Welcome to the Goat Page. Hopefully you will find a lot of useful information on this page that will help you with your goat project.  If you are planning on taking a goat project now is a good time to contact breeders to locate a goat. Do not wait until right before tag-in or you probably won't be able to find a goat. Most breeders have a list of members requesting goats, their list fills up very quickly.

If you are a new member taking a goat project, you need to order the Goat Resource Handbook. The cost of this book is $15 but you only have to purchase it once. You only need one per family. There is a lot of very valuable and useful information in this book.

Something new this year to keep in mind is that ALL forms (market, does, pygmy & fiber) will be due by tag-in (June 5th). Please read over the information that came from the Extension Office. It contains important information about your goat project.

The Junior Fairboard members have voted to keep the costume contest for the 2010 Brown County Fair. It will be open to any Brown County resident (ages birth to 19).  You do not need to be a goat exhibitor (you can borrow a goat from an exhibitor). 

BREAKING NEWS!!! Lambs and goats tagged with blue scrapie tags are confined to slaughter-only channels and cannot be used as 4-H project animals or exhibited at the Fair. Do NOT purchase sheep and goats with the blue slaughter-only/meat scrapie tags as potential 4-H projects. Be aware that, in order to exhibit ewes or rams (lambs and adults) purchased at a livestock market, the animals must have arrived with an owner statement and official ID other than a blue “slaughter-only”/”meat” scrapie tag. Blue tagged animals CANNOT be used as projects or exhibited at the Fair! And, remember: it is unlawful to remove or tamper with official identification.

If you are having any trouble filling out your paper work feel free to contact me and I will help you. Also if you are unsure of how to locate your scrapie number and individual ID number send me an e-mail and I will send you a sample that shows where each number is located.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions  please contact:

Lee Ann  @     lagoats@tds.net    or   www.lagoats.com