Goat Notes e-book Now Available!!!

[Nifty]

BYH is pleased to announce in partnership with author, Emily LeVan (elevan ), the release of Goat Notes eBook !

Goat Notes is available now in the BYC store for only $10 !

If you have questions specific to the book please post them here. All goat specific questions should go to the appropriate goat section of the forum.

You can buy the book here: http://coopedup.net/buy/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=136

 

[elevan]

I am so excited to partner with BYH to bring everyone this interactive eBook, Goat Notes!

 

[autumnprairie]

Congrats Em,

 

[cjhubbs]

Congrats!

 

[elevan]

Some things you'll find inside the Goat Notes eBook are:

*Links to almost every breed of goat worldwide so you can learn about different breeds.
*Goat Dictionary and goat parts map
*Info on Housing, Fencing and Feeding
*Body condition scoring, FAMACHA and more
*Chart of Health Considerations
*Medications that we use with space to put the dosages that you use on your farm
*Cocci, Lungworm, Internal and External Parasite information
*The Scoop on Poop
*What's that cough?
*Plant Poisoning info
*Record Pages and more
*Links to pertinent areas of the BYH forum to continue the discussion of specific topics

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

I'm going to get it!!! :bun

 

[elevan]

I've added some articles to the member pages that will give you snippets of the book. Please be sure to ask your questions about the book here in this thread so that all members can receive the answer. Thanks!

 

[bjjohns]

Can you explain a little bit about the "Tracking the health" portion of the ebook? I assume it's a section you are to print-out.

 

[elevan]

Can you explain a little bit about the "Tracking the health" portion of the ebook? I assume it's a section you are to print-out.

Absolutely! It is indeed a section that you would print out and put into a binder, instructions on how to use the book to create a binder are included (the eBook comes with a binder cover page and other informational pages you may print as well). This allows you to print only what you need to track your goats - be it one or 20 goats.

In this section of the book you'll find that you'll be able to record the goat's descriptive stats including registrations and tatoos. You'll record birth, sales and death information as well. Vaccinations, dewormings and hoof care dates. Breeding and kidding history for does. Health records and FAMACHA scoring pages are included too.


This eBook provides you with full interaction links when used on your computer. It also provides you with the ability to customize to your farm when placed into the binder setting.

Please let me know if you have additional questions!

 

[elevan]

Some excerpts from the eBook:

Vital Signs
Vital Sign Normal Range Notes
Heart Rate 70-80 beats / minute
Temperature 101.5-104 F
Varies based on environmental temperature and goats activity level
Generally lower in the morning
Use healthy goats within the herd to give you a benchmark reading
Respiration 12-15 breaths / minute
Rumen Motility 1-4 movements / minute
Faster after eating
Slower when stomach is empty
Rumen pH 5.5-7.0

Hearing Goats are able to direct their ears towards sounds which assist their already exceptional hearing...see eBook for more

Sight Having panoramic vision and binocular vision goats are able to see much more of their environment than we humans at any given time. This makes goats incredibly hard to sneak up on.

Smell Goats have a highly developed sense of smell. You may have noticed a buck curling his lip up to his nose before, this is called flehmening or a Flehmen response. While this looks funny, it does serve an important purpose and that is to enhance that sense dramatically. ...see eBook for more

Taste Goats have nearly double the amount of taste buds as humans (approximately 15,000 taste buds). They tend to prefer bitter tastes; which draws them toward plants high in tannins. Trees and brush are high in tannins and are a favorite food for goats. Falling leaves in autumn also have higher tannin content than fresh leaves making those crunchy leaves like goat potato chips.

Body Language Goats are fascinating to watch as they show a lot of body language if youre paying attention to it. If youre able to take the time (and you should), go out and watch your goats for an hour or more. I find watching my goats a very relaxing time and I tend to learn a lot just from watching them.

Every herd has a pecking order so to speak, even herds as small as 2 goats. Fighting in the form of pushing, shoving, jostling, raking (with horns) and head butting is generally always intended as a means of either maintaining herd status or moving up in herd status. Two goats will position themselves fairly close to one another generally only just a few feet apart, rear up and dive forward and down slamming their forehead or horns into that of their opponent. If your goats have horns it will sound like a hammer beating on a board. If your goats are hornless you may not hear anything at all when they fight unless they are vocalizing as well....see eBook for more