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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Spring is exciting and fun when baby goats and lambs start arriving! There are important</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 20, 137);">—</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">though
not always pleasant</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 20, 137);">—</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">tasks that come with managing
a herd of goats or flock of sheep. One of those tasks is castrating the males. NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist Nina Prater and her husband, Jeremy, recently made a video demonstrating how to castrate young goats using an e</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">lastrator,
or “bander,” and elastic bands. Watch it on the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture YouTube channel
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you missed it on our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NCATArmedtoFarm/" title="https://www.facebook.com/NCATArmedtoFarm/" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Armed to Farm Facebook page</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.<br>
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For a video demonstration of another small ruminant "routine maintenance" chore, see the ATTRA video
<a href="https://attra.ncat.org/trimming-sheep-goat-hooves/" title="https://attra.ncat.org/trimming-sheep-goat-hooves/">
Trimming Sheep & Goat Hooves</a>, put together by NCAT Livestock Specialists Linda Coffey and Margo Hale.</span></div>
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The popular ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture publication <a href="https://attra.ncat.org/product/an-illustrated-guide-to-sheep-and-goat-production/" title="https://attra.ncat.org/product/an-illustrated-guide-to-sheep-and-goat-production/" style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)" id="LPlnk813046">An Illustrated
Guide to Sheep and Goat Production</a> also shows how to use an elastrator to castrate or dock a lamb's tail, where to place ear tags, how to trim hooves, and many other important tasks.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Linda and Margo get together for a new "Small (Ruminant) Talk podcast episode each season. In their latest installment, they talk about springtime on their
farms. Their discussion includes grazing, kidding, watching for parasites, dairy goats, and Linda’s new livestock guardian dog puppy. Listen to their conversation
<a href="https://attra.ncat.org/small-ruminant-talk-springtime/" title="https://attra.ncat.org/small-ruminant-talk-springtime/">
here</a> or find ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture on your favorite podcast app. You can find their previous episodes by visiting the ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture
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Podcasts page</a> and searching for "small ruminant."</span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The ATTRA website has a wealth of FREE resources on caring for sheep and goats, including <a href="https://attra.ncat.org/product/sheep-and-goats-frequently-asked-questions/" title="https://attra.ncat.org/product/sheep-and-goats-frequently-asked-questions/">Sheep
and Goats: Frequently Asked Questions</a> and <a href="https://attra.ncat.org/product/goats-sustainable-production-overview/" title="https://attra.ncat.org/product/goats-sustainable-production-overview/">
Goats: Sustainable Production Overview</a>. For an in-depth look at managing one of the most serious and persistent problems in small ruminants, see Linda's three-part webinar series
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDu0ElBiEy9xRV-JEKAGnYIfgLeQqD6IX" title="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDu0ElBiEy9xRV-JEKAGnYIfgLeQqD6IX">
Managing Internal Parasites in Sheep and Goats</a>. For the complete list of publications, podcasts, webinars, and more, see the
<a href="https://attra.ncat.org/topics/sheep-goats/" title="https://attra.ncat.org/topics/sheep-goats/">
Sheep and Goats</a> section of the ATTRA website. </span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition, the
<a href="https://www.wormx.info/" title="https://www.wormx.info/">American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control</a> has great information. Margo and Linda have been members of the ACSRPC for many years and have contributed videos, blog posts, and
other materials to their resource library.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">If you have questions about sheep or goat production, or any other sustainable farming questions, please contact NCAT's sustainable agriculture specialists!
You can email askanag@ncat.org or call 800-346-9140.</b><br>
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