115 | What Is a Freemartin, and Do Goats Have Them?

119 | Selling Meat Goats at the Sale Barn: How to Get the Best Price

A couple of weeks ago in Episode 117 I talked about how our market evolved away from the sale barn. Today I want to talk about why the auction can be a great place for meat goat producers to start selling their goats, and for a lot of producers it's the right long-term market. Today I want to talk about how to use the sale barn well, the research, the timing, the relationship building, what to do when you pull in, and what I learned over several years selling this way. Let's get to it. Episode Mentions: 117 | Selling Meat Goats: From Sale Barn Auctions to a Waitlist [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goat-wise-meat-goats-feeding-goats-goat-fencing-livestock/id1743448724?i=1000775634222] 11 | Should I Tag My Goats? What You Need to Know About Government Requirements and How to Use Tagging to Benefit Your Herd [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goat-wise-meat-goats-feeding-goats-goat-fencing-livestock/id1743448724?i=1000660043517] 50 | Get Ready for Kidding: Order Your Tags in 4 Easy Steps [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goat-wise-meat-goats-feeding-goats-goat-fencing-livestock/id1743448724?i=1000700585088] Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart [https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart]   Join the insider email list: https://www.goatwise.com/join [https://www.goatwise.com/join] Email: millie@drycreekpastures.com [millie@drycreekpastures.com] Instagram: @drycreekpastures [https://www.instagram.com/drycreekpastures/] More from the ranch: https://www.drycreekpastures.com [https://www.drycreekpastures.com/]   This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for veterinary advice.

118 | Summer Heat Management in Goats: What I've Learned and What I Did Wrong

Today we're talking about heat management in goats, the basics that actually matter, what I learned during one brutal kidding season, some coat science that surprised me, and a practical tool I wish I'd had sooner. I’m also going to tell you about the time I dunked a kid in a water trough. Let's get to it.   Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart [https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart]   Join the insider email list: https://www.goatwise.com/join [https://www.goatwise.com/join] Email: millie@drycreekpastures.com [millie@drycreekpastures.com] Instagram: @drycreekpastures [https://www.instagram.com/drycreekpastures/] More from the ranch: https://www.drycreekpastures.com [https://www.drycreekpastures.com/]   This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for veterinary advice.

117 | Selling Meat Goats: From Sale Barn Auctions to a Waitlist

Today I want to tell you how our goat market evolved from sale barn auctions to direct-to-consumer meat sales to something I stumbled into sort of by accident that turned out to be a much better fit for the goats we've been raising. There's a mental block I had to work through in there too, and I think a lot of producers run into the same one. Let's get to it.   Mentions: Idaho Goat Grazers (Zak) [https://www.facebook.com/thecopelandsfarm] VS Goat Grazing (Virgil) [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577024833072] Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart [https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart] Join the insider email list: https://www.goatwise.com/join [https://www.goatwise.com/join] Email: millie@drycreekpastures.com [millie@drycreekpastures.com] Instagram: @drycreekpastures   This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for veterinary advice.

116 | Early vs Late Banding: The Management Problems We Solved by Castrating Early

Back in Episode 46, I talked about early versus late banding of buck kids. We went through the full debate, the urinary calculi argument, the research, all of it, and I reported on a small test group we'd banded at birth. I said I'd follow up when we did it at scale. We've now done it at scale, and this is that follow-up. Let's get to it.   Episode Mentions: 46 | Early Banding vs Late Banding in Buck Kids: Will Your Goats Be Healthy if You Band Them Early? [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goat-wise-meat-goats-feeding-goats-goat-fencing-livestock/id1743448724?i=1000695514339]   Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart [https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart] Join the insider email list: https://www.goatwise.com/join [https://www.goatwise.com/join] Email: millie@drycreekpastures.com [millie@drycreekpastures.com] Instagram: @drycreekpastures   This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for veterinary advice.

115 | What Is a Freemartin, and Do Goats Have Them?

This is a question I get asked a lot, and honestly, one I've wondered about myself for a long time. Freemartinism is something every cattle producer knows about, a female born twin to a male that ends up sterile. But you almost never hear about it in goats. Today I want to get to the bottom of why that is, because the answer isn't that goats are immune to it. It comes down to anatomy, and it's actually pretty interesting once you understand what's happening. Let's get to it.   Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart [https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart] Join the insider email list: https://www.goatwise.com/join [https://www.goatwise.com/join] Email: millie@drycreekpastures.com [millie@drycreekpastures.com] Instagram: @drycreekpastures   This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for veterinary advice.