Goats Giving Birth
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-942-2 (ISBN)
Lessons, stories, and reflections from the Goat Midwife
There is nothing about goat care that creates more anticipation, excitement, frustration, and fear than birthing goats. What can you expect with a goat pregnancy? What do you do if things go wrong when goats give birth? What happens when you have a challenging newborn kid?
Seasoned goat farmer Deborah Niemann, author of Raising Goats Naturally, answers these questions and more by distilling the stories and experiences from over 600 goat pregnancies and births. Coverage includes:
The differences between normal goat pregnancies
Necessary C-sections
Incidents that may turn deadly serious.
For both new and experienced goat owners, Goats Giving Birth illuminates the joy, the sadness, and everything in between when birthing pregnant goats, giving you the confidence to handle a large spectrum of goat pregnancies and help birth happy thriving kids.
Deborah Niemann and her family moved to the country in 2002 to start producing their own food organically, including their own goat cheese. Before she knew what happened, 2 milk goats turned into 20, and a desire to make a simple chèvre launched a whole new career helping people raise their goats. Deborah is the author of Homegrown and Handmade, Ecothrifty, and Raising Goats Naturally. She teaches online courses on raising goats and chickens at the University of Massachusetts and contributes to magazines such as Hobby Farms, GRIT, Mother Earth News, Chickens, and Urban Farm. Deborah maintains a homesteading blog from her farm in Cornell, Illinois. thriftyhomesteader.com
Introduction
Disclaimer
1. Normal Births
Cleo's twin doelings
It's triplets!
Sherri's triplets (for the sixth time)
2. Normal But Different Births
Bonnie's big baby bonanza!
Bonnie's quads
Three breech bucks
Jo's quads
Victoria's twins
Kidding at 17 below zero
3 Not So Normal Births
Always more to learn: Giselle's birth
Our most puzzling birth ever
Lizzie's triplets
Alex's final kidding
4. Caesarean Section Births
Our first C-section
Lesson learned via C-section
5. Challenges With Newborns
Sucking disorder in a goat kid?
Cheating death
You save some
A blind kid?
Linguine update—the not-so-blind goat
Lessons in neonatal goat care
6 Death
Farewell and thank you, Coco
Our most challenging birth...with a happy ending
Some decisions just suck
Farewell, Sadie
7. Final Thoughts
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 100 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Gabriola Island |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 263 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
| Veterinärmedizin ► Großtier ► Schaf / Ziege | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-86571-942-X / 086571942X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-86571-942-2 / 9780865719422 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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