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So here is another wonderful YouTube video about a long Island couple who decided to go farming and they set-up their farm in New Jersey, believe it or not. They started to go with Water Buffaloes. They are Brian and Courtney, an electrician and a school teacher. the name of their farm is...

Oh no, buffaloes are like horses in the sense that they have a strong social order and they defend each others back. If you watch videos of Water Buffaloes, you will note that how close they stay to their herd, almost touching eachother. When grazing they don't tend to spread out evenly on the...

Each buffalo comes with its own personality, some will quarrel with every strange buffalo, some like to make friends with new editions in the herd, some will mind their own business, but all of them are wimps when they are confronted with cattle. If you have a herd of cattle and you decide to...

Interestingly I have noted that Buffaloes don't fight with cows. If buffaloes are raised with cows they may stick with them, because they tend to bond with every animal on the farm, but they always avoid fighting with cows, if a cow challenges a buffalo for something, the Buffaloes will just...

Don't worry, buffaloes love treats and scratches as much as they like bathing.

Under those circumstances I think a small herd of Buffaloes would be a great addition to your homestead.

So I looked up the Jakob sheep and for someone who has never seen an animal with more than two horns it was truly a bizzare thing to see. They look like they can provide some meat.

You see, I didn't know you get earthquakes in Virginia. Being so close to the Himalayas we get some bad earthquakes, I mean 7+ ones. I did note that the land is not all that flat the first time I saw the pics. We have a saying "the land is never wrong, the farmer is wrong". You are correct...

LoL I didn't do any research on Virginia. I was talking about the climate of Virginia being suitable and conducive to agriculture. I know that the Western part of the Commonwealth, bordering West Virginia is rather hilly. I graduated with Geography honours from University, that's how I knew. I...

Welcome to BYH @Rex79 , glad to have you here. I have absolutely no experience with rabbits, but rabbits seem to be a popular livestock form of livestock on this forum. I am sure you will find some very insightful opinions regarding rabbit husbandry.

I think 11 acres is plenty land for reliable subsistence agriculture practice in a place like Commonwealth of Virginia. I hope you tread very carefully while investing in animals and carve out a part of land for growing food crops like wheat, a vegetable garden and also a plot where you can grow...

Why is it that it is always the hardworking people who have to struggle . Anyway I am glad that you will be debt free soon. I think one reason for being indebted is easy credit. It is very complicated for a common man to get a loan in India, perhaps that's why the debt problem is not as large...

No wonder your homes are owned by banks.

I wouldn't like to associate buffaloes with zebras and antelopes, because you see zebras and antelopes are not utility animals, they have no place on a farm. Buffaloes are purely a farm animal, best suited for small and backyard settings. You see in their native range from Philippines to Italy...

Are they river buffaloes or swamp buffaloes?

Once I asked a group of young people "which revolution was the most consequencestial in human history", some said the French revolution, some said the Russian revolution, some said the glorious revolution, nobody said the "Neolithic revolution". The people deciding to abandon the nomadic...

You should be proud of yourself too. You and your dear husband are providing a very fulfilling life for not only yourself, but also for your loved ones. And you are doing it not to fill your pockets, but to fill your life.

I thought only East Asians were lactose intolerant.

You beat me on that.

I wonder how a milking session of a bison would go. We have already started milking Mithun, the domesticated version of Gaur. I always wondered why the native Americans never domesticated bison or even turkeys. I think because of the low population density and abundance of food resources...