Laura Childs’ “The Joy of Keeping Farm Animals” is a practical, thorough guide for anyone interested in having a backyard barnyard. The following is an excerpt fromThe Joy of Keeping Farm Animalsby ...

MARION - Backers of 4-H goat exhibitors in Marion County are raising funds to renovate a barn at the fairgrounds. Longtime 4-H participant Megan Van Meter is one of the people spearheading the effort.

As of late June, Traci Anderson counted 93 goats scattered across her 10 acres of property in Zillah. "We have way too many animals," Anderson says with a laugh. But even when the Andersons get rid of ...

Some of the goats in the barn liked to yell out, almost similar to online videos of “screaming” goats. That wasn’t Gracee’s style “She’s a really nice, gentle goat,” said Lynea Eddington, 12, of ...