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| 135 | Culling Isn't a Decision. It's a Standard: Eight Years of Goat Herd Selection | 09 nov. 2026 | 00:17:30 | |
Today we're talking about culling criteria, and specifically how that changes over time. We'll cover where ours started in 2019 when we had 40 does and were focused purely on herd growth, how the criteria have evolved year over year from "did she have a kid?" to sitting at a computer this fall and removing a quad mom without walking out to look at her once, and what I'd do if I were back in herd growth mode and couldn't afford to cull hard yet. Let's get to it.
Related Episodes: 134 | If You Want Your Goat Herd to Get Better, Keep Records
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| 134 | If You Want Your Goat Herd to Get Better, Keep Records | 02 nov. 2026 | 00:16:25 | |
Today we're talking about goat record keeping. Not just for seedstock producers, for everyone. If you want your herd to get better, you need to know what actually happened, not the way you think you remember it. We'll cover where to start, what goes in the notebook, and how a simple steno notebook eventually becomes lifetime doe records that drive your best selection decisions. Let's get to it.
Related Episodes: 123 | Goats Don't Have to Be So Hard; Smoke Ridge Goats Proved It Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart
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| 133 | Build the Map First: A Practical System for Smoother Livestock Working Days | 26 oct. 2026 | 00:14:51 | |
Today we're talking about how to plan a complex livestock working day. The kind where you've got multiple groups of animals that all need to move somewhere specific, and if you lose track of a step, things end up in the wrong pen or without a place to go. We'll cover why big working days pile up in the first place, the actual system I stumbled onto that made our most recent one the smoothest we've ever had, and why getting it all on paper before you move a single animal changes everything about the day. Let's get to it.
Related Episodes: 91 | Seasonal Planning for Livestock: How We Plan a Ranch Year Without Burning Out 97 | How to Create an Efficient Livestock Chore Routine (Step-by-Step)
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| 132 | Why Goats Are the Best Weed Management Tool on Your Ranch | 19 oct. 2026 | 00:14:03 | |
Today we're talking about how goats eat what they eat. We'll cover the anatomy of their mouth, how they select forage, what they do to a pasture that cattle and sheep simply can't replicate, and what all of that means for weed control, irrigation ditch banks, and vegetation management on a working ranch. The biology and the practical application are the same story. Let's get to it.
Related Episodes: 131 | Adding Goats to a Cattle Ranch: The Behavior Realities 130 | How Goats See the World: The Biology of Goat Vision 125 | Why Goats Eat Brush: The Biology Behind What We're Seeing in the Sagebrush
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| 131 | Adding Goats to a Cattle Ranch: The Behavior Realities | 12 oct. 2026 | 00:12:56 | |
Last week we talked about how goats see the world. Today we're talking about what that means when you have goats on a cattle ranch. The behavior realities, what you can actually control, what to cull for, and how to set yourself up to succeed instead of selling them in frustration. Let's get to it.
Related Episodes: 130 | How Goats See the World: The Biology of Goat Vision
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| 130 | How Goats See the World: The Biology of Goat Vision | 05 oct. 2026 | 00:13:52 | |
Today we're talking about how goats actually see the world. Horizontal pupils, panoramic field of view, a reflective layer in the eye that makes them glow at night, and color vision that runs closer to red-green colorblind than to anything like ours. We'll also get into what all of it explains about behavior in the pasture and in the working facility, including a few things that used to look like stubbornness and now just look like physics. Let's get to it.
