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What is
your name? _________________________________________
How old are you? _______
Who is your 4-H leader?
______________________________________
What is the name of your
club? __________________________________
Type of project?
_____ Market kid
_____ Breeding doe
When did you start this
project?Month ____________
Day ______________
Year ______________
When did you finish this
project? Month
____________
Day ______________
Year ______________
Can you draw a picture of your goat here? THANKS!!!
ALL ABOUT MY GOAT
My goat’s name is :
__________________________________________
My goat is a _____Buck
_____Doe _____Wether
My goat has a ____ tattoo
number
____ eartag number
The number is: __________
left ear ___________right
ear
My goat was born : Month
____________
Day ______________
Year ______________
My goat weighed _____ pounds
at birth
My goat weighed _____ pounds
when I bought him/her
The breed of my goat is
_______________________________________
My goat is
______ polled
______ disbudded
______ horned
Here is a photograph of my
goat
RECORDS
I KEEP ON MY GOAT
My goat was
weaned on this date:__________________
I brought my
goat home on this date:________________
My goat was
disbudded on this date: _______________
My goat was
castrated on this date: ________________
method used? ____
rubber band ____ knife ____burdizzo
For breeding doe projects
My goat was bred on these
dates: __________ ___________ __________
She was bred
to:_____________________________________________
(write in buck’s name,
breed, and number if known)
My goat kidded on this date:
__________________
she had _____
buck kids
______ doe kids
Was your goat ever sick?
______ yes _______ no
What
was your goat sick with?
What did you do
when your goat was sick?
What sort of
medicine did your goat get?
What is the name of your
veterinarian? Dr._________________________
Some of the things my
veterinarian does with my goat are:
RECORDS
I KEEP ON MY GOAT (optional)
These are the shots my goat
had already had when I got him/her
Type of shot
Dates given
Clostridium C & D toxoid _________ ________
Tetanus toxoid _________ ________
Selenium and Vitamin E _________ ________
Rabies _________ ________
___________________ _________ ________
___________________ _________ ________
These are the shots I got
for my goat after I got him/her
Type of shot
Dates given
Clostridium C & D toxoid _________ ________
Tetanus toxoid _________ ________
Selenium and Vitamin E _________ ________
Rabies _________ ________
___________________ _________ ________
___________________ _________ ________
My goat was wormed or
treated for coccidia on these dates:
| type of wormer | dose given | dates |
FEEDING
MY GOAT
My goat is a ruminant.
Unlike me, she chews her cud.
_____ I have watched my goat
chew her cud.
_____ I have seen a cud.
Unlike me, she has four
rooms to her stomach. One of these rooms is the rumen where food is fermented by
tiny bugs or micro-organisms.
_____
I have smelled my goat’s breath to see how these bugs produce stinky
gases when they are digesting her food.
Roughage is food that is
high in fiber.
_____I have scraped grass
with a serrated plastic knife to find the fiber in the grass.
A roughage I feed my goat
is:
My goat started to eat this
when he/she was _____ weeks old.
Concentrates are foods that
are high in energy.
A concentrate I eat is:
A concentrate I feed my goat
is:
My goat started to eat this
when he/she was _____ weeks old.
Animals also need protein to
grow and live.
I get my
protein from:
My goat gets
protein from:
When my goat was born he/she
could not eat much fiber. He/she could not eat roughage or grain.
Instead, my goat got protein
and energy from ______________________.
The type of milk I fed my
goat was ______________________________.
How many times a day did you
feed him/her this milk?
Who helped you feed the
milk?
Did you use a bottle or what
to feed the milk?
FEEDING MY GOAT (optional)
For kids you are hand
rearing
My kid gets:
type of milk____________________________
type
of milk replacer _____________________
I started
him/her on this when he/she was ______ weeks old
I give it to
him/her _____ once _____ twice
_____three times daily
I give it to
him/her in a _____________
I give him/her
_____ fluid ounces of milk or milk replacer every day
I stopped
feeding him this when he was ______ weeks old
For kids after weaning
My kid started eating grain
when he/she was ______ weeks old
At weaning he
ate ______ pounds of grain daily
Now he eats
______ pounds of grain daily
The kind of
grain he gets is:
My kid started eating hay
when he/she was _____ weeks old
The kind of hay
he /she gets is:
My hay weighs
about _______ pounds per bale
At weaning my
kid ate about ______ pounds of hay per day (how many days did it take to use up
a whole bale feeding your kid?________).
Now my kid eats
about ______ pounds of hay per day (how many days does it take you to use up a
whole bale feeding your kid?_________).
My kid also eats:
_____ salt
_____ pasture
_____
_____
FEEDING
MY GOAT (optional)
For does nursing kids
A roughage my
goat eats is _________________
A concentrate
my goat eats is ________________
When my doe was in early
pregnancy she ate
grain
type:
pounds fed daily:
grain
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
pasture
type:
hours available
daily:
number of weeks fed:
__________
When my doe was in late
pregnancy she ate
grain
type:
pounds fed daily:
grain
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
pasture
type:
hours available
daily:
number of weeks fed:
__________
After my doe kidded I fed
her
grain
type:
pounds fed
daily:
grain
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
pasture
type:
hours available daily:
Number of weeks fed
__________
How many kids was she
nursing?
After I weaned her kids I
fed my doe
grain
type:
pounds fed
daily:
grain
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
hay
type:
pounds fed
daily:
pasture
type:
hours available daily:
Number of weeks fed
__________
Some of the other things my
goat gets to eat are:
WHAT
I FEED MY GOAT
attach labels from any milk
replacers or commercial grain or salt mixes you fed here.
also staple on baggies
filled with samples of the hay, pasture and/whole grains you feed.
Be sure to label each bag with masking tape telling what is in it.
TASKS
I CAN DO
______
I can feed my goat.
______
I can measure the right amount of grain to feed my goat.
______
I can measure the right amount of hay to feed my goat.
______
I can water my goat.
______
I can brush my goat.
______
I can read a thermometer.
______
I can take my goat’s temperature.
______
I can drench my goat.
______
I can lead my goat.
______
I can read a scale or a weigh tape.
______ I can set up a
tattooer or eartagger with the proper numbers someone asks me to put in.
______
I can put the rubber bands on an elastrator.
______
I can tell if a goat is a buck, doe or wether.
Who taught your goat to
lead?
Who taught your goat to tie?
What are three signs of a
healthy goat?
What are some signs that
your goat might be sick?
Name three parts of a
goat’s body:
Can you point out these
parts on a live goat?
I have watched a goat being:
I helped by:
born ____________________________
trimmed
(hooves)
____________________________
clipped (hair)
____________________________
milked
____________________________
vaccinated
____________________________
wormed
____________________________
I have eaten goat meat
______ yes _____ no
If you have tried goat meat, how did it taste to you?
HOW IS MY GOAT GROWING?
(use this page to record the
weight of your market kid or breeding stock kid or to weigh your breeding
doe’s kids)
method of weighing: _____
scale
_____ measuring
tape
| KID NAME OR ID | BIRTH DATE | BIRTH WEIGHT |
| KID ID | DATE | WEIGHT | KID ID | DATE | WEIGHT |
When my kid was sold or
slaughtered, he/she weighed ______ pounds and was ______ weeks old.
SUMMARY
OF MY PROJECT
The thing I liked most about
raising this kid was:
The thing I did not like
was:
The most exciting thing I
learned to do was:
The hardest thing I learned
to do was:
Here are some of the field
trips I went on with my 4-H group: