Comments From Readers:
I
have been breeding goats for long enough, what could I possibly
learn from a book for “beginners”. Boy was I wrong!
I use
“Making Money with Goats” as a reference manual. For me
personally, it is the ultimate resource guide. If I am unsure on a
specific dosage of meds, or which medicine gives the best results
for a specific issue, I merely flip the page and the answer is
there before my eyes on the pages of this book.
As a breeder,
I appreciate the handouts, and provide copies of these for
individuals who are either purchasing their 1st goats from me, or
those coming for advice. I also recommend to everyone who
purchases goats from me to buy this book.
I have also
attended Ellie’s marketing seminar. I come from a professional
background, and I have always understood the importance of
marketability, but Ellie puts it into layman’s terms. She uses
real life examples and you actually can “see” her marketing
strategies at work. She teaches you to be able to explain in a few
short words, how your customers will benefit from what you have to
offer. I have used these tips to successfully market my own
animals with tremendous results. You will not see marketing in the
same light after reading Ellie’s books. When you put her
strategies into effect, the results will be all the proof you
need!
Kennon
Feaster-Eytchison
Odeon, Homedale, Idaho
eytch_a_sketch@hotmail.com
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Chapter Headings:
1. Getting Started
with Goats - Choosing the breed for your purposes,
choosing "good" goats, Health and Conformation
2. A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned - Saving money on: Feed, Feeders, Supplies, Veterinary costs
3. Livestock Guardian Dogs - Purpose and breeds
4. Antibiotics - How They Work and How to Use Them - Penicillin,
Sulfonamide, Safe effective use of Antibiotics
5. Parasites - What they do to your goats, What they do to your pocketbook, Testing, Doing your own fecals, Pictures of goat parasite eggs, Wormers and how to use them
6. Most Common Health Problems and How to Deal With Them
-Skin stuff, Swellings, Hair stuff, Coughing/runny nose, Diarrhea & vomiting,
Neurological symptoms, Udder/milk problems (mastitis), Goat down!
7. Kidding - What to expect , Pictures of a birth (Boer), Birth positions, Hypocalcemia and Ketosis
8. Using Goat Milk - How to get good milk, clipping and the CMT, For Drinking, Selling for human consumption, Selling for animal consumption, Raising calves, pigs and lambs on goat milk, Marketing goat milk for exotics' use , Other farmyard animal use of goat milk, Making cheese, Goat Shares, Other recipes, Making Soap
9. Having a Full Fledged Dairy
10. Using Other Goat Products, Meat, Skins, Fiber,
Fertilizer - Using goat meat, recipes for sausage, jerky and other meat dishes, How to make buckskin, Using Angora and Cashmere fiber, Fertilizer
11. Meat Goat Operations
12. Breeding Stock - Producing and selling show-winning breeding stock
13. Judging and Linear Appraisal
14. Miscellaneous Uses of Goats - Packing, Carts, Arts and Crafts, and Miscellaneous services
15. Culling
16. Making a Business Plan - No business is a real business without one
17. Marketing - Making your Marketing plan, Presentation and Reputation
18. Taxes
19. Comments from Those Who Are Succeeding
Appendix I - Plans for feeders, milk stand tack box
Appendix II - Useful charts forms, and conversions for goat keeping
Appendix III - Informational handouts to mentor those buyers new to goats and their care. These are condensed summaries of common 'newbie' questions and materials to assist in commerce
Comments From
Readers:
Just wanted to drop you a note about your book, Making money with
Goats. I have read it cover to cover (hardly put it down) and I am
very impressed. First, I was struck by the obvious knowledge you
posses on your topic. I have read many books on livestock in
general and goats in particular and found yours to be one of the
better written. The information contained is factual and
remarkably free of personal opinion. Each topic was addressed in a
sensible, easy to follow manner which did not leave me with more
questions than when I started. The information, as far as I can
tell, is accurate and factual. One example I will give is
regarding livestock guardian dogs. Another book (which claims only
to provide information on keeping goats, without the addition of a
business plan), states that Border Collies make good LGD's. This
kind of misinformation could have devastating effects for a
beginner in the goat industry. Your book on the other hand gave
concise accurate information on different options for guard
animals. In short, I am very pleased. Thanks for a very well
written book that is loaded with useful and practical information
I would suggest that any of you out there thinking about a
reference book, THIS IS THE ONE! I have said it before - I WISH
this had been around when I started out. The cost of this book is
truly priceless - just having to NOT LEARN THE HARD way on one
area would more than pay for this several times over... it is a
VERY GOOD BOOK - well written, easy to follow and understand, and
besides, Ellie is a wealth of information herself. Do yourself,
and your goats, a favor - invest a few dollars in their care with
this tool.