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| 129 | Electric Netting in Winter: Why We Still Need It and How We Set It Up | 28 sept. 2026 | 00:16:10 | |
Today we're talking about electric netting in winter. Why we use it, which fence types we use and why, the setup details that actually matter when the ground is frozen, and whether virtual fence is going to replace it. The short answer on that last one: not entirely, and I'll explain why. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 109 | Electric Netting in Freeze Country: The Afternoon Teardown Fix 124 | Virtual Fence in Action: A NoFence Progress Report from the Sagebrush 125 | Why Goats Eat Brush: The Biology Behind What We're Seeing in the Sagebrush 126 | Wintering Goats on Brush: The Feed Cost Strategy We're About to Test
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| 128 | The 2026 Meat Goat Kidding Report: Numbers Are In and They're Good | 21 sept. 2026 | 00:20:17 | |
Today I'm giving you the 2026 commercial meat goat kidding report. We'll go through the numbers, how they're calculated, how they compare to previous years and to industry benchmarks, what the death loss stories are, and what eight years of culling toward a self-sufficient, low-input herd looks like when it all comes together in one season. I’ve been sitting on these numbers for a little while because I’m still amazed at where the numbers settled. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 72 | Did We Reach Our Goal? 2025 Kidding Season Report Is Here! 113 | Kidding Season Week One: Forty Does, No Assists 127 | Iodine, Navel Dipping, Goiter, and Mineral: What Happened When I Didn't Follow My Own Advice
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| 127 | Iodine, Navel Dipping, Goiter, and Mineral: What Happened When I Didn't Follow My Own Advice | 14 sept. 2026 | 00:12:23 | |
This year we stopped routine iodine navel dipping on newborn kids, something we'd been testing for a couple seasons and finally committed to fully. And then at about five to six weeks of age, some of the kids showed up with goiters. My first thought was that we'd possibly caused it by stopping the iodine on the navels. I went and looked it up. What I found was more interesting than I expected, and the actual cause turned out to be something I already knew and just didn't do. Let's get to it.
Related Episodes: 17 | Do My Goats Need Mineral? How to Meet Their Micronutrient Needs and Keep the Herd Healthy
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| 126 | Wintering Goats on Brush: The Feed Cost Strategy We're About to Test | 07 sept. 2026 | 00:14:56 | |
Two weeks ago, I gave you the field report on what we're seeing in the sagebrush with the virtual fence. Last week I covered the biology, why goats eat brush, how the MFO enzyme system builds tolerance, what Cedar Eater genetics tells us about browse as a heritable trait. Today I want to talk about what all of it means for winter feeding strategy, land improvement, and why reducing purchased feed costs might be the single most important thing any livestock producer can do for their operation's long-term profitability. Let's get to it.
Mentions: 124 | Virtual Fence in Action: A NoFence Progress Report from the Sagebrush 125 | Why Goats Eat Brush: The Biology Behind What We're Seeing in the Sagebrush NoFence affiliate code: BradshawGraze10 (capitalization matters) for 10% off your NoFence order. Here’s the link.*
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| 125 | Why Goats Eat Brush: The Biology Behind What We're Seeing in the Sagebrush | 31 août 2026 | 00:12:19 | |
Last week I gave you the field report on what we're seeing with the virtual fence in the sagebrush. Today I want to answer the question I get asked all the time: When will goats eat brush, and does season matter? What I've learned is that for goats, that question has a very different answer than most people expect. And the biology behind it is more interesting than I anticipated. Let's get to it.
Mentions: 124 | Virtual Fence in Action: A NoFence Progress Report from the Sagebrush NoFence affiliate code: BradshawGraze10 (capitalization matters) for 10% off your NoFence order. Here’s the link.*
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| 124 | Virtual Fence in Action: A NoFence Progress Report from the Sagebrush | 24 août 2026 | 00:15:48 | |
Back in Episode 114, I told you our NoFence collars had arrived and what we were hoping they'd open up. Today I want to give you the first real field report: What's working, what we had to work through, what the sagebrush looks like after the goats have been in it, and why this tool is changing what's possible on this ranch. This is a progress report, not a verdict. But so far, it's better than we imagined. Let's get to it.
