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Getting children involved in raising goats is a good way to teach responsibility. Keeping goats requires twice-a-day chores. Children quickly learn that the goats depend on them. They also find out about the cycle of birth and death and get outdoors to get regular exercise.

Learning about and caring for goats as a 4-H project provides a structure that makes caring for goats fun and easy by giving the project a bigger purpose. Contact your county extension office for help on finding a 4-H group. If the 4-H group in your area is not set up so your kids can raise goats for a project, consider getting trained and starting your own goat 4-H group. Doing so not only gives your kids the opportunity for such a project, but it teaches responsibility, helps promote goats, and educates other children.

Some of the things that children can do in a goat 4-H project include the following:

 Developing a budget for goat care

 Writing a report on and giving a speech about goats

 Demonstrating hoof-trimming or other routine care (Chapter 9)

 Watching a goat show

 Exhibiting the goat at the county or state fair (Chapter 17)

 Milking the goat and making cheese or yogurt (Chapter 15)

 Training the goat to walk on a lead (Chapter 8)

 Writing or drawing for a goat newsletter or magazine