, would you know how to assess his vital signs? It's easy, but it varies somewhat from species to species—and you should practice before you need to know how.
Thank you for asking me to write more about goats. It's my favorite topic!
Uzzi and I helped Mom research a book she wrote called The Backyard Goat: An Introductory Guide to Keeping Productive Pet Goats (Storey Publishing, 2011), and these are some of the cool things we learned.
Martok explains the dangers of these two diseases in pig herds.
Martok navigates six considerations for goat and sheep keepers who have physical limitations.
Today is my birthday! I asked Mom if I could blog about my favorite subject. She said I could, so I'm going to talk about goats.