Mentions: 114 | Drought, Hay Prices, and Why We Bought Virtual Fence NoFence affiliate code: BradshawGraze10 (capitalization matters) for 10% off your NoFence order. Here’s the link.*
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| 123 | Goats Don't Have to Be So Hard; Smoke Ridge Goats Proved It | 17 août 2026 | 00:15:41 | |
Last week in Episode 122 I gave you the framework: The two phases every goat herd goes through and the three strategies for building toward what you actually want. Today is the story behind why that framework matters. The show goat era, the Montana doe kids that survived a brutal winter, and the contrast that finally made everything clear. And I’ll also tell you what our replacement criteria look like today, because that might help you set your replacement criteria and help you reach your herd goals faster. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 105 | Two Reasons Why People Quit Goats: Fence and Genetics
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| 122 | Building a Goat Herd Strategically: Two Phases, Three Strategies, and Why Herd Growth Projections Are Almost Always Wrong | 10 août 2026 | 00:15:44 | |
Back in Episode 105 I talked about why people quit goats, and genetics was one of the two big reasons. Today is the follow-up: not why genetics matter, but what to actually do about it. I want to walk through the two phases nearly every goat herd goes through, three different strategies depending on your situation and goals, and why the math people use to project herd growth is almost never realistic. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 105 | Two Reasons Why People Quit Goats: Fence and Genetics 50 | Get Ready for Kidding: Order Your Tags in 4 Easy Steps
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| 121 | We Sold Our Cows and Started Over with Dexters: Improving Our Multi-Species Grazing System | 03 août 2026 | 00:18:02 | |
I know this is a goat podcast. But I would be doing you a disservice if I didn't tell you what we're doing with our cattle herd, because it's part of the same system, and the philosophy behind the decision is exactly the same philosophy that shaped our goat herd. Today I want to talk about why we're switching to Dexter cattle, how we got here, what we were actually evaluating when we looked at breeds, and why multispecies grazing is central to what we're building at Dry Creek. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 107 | Goats vs. Cattle: The Financial Comparison Nobody's Doing
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| 120 | It's Not Just a Breeding Behavior: The Flehmen Response in Goats | 27 juil. 2026 | 00:13:09 | |
Yesterday I was watering the goats in town, put fresh water in the trough, one of the does took a drink, and right after she drank, she did the flehmen response. That funny lip curl. No bucks around. Middle of July. Not breeding season. And I realized I didn't actually know what was going on. I thought I did. So, I looked it up. Today I want to tell you what the flehmen response actually is, because it turns out it's a lot more interesting than most of us think. Let's get to it.
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| 119 | Selling Meat Goats at the Sale Barn: How to Get the Best Price | 20 juil. 2026 | 00:16:02 | |
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 11 | Should I Tag My Goats? What You Need to Know About Government Requirements and How to Use Tagging to Benefit Your Herd 50 | Get Ready for Kidding: Order Your Tags in 4 Easy Steps Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart
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| 118 | Summer Heat Management in Goats: What I've Learned and What I Did Wrong | 13 juil. 2026 | 00:12:55 | |
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.
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| 117 | Selling Meat Goats: From Sale Barn Auctions to a Waitlist | 06 juil. 2026 | 00:12:55 | |
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) VS Goat Grazing (Virgil) Leave a review on Apple Podcasts + grab your free Kidding Due Date Chart: https://www.goatwise.com/kidding-chart
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| 116 | Early vs Late Banding: The Management Problems We Solved by Castrating Early | 29 juin 2026 | 00:12:26 | |
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?
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| 115 | What Is a Freemartin, and Do Goats Have Them? | 22 juin 2026 | 00:13:22 | |
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.
