Goat Health
Welcome to the Hoegger Farmyard Goat Health Center, the online community focused on Goat Health and Husbandry. From this page you have access to a wealth of specific goat health information as well as the most recent posts from experts on our Goat Health Blog. For additional support from experts as well as our clients and friends, be sure to check out the Goat Health Forum. Hoegger Supply has been sell goat supplies for over 75 years. We love our goats and are looking forward to helping you get all the answers to your goat health questions.
The goat health tips offered in the navigation bar to the left are gleaned from our 76 years in business, from both listening carefully to the tips and experiences of our customers and the experience of working with our own goats. Please remember, we are not veterinarians and it is always best to consult with a trained professional when dealing with health problems and procedures. In addition, everybody does things a little or a lot different than the goat keeper down the road. We certainly don’t claim to be the be-all or the end-all when it comes to goat health. So, that being said, this is a disclaimer that what we have written as well as the help we provide over the phone and internet is not intended to take the place of professional assistance.
Recent Posts
LGDs – Why we love our Anatolian Shepherd
We have been raising Anatolian Shepherds for 11 years. We owned a 13 acre, Grade A Goat Dairy and we usually had from 100 – 180 goats on our farm. We bought our first dog when our then 19 year old daughter did some research for us, and found this breed. We also [...]
Pin ItEating for heating! How a goat’s rumen works
As the nighttime temperatures remain low throughout much of the country, I have to pause and compare my winter wardrobe to my goats’. I go all-out for morning chores: insulated coat, thermal underclothes, denim jeans, t-shirt, sweatshirt, long scarf, open-finger gloves and knit hat. My goats meet me at the gate dressed in their fluffiest [...]
Pin ItWeak kids: what to do
Mandy Latimer was asked a question recently by email regarding some new kids that were described as being ‘weak’. Here is her response to the question and it contains information that every keeper of baby goats should bear in mind during kidding season. My first question to you is “What is the age of [...]