The Whole Goat Handbook: Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More Kindle Edition

My timeline:Raise goats to breedable age...6 monthsBreed goats and wait for kids....150 daysMilk kicking goats for 5 days straight to get enough milk to make soap..Spend over $100 in soap making supplies according to recipe requirements...Finally have a day off for 4th of July and prepare everything to make soap...Realize directions do no say what to do with the required 1/2 pound of lard I melted!!!!Way to go, editor and recipe supplier...you ruined my one day off this summer.

I've had goats for less than a year, and as a dedicated nerd I've read all sorts of books about their care, and dairy etc... I'm not sure why I picked this up but it's a really nice source of information on the various things you can do with your goat and goat by-products. I have two Nigerian Dwarf goats, so I'm mostly interested in the dairy/cheese side of things - but the recipes for goat meat (ohhhh sad!) have worked great with my venison. I also find the sections on crafting interesting and I've decided to venture into so soap making! There is more than I care for in here about knitting and felting - but that's my problem not the books! Plus after reading through it, I've saved the cashmere (undercoat) this spring so I have a nice bundle of the stuff to use either for felting or I could spin it*.Good: Clean layout Beautiful Photography Easy to follow directions Lots of ideas will be generated as you read through this!Bad: Too much felting (just me?) I'd like more cheese recipes - some cheese are pictured but there isn't a corresponding recipe :(*Most likely it will take up a place in the garage and terrify whomever has to clear out my house when I die - surely they'll think it's a mummified cat or something!

Don't waste your time and money. Huge disappointment! Recipes are few and far between. More everything you should know about goats before you ever have them. I have them, I wanted to benefit from their milk. This book is not it!

This was a gift and the people were very happy with it

Bought this for my Ag-major daughter. She lovednit & thought it was very complete.

I haven't read the whole thing, but browsed the chapters I was interested in. What I've seen so far is exactly what I was hoping for. In fact, I've already purchased my lye to make soap and a drop spindle for spinning. I'm looking forward to some down time so I can really get into this book.

Cool but not enough in book. Thin and basic but "Overall" nice.

Loved the book

Comprehensively deals with all aspects of keeping goats and utilizing their milk in a constructive,productive and economic manner.Easy to read.

great book tells you what you need

Marvellous

I was so excited to received this book. I tried to make the Goat soap recipe . Well the recipe is impossible to follow. On page 179 it tells you to melt the lard and then cool it and then there is no further mention of what to do with it. It says the liquid will be hot but it isn't because you use cold goats milk. There is no mention og heating this up. You add lye to the cold milk. I can't tell you how disappointed I am in this book.

My parents loved this gift as they have bought some goats for their farm and didn't know a whole lot about them. They're definitely more likely to read a book then get on the internet to do research so it was a no brainer! Lots of good info inside!