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| 114 | Drought, Hay Prices, and Why We Bought Virtual Fence | 15 juin 2026 | 00:10:30 | |
Our NoFence collars showed up on Friday, shipped all the way from Norway, and they've been sitting in boxes since they got here. Today I want to talk about why we finally pulled the trigger on virtual fence after years of waiting, what it opens up for us, including over two hundred acres of brush ground we've barely been able to touch with goats, and how it fits alongside the electric netting we've relied on for years. This isn't a replacement story. It's the next piece of the system. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 109 | Electric Netting in Freeze Country: The Afternoon Teardown Fix
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| 113 | Kidding Season Week One: Forty Does, No Assists | 08 juin 2026 | 00:12:30 | |
We are one week into kidding season. Forty does have kidded, seventy-eight kids on the ground, two sets of quads, four sets of triplets, and we have not assisted on a single birth. Not one. Today I want to tell you about day two, when four does kidded in a rainstorm, and the harder question that was sitting underneath all of it: how do you know where the line is between trusting your animals to do it themselves or intervening? Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 110 | Kidding Management: How Our Kidding System Evolved, PART 1 of 3 111 | Kidding Management: Selection Pressure and Behavior Reshaping, PART 2 of 3 112 | Kidding Management: Building the Right System for Your Operation, Part 3 of 3 100 | Management Flexibility: Why Helping Too Much Hurts Your Livestock
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| 112 | Kidding Management: Building the Right System for Your Operation, PART 3 of 3 | 01 juin 2026 | 00:13:17 | |
We've spent the last two weeks on how our kidding system evolved and what it took to reshape the herd through selection pressure. Today is Part 3, and this one is for you. We're going to walk through the factors that actually determine your kidding system, genetics, weather, business model, predator protection, and labor, so you can stop second-guessing your setup and start making decisions that fit your operation. There's no single right answer here, and that's the whole point. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 110 | Kidding Management: How Our Kidding System Evolved, PART 1 of 3 111 | Kidding Management: Selection Pressure and Behavior Reshaping, PART 2 of 3 105 | Two Reasons Why People Quit Goats: Fence and Genetics 13 | Electric Netting Fence for Goats
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| 111 | Kidding Management: Selection Pressure and Behavior Reshaping, PART 2 of 3 | 25 mai 2026 | 00:13:02 | |
Last week we started this series with the story of how our kidding system evolved — from show goats and January barn kidding through commercial Boers, and then the Spanish goats arriving and refusing to work in the system we'd been running for years. Today is Part 2, and this is where we get into what that shift actually took. How do you move a herd that's been bred for intensive management toward something completely different? What does culling look like when you're selecting for a new system? And how long before you actually see the results? Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 110 | Kidding Management: How Our Kidding System Evolved, Part 1 of 3
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| 110 | Kidding Management: How Our Kidding System Evolved, PART 1 of 3 | 18 mai 2026 | 00:15:42 | |
Today we're starting a three-part series on kidding management, how a system actually works, why it matters which genetics you're running, and how to build an approach that fits your operation. Part 1 is the story of how our system evolved from show goats and January barn kidding in twenty-below weather, through commercial Boers, and then the moment the Spanish goats arrived and showed me something I hadn't seen coming. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 105 | Two Reasons Why People Quit Goats: Fence and Genetics
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| 109 | Electric Netting in Freeze Country: The Afternoon Teardown Fix | 11 mai 2026 | 00:12:51 | |
This year we went out on grass almost six weeks earlier than we ever have, and right after we did, it started freezing hard again. Today I want to talk about what that actually looks like operationally, specifically what happens to electric netting stakes in a hard-freeze climate, why that matters, and what we changed to make it work. I'll also tell you what the does look like on pre-kidding green forage, which is something we've not had access to in the past with electric netting. Let's get to it.
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| 108 | Two Years of Goat Wise: What We’ve Learned, Where We Are, and Where We’re Headed | 04 mai 2026 | 00:17:19 | |
Two years ago, I hit publish on the very first episode of this podcast, not really knowing if anyone was going to listen or if I'd make it past ten episodes. Today we're marking that — 50,000 downloads in 115 countries, and I still have days where that doesn't feel real. In this episode I'm going to talk about what these two years have actually looked like, what shifted and what I learned, a concept I think explains a lot about how I got here and how I know when it's time to change course, and where this podcast is headed. Let's get to it.
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| 107 | Goats vs. Cattle: The Financial Comparison Nobody's Doing | 27 avr. 2026 | 00:18:06 | |
Today we're talking about the financial comparison between goats and cattle, done in a way that's actually fair. Most of the comparisons I've seen don't account for feed consumption, and when you leave that out, the math just doesn't work. I'm going to walk you through the framework I put together using real numbers from our operation and this last selling season, and I'll show you how to drop your own numbers in and run it for yourself. Let's get to it!