Ellie has done a service to goat folks with her wealth of knowledge. I have been selling milk and soap for 21 years. Because of some well worded ads that Ellie wrote for me this last year, I have added several retail stores, a retail chain and many dairy men and women who purchase my soap to sell with their products. Her information also gave me an idea to run an ad in a publication I would never have thought to do which ended in Christmas sales double what they were last year with orders of soap. A retail space is now in my future and yes lots of my hard work, but Ellie really was the spark that helped this all along. Her books are full of refreshing ideas that I know I would never have come up with on my own. Ellie's books are also easy on the pocketbook.
By the way Ellie, my husband said that the books I purchased from you were the best books ever.
He's really enjoying the section on soap making tonight as we made our first batch of goats milk soap (first batch of any soap) and your hints were what got us through it.
He's been reading the whole book and we are better able to handle the next few months (kidding in 5 weeks). Just thought
I'd give you some feedback!
Hi Ellie,
Got your book, Making Money with Goats, in today's mail. I had been looking forward to it's arrival with great anticipation. I was not disappointed. Two words, VERY IMPRESSED!!!!
If anyone is even toying with the idea of getting goats, they should read this book. If you don't know the
ins and outs of it all after you read it, you never will! Now, armed with my breed decisions, your book and a full veterinary manual, I am well on my way to having a successful herd my first year. The book is worth twice it's price and I will recommend it to anyone who is considering goats for profit or pets. It is definitely a must have!
I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful book. So far I have only read Making Money With Goats, and I learned
sooooooo much. There are so many things I learned from your book that I have already implemented since reading
it. I have seen a huge difference in the way my hubby and I view what my animals can give us, and ways they can
help us to have more. I can't wait until I am done remodeling the kitchen so I can have time to read the other two.
Thank you again for a wonderful book.
I love your book. I have read and re-read all of it. It is now one of my best 'reference' books for everything goat!
Just a quick note, i just rcvd my copy yesterday and
it's wonderful, easily read and well written and thought
out! worth the cost in my humble opinion..
Same here, I have one of her books and it is chuck full
of useful information.
Your goat book is more thorough than I could have
imagined. Just this past weekend, my yearling ran a
really high fever and had diarrhea, and with the help of
your book I was able to pick the proper meds for him.
This morning his temp was back to normal again,
and who would have thought I would be so excited to see
nice solid berries? We're new to the wonderful world of
goats, and I have a feeling I'll be referring to your
book for many years.
Thank you for listing your books and things. As we live
up in the panhandle, learning how to make money from the
little place is very important being retired and on a
limited income. I am constantly looking for ways to
bring in that little bit extra.
I think Ellie's book is the "ultimate" reference manual! All the info you need, is right there at your fingertips!
Ellie's book is one of *THE BEST* out there. It is straight forward, easy to understand, well written, and arranged so anyone can find what they are looking for.
You can spend hours of time and grief getting the 'experience' yourself, or you can have many of your questions answered for just a few dollars and a bit of time reading.
I wish this book had been available to me when I started out as it does address MANY aspects that only time, trial, and error can otherwise
reveal.
My friend and I absolutely love your book, I have the 5th edition, that I am going to give to my friend and then I am so looking
forward to seeing the 6th edition. I have told everyone about your book. I love the way that is it written in human terms, not all
these big huge words that I don't understand. It is so awesome that I can go look up "runny nose" instead of having to read every
disease that there ever was that could be a runny nose. I would recommend this book to everyone! I love all the lists that you
have in there too, what a great idea!!!
"I just got a copy of this book.. VERY informative--a real find for new or less experienced goat owners. This would be a wonderful
gift or prize for a 4-H group or that new goat owner you want to help out." Pat Hendrickson
"Hey, I have this book! It has just about everything you'd
ever need to know about goats, and there are a bunch of pull out
(how to) sheets in the back that are invaluable for giving to
customers who have bought a goat. Lots of good information. Well
worth the cost. It's like having the whole internet at my
fingertips when I can't be at a computer.
"I have one of her books and it is chuck-full of useful information. I intend to buy the other one as soon as I can."
"Ellie's books are very easy to read, informative and just Plain Outstanding. I really enjoyed reading them plus learned a lot."
"Ellie, As a researcher I wade through a lot of poorly-written material, so it's a pleasure to endorse the good stuff! I look at so much badly written reference material that when I find good stuff, I like to give the writer a pat on the back. Your goat book is crammed with great
stuff. People at the lists really need to buy and read it. I'm under contract to write a meat goat book for another publisher. Expect a rave review!" Sue Weaver, (author of Hobby Farms Goats for BowTie Press.)
"I just ordered another copy of your book [Making Money With Goats] for a Christmas gift for our goat 'mentors'. I let them
borrow our copy while one of them was laid up from knee surgery, and they
really loved it. You should send a message reminding people on the goat
lists that this is a great gift...Just a thought. Thanks for your hard work!"
"I just received my copy of Making Money With Goats this week and it is
an excellent book that can easily be shared with goat buyers. A good
reference to have in your library."
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