Goat Project

Project Description 

Although beginners do not need to own a goat, the more advanced levels of the project are designed for those who have one or more goats to care for. Raise a goat for milk, mohair, meat or even for packing.

Project Requirements

Project Books required? Optional

*** Each member must attend 2 workshops per the market project area to take your market animal to fair. Workshops are defined as an educational exercise lead by a project sup.

Dairy Goat Project Books

• Dairy Goat Level 1: Getting Your Goat and Helper's Guide
• Dairy Goat Level 2: Stepping Out and Helper's Guide
• Dairy Goat Level 3: Showing the Way and Helper's Guide

Meat Goat Project Books

• Meat Goat Level 1: Just Browsing and Helper's Guide
• Meat Goat Level 2: Growing with Meat Goats and Helper's Guide
• Meat Goat Level 3: Meating the Future and Helper's Guide
• Meat Goat Evaluation

What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 2?

• Complete 21 lessons from newsletter or project book as they choose 

What needs to be accomplished to move on to level 3?

• Complete 21 lessons from newsletter or project book as they choose 

What needs to be accomplished to move to the next levels from here?

• Complete 21 lessons from newsletter or project book as they choose 

Project age limit? 8 and up

What should new members know?

• You need to get a scrapie tag/tattoo from the person you are buying a goat from
• You also need to know Date of Birth (DOB), the sire and dam, and have the registration papers if the goat is registered.
• Items to Buy
  • Hoof trimmer
  • Brush
  • Shampoo

• Fair Event
  • Water bucket
  • Collar
  • Hay feeder
  • Grain feeding

Workshops

• Tentative workshop in April 
• Tentative workshop in May
• Showing workshop in June
• Fair

Project Superintendent Information

Goat Superintendent: Karyn Hamilton
Contact: dewklh(at)netzero.net or 406-461-7536
How will you be contacted? Phone or text

Junior Superintendents:

Additional Project Information

2022 4-H MARKET GOAT TAGGING

Possession date: Monday, April 22nd 2023

Tagging form(s) due: Friday, April 26th, 2023 by 5:00 p.m.

Tagging date: Sunday, May 5th, 2023
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Bill Hamilton Building Scale House

Goat Tagging Form

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and the Montana State University Extension Service prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jeff Bader, Director of Extension, Extension Service, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717