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| 106 | Watering Setup: Troughs, Buckets, and the Problems That Get Goats Killed | 20 avr. 2026 | 00:17:07 | |
Today we're getting into the physical setup for watering goats, what you put water in, how deep, how many, and the specific problems that can kill kids and trap horned goats. I covered the big picture in Episode 9, water as the most important nutrient, monitoring intake, why goats are picky about water quality, and how we haul water for rotational grazing. This episode goes deeper into the actual hardware, the configurations we use, and some mistakes that were expensive enough to remember.
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| 105 | Two Reasons Why People Quit Goats: Fence and Genetics | 13 avr. 2026 | 00:17:28 | |
Today we’re talking about why people quit goats, and I mean the real reasons, not just “it was too hard.” There are two things that send people to the exit almost every single time, and both of them are preventable. We’re going to talk about fence, we’re going to talk about genetics, and we’re going to talk about what it actually looks like to build a system you can stay in for the long haul. Let’s get to it.
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| 104 | The Medication Side of My Goat Health Kit – Part 3 | 06 avr. 2026 | 00:20:38 | |
Today we're wrapping up the four-episode series on goat health supplies, and we're finishing with medications — what's on the shelf, what's in the fridge, and the single best storage hack I've come across that costs almost nothing. I'll walk through the full list: what I actually reach for, what I keep on hand but rarely use anymore, and some things that are worth understanding before you need them — the Corid and goat polio connection, early intervention for urinary calculi, and the shift in our vaccine protocol. We'll close out the series with the thread that's run through all four episodes. Let's get to it!
Episode Mentions: 101 | The Most Important Tools in Your Goat Medical Kit - PART 1 102 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2A 103 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2B 46 | Early Banding vs Late Banding in Buck Kids/ Will Your Goats Be Healthy if You Band Them Early?
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| 103 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2B | 30 mars 2026 | 00:14:29 | |
Today we're back in the health supply boxes for part 2B of this series: Eye care, disbudding, first aid, wound care and injury prevention, a few rarely used kidding supplies, and the storage systems that hold it all together. I've got a couple of stories in here too, a prairie dog hole, a stick coming out of a goat's chest, and a dog that made a decision it quickly regretted. Let's get to it!
Episode Mentions: 43 | How to Treat Entropian or Inverted Eyelids in Baby Goats 07 | Should My Goats Have Horns or Not? Pros and Cons of Disbudding Goats
Episodes in this Series: 101 | The Most Important Tools in Your Goat Medical Kit - PART 1 102 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2A 103 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2B 104 | The Medication Side of My Goat Health Kit – Part 3
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| 102 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2A | 23 mars 2026 | 00:17:27 | |
Today we're opening up the goat health boxes, the ones I actually reach into on a regular basis. Last week we talked about the philosophy behind low-intervention management and the must-have supplies. This week we're getting into the working kit, what eight years of goat management looks like accumulated in boxes, and what actually sees regular use now versus what I used back in the show goat years. We'll cover weighing equipment, marking tools, tagging and records, hoof care, blood draw supplies, kidding tools, and a few things I keep in a five-gallon bucket right by the barn door. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 52 | What’s in My Kidding Bucket and the Supplies You Should Have On Hand When Your Goats Kid
Episodes in this Series: 101 | The Most Important Tools in Your Goat Medical Kit - PART 1 102 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2A 103 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2B 104 | The Medication Side of My Goat Health Kit – Part 3
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| 101 | The Most Important Tools in Your Goat Medical Kit - PART 1 | 16 mars 2026 | 00:17:23 | |
Today we're starting a three-part series on your goat medical kit, what actually needs to be in it, and why the most important item isn't something you can order from a supply catalog. In this first episode we're covering the foundation that makes everything else work: observation, your vet relationship, and then the supplies for diagnostics and supportive care. We'll also get into basic treatment supplies and what to do when things get serious. Let's get to it.
