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Post Oak Ranch - your Oklahoma ranch for commercial meat goats.
Interests: Post Oak Ranch has an interest in objective testing of meat goats. Untested attributes promised by some breeders of purebred stock simply do not stand up to the needs of the commercial breeder. Tests designed to measure actual performance provide better information than ancestry are one of special interests.
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Dead Goats Make No Sales - Even If They Weight a Lot
Posted Aug 24, 2017 at Meat Goat Blog
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Goat Minerals Follow-Up Question
Post suggestion by Allan I recently got an e-mail from a long-time viewer of the blog with some follow-up questions regarding a post I wrote a few years ago about avoiding Coccidiosis. Here's how the conversation went: Matt, I have... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2017 at Meat Goat Blog
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How to Transport a Goat
Posted Mar 1, 2017 at Meat Goat Blog
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When to Wean: There Go the Kids
Posted Feb 1, 2017 at Meat Goat Blog
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Pokémon Goat - Discover Adorable Baby Goats!
Posted Jan 8, 2017 at Meat Goat Blog
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We have Goat Kids!
Posted Jan 7, 2017 at Meat Goat Blog
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Good Bucks Have to be Sold Sooner
Posted Nov 25, 2016 at Meat Goat Blog
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Good Body Size in Goats
Posted Nov 1, 2016 at Meat Goat Blog
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Good Mothering in Goats
Posted Oct 1, 2016 at Meat Goat Blog
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Good Kidding in Goats
Posted Sep 1, 2016 at Meat Goat Blog
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Good Parasite Resistance in Goats
Posted Aug 1, 2016 at Meat Goat Blog
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Hornless Goats are Hard to Handle - Quick Tips
If you're trying to decide whether to purchase horned or polled goats, consider this: goat horns make great handles. When you're trying to move a hornless goat, there's not much to hold onto. Although this means the goat won't get... Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Improving Bad Breeding Stock - Quick Tips
So you purchased some less-than-ideal breeding stock. Now what? When we first entered the goat business, we purchased Boer crosses in a herd dispersal and attempted to 'breed up' using (comparatively) high-dollar Kiko bucks. Unwelcome as this advice may be,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 1, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Spanish Goats are Hardy!
Posted Sep 15, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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When to Breed Goats - Quick Tips
If you haven't already started, breeding season is nearly here! But, maybe you'd like to try a different breeding date this year. Although I'm certainly no expert, we have sometimes found that breeding just after the weather cools yields more... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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How Long is a Goat's Gestation Period?
How long after breeding will my goats start kidding? Breeding season is almost upon us again! So, if you're trying to figure out whether to breed now or in a couple months, you may be wondering how much time the... Continue reading
Posted Aug 15, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Purchasing Breeding Stock - Quick Tips
When you're buying breeding stock, consider purchasing grown does. Many new ranchers want to buy young doelings to start their herd 'from scratch.' But, they don't realize that their approach has some downsides. Small yearling does are often targets for... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Determining the Parasite Levels in Your Herd - Quick Tips
If you'd like to have an numeric method for determining the parasites in your goats, you might consider using a fecal egg count. Although Famacha eye scores are more convenient for on-ranch observation, by sending a few manure samples to... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Containing Bucks during Breeding Season - Quick Tips
For the last few weeks, the smell as I've walked through the gate to the buck pen has made it obvious - breeding season is almost here! If you want to keep your overly-eager sires from butting through your fence,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 4, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Using Spanish Goats as Boer Recip Does
Posted Jul 15, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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How to Cook Goat Meat
Guest post Goat meat is quickly on the rise and the demand for it is ever-growing both in the United Stated and the UK. It is a leaner meat than most and is almost 50% less fatty than beef. It... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Keep Goat Horns Out of Fence - Quick Tips
Ever looked out your back door to see a bunch of weanling kids with their heads stuck in the fence like they've been sentenced to the stocks? Next time you find a goat in the fence, duct tape a light... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Wire Fencing on Inside of Post - Quick Tips
If you're building non-electric goat fencing, place the panels/wire-mesh on the same side of the post as your goats. When the goats rub against the fence, the post will oppose the pressure. Otherwise the wire clips might not support the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 3, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Electric Fencing Tips from Zareba Systems
Posted May 15, 2015 at Meat Goat Blog
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Since cows are much larger than goats, fencing that will contain a cow will let a goat walk right through. Without electric fence, it is more difficult to contain goats than cows using barbed wire.
How to Turn a Cow Fence into a Goat Fence
Guest post by Greg Christiansen One of the obstacles to enlarging your goat herd and increasing your goat acres, is the cost and labor involved with fencing large acreages for pasturing goats. By utilizing even an old broken down cow fence that hasn’t kept cattle in for years, and a couple elec...
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