Our approach is to forget that agribusiness ever existed and approach husbandry from a completely different angle. Given a chance, goats know far more about raising goats that goat experts do. This type of husbandry works to provide the most natrual condition for goats and let them find their way and their niche rather than working the goats directly. It is similar to how the organic gardener farms the soil rather than the plants with the latter following naturally if given half a chance.I appreciate your reminding us, especially new folk about the difference. This list was very patient with me while I integrated my sheep (and other lifestyle changes.) Since I started from books I was cookbook farming. My local support came from small farm sheep hobbiests (my version of goatarist.) They did not have enough animals to be profiting from them and spend amazing amounts of time and money, made off their farm, to support their sheep. They followed books like Bibles. They imported much of the sheep's nutritional needs and barely used their offerings. Any event like lambing was potentially traumatic and required farmer intervention w special supplements, controlled diets, antibiotics, invasive poking around internally, surgeries, and equipment.)
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