Natures Nook Farm
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Natures Nook Farm
Farm-Tested Strategies for Better Goats and Better Farms
by Jeffrey Peterson
Whether you're buying your first goats or managing a commercial herd, Raising Kiko Goats is a practical, farm-tested guide to raising productive, profitable meat goats. Packed with real-world advice on breeding, nutrition, pasture management, herd health, infrastructure, marketing, and farm finances, this expanded Second Edition helps you avoid costly mistakes and build a more successful operation. Although written from the perspective of New Zealand Kiko goats, the proven principles apply to virtually any pasture-based meat goat farm.
Raising Kiko Goats: Farm-Tested Strategies for Better Goats and Better Farms
Whether you're planning your first goat farm or managing an established herd, Raising Kiko Goats is the practical, experience-based guide you'll reach for season after season. Written from decades of real-world farming experience, this expanded Second Edition combines proven management practices, practical business advice, and a healthy dose of humor to help you avoid costly mistakes and build a healthier, more productive goat operation.
Inside you'll learn how to select superior breeding stock, design efficient farm infrastructure, develop productive pastures, improve herd health, manage parasites, navigate kidding season, market your goats, and build a financially successful operation. New chapters on Goatonomics, breeder sales events, and buck testing, along with an expanded Goat Health Quick Reference Appendix, make this edition an even more valuable resource for producers of every experience level.
Although written from the perspective of raising New Zealand Kiko goats, the proven principles throughout this book apply to virtually any pasture-based meat goat operation. Whether your goal is producing commercial meat goats, improving genetics, building a profitable breeding program, or simply enjoying life on the farm, you'll find practical solutions you can put to work immediately.
Unlike many livestock books that focus on theory, Raising Kiko Goats is built on real-life successes, hard-earned lessons, and the everyday challenges of raising goats. From startup planning and pasture management to herd health and marketing, every chapter is designed to help you become a more confident, efficient, and successful goat producer.
If you're looking for a reference that will earn its place in the barn—coffee-stained, hay-dusted, dog-eared, and filled with notes in the margins—this is the book you've been waiting for.
Build better goats. Build a better farm. Enjoy the journey.
“Concise, easy to digest, serious info presented with some humor... I think everyone should own this book.”
Janine Brissette
Turning decades of hands-on goat farming into practical advice you can use with confidence.
Hello, I'm Jeff Peterson, owner of Nature's Nook Farm in Good Hope, Georgia. My passion is raising healthy, productive goats and sharing what decades of hands-on experience have taught me. Like many goat producers, I didn't learn everything from books—I learned by building fences, delivering kids in the middle of the night, solving health problems, improving pastures, and making my share of mistakes along the way. Those experiences shaped the practical, farm-tested approach you'll find throughout Raising Kiko Goats. Over the years I've raised Spanish, Boer, Nubian, and New Zealand Kiko goats, ultimately choosing Kikos for their hardiness, maternal instincts, parasite resistance, and ability to thrive in a pasture-based production system. Today, Nature's Nook Farm breeding stock can be found in herds throughout much of the United States. Before becoming a full-time goat producer, I spent more than 30 years in corporate Human Resources, where I learned the value of planning, continuous improvement, and helping others succeed. Those same principles guide my approach to farming today. Whether you're buying your first goats or managing an established herd, my goal is simple: to help you avoid costly mistakes, raise healthier goats, and build a more productive, profitable farm. Build better goats. Build a better farm. Enjoy the journey.