Episode Mentions: 102 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2A 103 | What's Actually in My Goat Health Boxes — Part 2B 104 | The Medication Side of My Goat Health Kit – Part 3
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| 100 | Management Flexibility: Why Helping Too Much Hurts Your Livestock | 09 mars 2026 | 00:13:07 | |
Hi friends! Today I'm talking about something we dealt with last week right here on the ranch, managing livestock through an absolutely abnormal winter with weather that can’t make up its mind. I'll share what we did when our night pens turned into a muddy disaster with no dry ground anywhere, why we made the decisions we did, and why sometimes the best thing you can do for your animals is resist the urge to do too much. Let's get to it.
Mention: 31 | Are Winter Heat Lamps Bad for Chickens? How to Prepare Your Flock for a Comfortable Winter
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| 99 | Why the Goat Industry’s Lack of Structure May Be Its Strength | 02 mars 2026 | 00:14:23 | |
For many years, I believed the goat industry needed to look more like the beef industry. More centralized, more coordinated, and more structured. But after watching how highly efficient systems respond to disruption, I began to see the lack of consolidation in goats differently. In this episode, we talk about flexibility, market timing, grass-finished realities, and why producers have more options than they think if they’re willing to understand their market and design their system intentionally.
Related Episodes: 22 | What Is the Perfect Meat Goat? How to Choose the Right Breed for Your Farm or Homestead PART 1
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| 98 | 5 Mistakes That Quietly Kill Goat Herd Profitability | 23 févr. 2026 | 00:12:58 | |
If you’re working hard but your goat herd isn’t really moving forward, this episode is for you. Today we’re breaking down five quiet management mistakes that slowly erode profitability, from breeding too early to feeding without running the numbers. These aren’t dramatic failures. They’re small decisions that compound over time. Let’s tighten up the system and build a herd that actually performs.
Related Episodes: 22 | What Is the Perfect Meat Goat? How to Choose the Right Breed for Your Farm or Homestead PART 1 23 | Boer vs Kiko, What Meat Goat Breed is the Best Fit for Your Farm or Homestead? PART 2 68 | New to Raising Livestock? Risk Management Strategies When the Learning Curve is Steep
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| 97 | How to Create an Efficient Livestock Chore Routine (Step-by-Step) | 16 févr. 2026 | 00:12:29 | |
If your chores feel chaotic or like they take longer than they should, the problem probably isn’t the amount of work, it’s the lack of a clear order. In today’s episode, I’m walking you step-by-step through my winter morning livestock chores, explaining not just what I do, but the thinking behind the routine. If you’re ready to build a chore system that actually works, this one’s for you.
Related Episodes: 02 | Overwhelmed? 4 Steps to Create a Practical Plan for Adding Livestock to Your Homestead Successfully 03 | Ready for Goats! 4 Steps to Help You Confidently Shop for and Purchase Your First Goats 06 | What Livestock Should I Get First? My Top Pick for Your First Homestead Animals 68 | New to Raising Livestock? Risk Management Strategies When the Learning Curve is Steep
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| 96 | Commercial Meat Goats, Pet Goats and the Management Mistakes That Cause Burnout | 09 févr. 2026 | 00:13:00 | |
I hear a lot of people say goats “just didn’t work for them.” And most of the time, it wasn’t goats. It was a mismatch between their goals and how they were managing them. In today’s episode, I’m breaking down why starting too big or too small can both cause problems, how bottle babies fit into this conversation, and why being honest about your goal — pets or commercial goats — solves more issues than any fence or shortcut could. Let’s get to it!
Related Episodes: 71 | Livestock Management Decisions and Why We Are Selling Part of Our Goat Herd 68 | New to Raising Livestock? Risk Management Strategies When the Learning Curve is Steep 03 | Ready for Goats! 4 Steps to Help You Confidently Shop for and Purchase Your First Goats
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| 95 | A Simple Self-Sufficiency Strategy: Build Food Storage Based on What Your Family Actually Uses | 02 févr. 2026 | 00:13:07 | |
If you’re the kind of person who likes a plan, but every food storage list you’ve ever seen felt overwhelming or unrealistic, today’s episode is for you. I’m going to walk you through a simple way to build food and household storage based on what your family actually uses, instead of someone else’s checklist. This isn’t about fear or extremes. It’s about paying attention, stewarding your home well, and creating a plan that fits your life and adapts as seasons change. Let’s get to it!
