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I would highly recommend that you buy a quality goat in milk, after having the seller teach you to milk it, and you get a TASTE of that particular goat's milk to make sure that you like it. All dairy animals have their own unique flavor. Some milk will taste amazingly good, milk.fom.a.different...

I am putting in my vote for Kahtadin. I have one Dorper/Kat cross, but prefer the Katahdins. They are stockier and taller, therefore meatier. They respect my two strands electric fence and are quite friendly and handleable. I just have to shake the grain can and they come running. Once caught...

I am one of those crazy people who buy (at a substantial discount) bummer lambs from a local farmer who just doesn't have the time to mess with them, and try my best to save them. I have young children who need work to do, and bottle feeding lambs is one of their favorite jobs. I also have a 2...

Raising my girls has been and still is an awesome experience. We are HOME-steaders to the core. Home grown food, home births, home school, home church, home health care, home business. I think family is the most important thing there is, and we are not content to pawn off our responsibilities to...

Yes, it does indeed take a lot of time. I do not work out of the home. Putting up food is my job, and it started one project at a time over many years. Sometimes it feels like re-inventing the wheel! So much research, so many elderly brains to pick, so much trial and error. Next will be soap...

Cow. We have three family milch cows which are my two eldest daughter's responsibility. They milk them twice each day, with most of the milk going to feed our 2 pigs and the poultry. They are the cheese makers here, and if I may paraphrase Monty Python, "Blessed are the Parents of cheese...

Yes, I have a 25 year old Excalibur dehydrator (which I bought new) and it gets quite the workout several times each year.

After 25 years of homesteading, we have finally gotten to the point where we only go to the grocery store for toilet paper and ingredients to make our own cleaning, laundry and health/hygiene products. Step by step, loving the learning all the way. We grow our own meats, dairy, eggs and veggies...

Goat meat balls Season ground goat with salt, pepper, oregano, garlic, and a bit of feta cheese. (Fry a bit to taste, adjust seasonings) Form 1" meat balls and arrange evenly on a baking sheet. Bake 350 for about 20 minutes until done. Make a gravy from the pan drippings.Serve with a good greek...

With such a dramatic change, I wonder if Rabies infection is possible? Below is link to eHow explanation of signs and symptoms. http://www.ehow.com/list_6453824_signs-rabies-goats.html

Looks normal and healthy, just hasn't dropped off yet. You could use a razor blade and cut it at this point, or just wait until it drops off by itself. If flies were a big issue I would opt to cut.

We use Premier electric netting for our sheep and goats and rotate them to new grazing area every few days depending on how much to eat there is. You may not be able to fence the whole two acres, but with one section of electric fencing, an extra post with insulator between each included and a...

Yes, for the amount of land you have, a few goats would be ideal. With the fencing you have, keeping them in would be questionable. Electric fence is usually pretty economical and easy to install as long as the land isn't too brushy and you take the time to train them to it. I would highly...

Offering a free choice mineral mix specifically for goats can only help. If they need it they will eat it, if not they will leave it alone.

Throw out all liquid oils and shortenings, except Extra Virgin Olive, coconut oil, and specialty nut oils in fridge, and use it for all of you cooking, pan greasing, pie and pastry crusts. Real food equals real life! Yum!

Several years ago we tried to raise our NZR rabbits in large tractors on the ground, moving them twice a day. The main problem we ran into is actually disease and parasites picked up most likely from wild rabbits who are plentiful around these parts. We have since switched to Silver Fox rabbits...

Sounds like time to go into the freezer.......