Raising Milk Goats Successfully [Paperback]

Gail Luttmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1986

Gail Luttman, experienced writer as well as expert in the field of milk goats, has written the book on this popular subject. Selecting milk goats. Economic consideration. Feeding: pasture, forage, grains. Housing & equipment. Milk & cheese. Breeding & reproduction. Caring for kids: newborn to weaning. Health care: diagnosis by symptoms. The dairy goat business.

All of the information is up-to-date, much of it hard to find. Luttmann particularly excels in her chapters on feeding, on the dairy goat business where she discusses marketing milk products as well as market development, and in her outstanding chapter on health care including a diagnostic discussion of symptoms rather than diseases. Extremely helpful!

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About the Author

Gail Luttmann lives on a small farm in Tennessee. She is a frequent contributor to farm and garden magazines. She is the author of two other small-scale livestock raising books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Williamson Publishing Company, distributed by Ideals Publications (November 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0913589241
• ISBN-13: 978-0913589243
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raising Milk Goats Successfully, March 24, 2000

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Barbara Chaloupka (Mentor, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raising Milk Goats Successfully (Paperback)

I ordered 3 different books about raising goats and this one was the best.. It covers everything. Nothing left out. It is easy to read and well organized. The other books were poorly written and did not cover all subjects. This is the only book you need.

81 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the backcover., November 13, 1999

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This review is from: Raising Milk Goats Successfully (Paperback)

Gail Luttmann. experienced writer as well as expert in the field of milk goats, has written "the" book on this popular subject.

Selecting milk goats

Economic considerations

Feeding: pasture, forage, grains

Housing & equipment

Milk & cheese

Breeding & reproduction

Caring for kids: newborn to weaning

Health care: diagnosis by symptoms

The dairy goat business

All of the information is up=to=date, much of it hard to find. Luttmann particularly excels in her chapters on feeding, on the dairy goat business where she discusses marketing milf products as well as market development, and in her outstanding chapter on health care including a diagnostic discussion of symptoms rather than diseases. Extremely helpful.

Gail Luttmann lives on a small farm in Tennessee. She is a frequent contributor to farm and garden magazines. She is the author of two other small-scale livestock raising books.

65 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book that I had to own........., December 14, 2002

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MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" (Sierras of California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raising Milk Goats Successfully (Paperback)

We have been around goats for decades, but have only recently in the past year gone the next step and begun to own Nubian goats for milk, cheese and brush removal purposes. And this is a great book if you are just getting started because it covered everything one needs to know before and after getting a goat or goats.

From housing, dairy goat rations, nutritional needs, goat management, choosing dams and sires (females and males), breeding and kidding (birthing), kid care, goat milk, udder care, health care, trouble shooting, and the overall benefits of keeping goats. And a section for those who want to have goats as a business i.e. milk, cheese, meat. And there is a good section on where to buy goats and supplies.

We live in the Sierras where we are encouraged to own goats for fire protection, since they are great at keeping brush clearer in high fire areas. And they are such wonderful animals to own and easily become members of the family.