Deborah Neimann – How To Be A Midwife To Goats

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Big Ideas & Takeaways:  

• How to be a great goat mid-wife.
• All the tools and supplies you need for assisting goats in giving birth, and the single most important thing to have before your goat goes into labor.
• The pros and cons of separating pregnant does from the herd
• How goat tail ligaments indicate immanent birth, and the biggest mistakes when identifying readiness.
• Easy and quick home-made kid coats!

About the Speaker:

Deborah Niemann is a homesteader, writer, and self-sufficiency expert who presents extensively on skills for living a more self-reliant life. She has raised livestock for 17 years for meat, eggs, and dairy products, and she teaches sustainable agriculture online for the University of Massachusetts – Amherst, as well as through her own online school, Thrifty Homesteader Academy. She is the author of five books, including Homegrown and Handmade: A Practical Guide to More Self-Reliant Living and Raising Goats Naturally: The Complete Guide to Milk, Meat, and More.