Related Episodes: 49 | 3 Strategies to Make the Best Use of Bulk Meat Storage and Avoid Freezer Overwhelm
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| 94 | Winter Feeding Goats: How Growth Rate Changes Hay Needs and Marketing Plans | 26 janv. 2026 | 00:12:00 | |
Fast-growing goats sound like a good problem, and they are, until you start running the feed numbers. In this episode, I’m walking you through a real-time management decision we’re making on our ranch. Mild winter weather pushed our weaned kids 15–20 pounds ahead of schedule, and that growth changed our hay needs by 30–44%. I’ll show you how I ran the numbers, why buying more hay doesn’t pencil out, and how we decided when it made sense to sell early instead of sticking to the original plan. If you’re raising goats and trying to balance performance, feed inventory, and cash flow, this episode will help you think through those trade-offs with clarity instead of guesswork. Let’s get to it!
Episode Mentions: 28 | Winter Feed for Livestock: Calculate How Much Hay You Need and a Strategy to Save Money
Related Episodes: 35 | Winter Hay Feeding Evaluation: Meeting Nutritional Requirements of Goats and Reducing Hay Waste 78 | Winter Grazing: Low Cost, Regenerative Strategies for Goats and Other Livestock 71 | Livestock Management Decisions and Why We Are Selling Part of Our Goat Herd
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| 93 | Winter Livestock Care Without Burnout: Chores, Water, and Simple Systems | 19 janv. 2026 | 00:11:16 | |
Winter chores don’t have to take all day, but they do require good systems. In today’s episode, I’m sharing what a typical winter day on our ranch looks like, how we divide chores, manage water in freezing temperatures, and keep winter from turning into a constant crisis mode. If winter feels overwhelming, this episode will help you think through a simpler approach.
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Related Episodes: 28 | Winter Feed for Livestock: Calculate How Much Hay You Need and a Strategy Save Money 35 | Winter Hay Feeding Evaluation: Meeting Nutritional Requirements of Goats and Reducing Hay Waste 40 | How to Help Your Goats Thrive in Winter 42 | Surviving Extreme Cold with Livestock When Your Animals Aren’t Adapted to Freezing Temperatures
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| 92 | Breeding Goats with the Long Game in Mind: How We’re Making Herd Decisions This Season | 12 janv. 2026 | 00:10:46 | |
Breeding season is underway here at Dry Creek, and this year our breeding decisions look a little different than they have in the past. Today, I’m walking you through why we made those changes, not just what we’re doing, but how we’re thinking through the genetics, mothering ability, and long-term herd direction. If you’re raising goats, planning to, or just trying to make better livestock decisions without boxing yourself into a corner, this episode is for you.
Related Episodes: 22 | What Is the Perfect Meat Goat? How to Choose the Right Breed for Your Farm or Homestead PART 1 23 | Boer vs Kiko, What Meat Goat Breed is the Best Fit for Your Farm or Homestead? PART 2 37 | Replacement Doe Management: Later Selection to Choose the Best Does for Your Herd 76 | How to Choose Future Breeding Bucks for Your Goat Herd
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| 91 | Seasonal Planning for Livestock: How We Plan a Ranch Year Without Burning Out | 05 janv. 2026 | 00:10:17 | |
This week on the podcast, I’m sharing what real-life planning looks like on a working ranch, mud, weather swings, breeding decisions, and all. We’re talking about seasonal rhythms, why rigid schedules don’t work for us, and how planning around your actual life can bring more steadiness and less frustration.
Related Episodes: 06 | What Livestock Should I Get First? My Top Pick for Your First Homestead Animals 53 | Livestock and Land Management that Works WITH Your Environment and Resources, Not Against Them
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| 90 | 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Getting Goats (Hint: They Are NOT Sheep) | 29 déc. 2025 | 00:13:08 | |
Before you get goats, or if you already have them and things feel harder than you expected, this episode is for you. Today I’m sharing five things I really wish I had understood before I got goats. These are lessons that would have saved me time, money, frustration, and a few hard-earned mistakes. Let’s talk about what goats are actually like, not the myths, and how to set yourself up for success from the start.
Mentions: 17 | Do My Goats Need Mineral? How to Meet Their Micronutrient Needs and Keep the Herd Healthy 10 | 5 Tips to Raise Bottle Goat Kids That Thrive
Related Episodes: 03 | Ready for Goats! 4 Steps to Help You Confidently Shop for and Purchase Your First Goats 07 | Should My Goats Have Horns or Not? Pros and Cons of Disbudding Goats
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| 89 | How to Prepare Your Goat Herd for Breeding Season: Feed, Flushing, Mineral, and Water | 22 déc. 2025 | 00:12:52 | |
Breeding season success doesn’t start the day the buck goes in, it starts weeks earlier. In today’s episode, I’m walking through how we prepare our goat herd for breeding season, including our feeding strategy after weaning, what flushing actually is and when it works, why mineral intake matters more than most people think, and how winter water access quietly determines whether any of it works at all.
Related Episodes: 17 | Do My Goats Need Mineral? How to Meet Their Micronutrient Needs and Keep the Herd Healthy 26 | Is My Goat Old Enough to Breed? How To Decide When Your Does Are Ready to Have Their First Kids
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| 88 | Regenerative Ranching Is a Process, Not a Destination: How We Actually Make Decisions | 15 déc. 2025 | 00:17:50 | |
Regenerative agriculture isn’t a checklist or a finish line. It’s a decision-making process you repeat over and over as you learn what your land can actually do. In this episode, I’m walking you through the framework we use on our high-desert ranch to turn regenerative principles into real-world management decisions with goats and cattle. We’ll talk about learning without copy-pasting, asking “how can this work here?” instead of “this will never work,” and how we break big, overwhelming goals, like reducing winter hay feeding and extending the grazing season, into practical tests we can evaluate and adjust.
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Related Episodes: 78 | Winter Grazing: Low Cost, Regenerative Strategies for Goats and Other Livestock 53 | Livestock and Land Management that Works WITH Your Environment and Resources, Not Against Them
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| 87 | Coccidia in Goats: Understanding Coccidiosis, Symptoms, and Practical Prevention That Works | 08 déc. 2025 | 00:15:36 | |
Coccidiosis is one of the most common and most misunderstood health issues in goats. Some herds barely deal with it. Others lose kids every season. Today, I’m breaking down what coccidia actually is, how it functions, which strains are the most dangerous, how genetics and stress play into it, and the management shifts that finally broke our yearly cycle of coccidiosis. If you’ve ever dealt with diarrhea, weak kids, or unexplained losses, this episode will give you clarity.
Episode Mentions: 86 | Can Goats and Chickens Live Together? What’s Safe, What’s Not, and How to Do It Right
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68 | New to Raising Livestock? Risk Management Strategies When the Learning Curve is Steep
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| 86 | Can Goats and Chickens Live Together? What’s Safe, What’s Not, and How to Do It Right | 01 déc. 2025 | 00:10:02 | |
Hi friends! A lot of folks claim you have to keep goats and chickens separate. Others run them together year-round with no issues. So, which is actually right? Today we’re breaking down the real risks, the benefits, the newest research on coccidia, and the simple guidelines that make mixed housing work safely. And at the end, I’ll share a teaser for next week’s episode, where we’re talking all about coccidia—what it is, when it becomes deadly, and the management shifts that finally broke our yearly coccidiosis cycle. Let’s get to it!
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06 | What Livestock Should I Get First? My Top Pick for Your First Homestead Animals
20 | Lessons from Raising Livestock: 5 Problems That Can Be Avoided or Solved with a Good Mentor
31 | Are Winter Heat Lamps Bad for Chickens? How to Prepare Your Flock for a Comfortable Winter
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