Getting started with goats. Discovering the joys of raising goats -- Glimpsing vital goat statistics -- Knowing your Capra Aegagrus Hircus (goat, that is) -- Getting your property ready for a goat Bringing your goats home. Home sweet homestead : sheltering your goats -- Dinner time : what and how to feed your goats -- Getting your goats : choosing, buying, and bringing goats home -- Working with your goats -- Handling routine care and important one-time tasks Managing goat health and breeding. Outlining basic health-care requirements -- Addressing common health problems and ailments -- Breeding and looking after pregnant goats -- Now comes the fun part : kids! -- Caring for aged goats Making your goats work for you. Discovering goat milk : how to get, use, and sell it -- Goat meat : from breeding to selling and beyond -- Showing your goats -- More benefits of goats : fiber, breeding, weed control, and more The part of tens. Ten common mistakes first-time goat owners make -- Ten misconceptions about goats Appendix: Goat-milk recipes.