Showing your goats is fun - Felicity Stockwell explains how to go about exhibiting your family goats at local level
	OWNING goats can be fun and rewarding and every year there are shows at which you can show off your lovely caprine friends, whether they are registered pedigree animals or just a good old Heinz 57. Think of it as being a fun dog show for goats and you're there!

	Working nine ‘till five - Felicity Stockwell looks at the challenges of full-time employment and goat-keeping
	MOST of us who aspire to be smallholders have to support our efforts with some kind of paid employment. Our smallholding may well be productive and support all or some of our family needs, but, with the odd very rare exception, we will have to support our activities with earnings from a different source.

	Pitfalls of buying a horse - Andrea Hessay looks at what could go wrong when acquiring the animal of your dreams
	IT seems a simple enough idea - you like to ride, you may even be good at it, you have always wanted to have your own horse and now, for whatever accumulation of reasons, you have the money, the time and somewhere to keep the animal of your dreams.

Starting out with goats - Felicity Stockwell begins a series on practical goat-keeping for the modern family

THERE could be a number of reasons why you are considering goat-keeping. Possibly because you have some land and would like to provide milk, dairy products and perhaps meat for your family.

	Coping with February fill-dyke - Felicity Stockwell advises on keeping goats productive through the wettest months
	ONE of the downsides of keeping dairy stock is maintaining productiveness through out the worst months of the year.

	Chance to have another go - Felicity Stockwell looks at birth and the early care of kids and does
	WITH the New Year comes renewal. A chance to start again, to "have another go"