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Cool I will give it a try. Right now we have about 6 gallons frozen. Some will go for cheese but we wanted to make soap too. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks

We are making soap for my sister Dawn and she is allergic to pretty much anything that is chemical. She asked if we would make her some goat milk soap that is all natural but all the recipes that I have seen use lye. I just don't want to make a bunch and then have her not be able to use it.

Is it possible to make soap using goat milk and natural fragrances but no lye. I would be interested in learning some recipes. Thanks Lily

That's what's funny. He was mounting the ewe pretty much all fall when they were together so we assumed she must be pregnant. Other than that though he had pretty small horns and had a super friendly temperament that was very unramish. I guess now we know why.

He has the sac that the testicles would come in but there is nothing in there. He was pretty young when we bought him so we figured his testicles would grow as he got older. They just never did and he never got any ram like tendencies either. The lady we got him from swears he was not banded or...

So excited for you good luck getting your flock started

It was our first sheep buy and the lady was really nice. She said if for any reason it didn't work out she would take him back. I don't think she did anything bad. We did check him visually when we bought him and he had the appearance of testicles but I didn't physically feel them lol. The lady...

We have shetlands and I have to second the vote for them. They are not too big, about the size of a medium size dog. They eat pretty much any scrub brush that you have around and their wool is sooo soft not itchy and scratch like other breeds I have seen. I can't yet vouch for the tastiness...

Last year around August we purchased a pair of Shetland sheep, a ram and a ewe with the hopes of breeding them and making some cheese and raising some baby lambs for meat. We had the shearer come out today and boy were we surprised to find out that our ram was most likely sterile. She buzzed off...

I put the seats down in my suv and left a few flicks of hay in the back and put the goats back there for transport we have Nubians and they are about 100lbs so fit like two big dogs back there.

He's usually just a horse vet by choice but he's done all our animals for so many years that he agreed he would just add on the new beasties with the rest of our horses. He also does our dogs and cats which is amazing because my cat hates going to the vets office. When he comes I just pick her...

Our feeder pigs are only about 6 months but if we aren't quick with giving them their food they do tend to get very pushy and one of them has a bad habit of biting. We don't go in the pen at feeding time and we will wait until they have finished eating to go in to clean out their stall and pen...

Thank you the kids have started to call him tye die because he looks like someone put him in the wash with bleach. He's super friendly. We also talked to our vet. Good thing we use the same feed store. He said that he would be more than willing to do fecals and shots as needed for the goats and...

So cute congrats on your new additions!! Lily

This is the 10 month buck Skov This is the doe her name is Suzy she loves to climb can you tell? This is the two sheep they are with I am pretty sure the ewe is already pregnant but Bear keeps pretty close tabs on her to make sure she's okay. Sorry for the quality of the pictures but I...

Any boys that we have will definitely be whethered at 8 to 12 weeks so they can't breed. I was thinking that Once the ewe and doe give birth I would separate the buck and ram from the main herd. Not sure how I would separate them more permanently. The lady that we bought the sheep from actually...

They are so cute!!

We bought them to breed together in the future and we were going to try meat goats but we are also really getting interested in the idea of milking our own goats and making cheese and yogurt. Right now we just have the two and two sheep. They share a large pasture that is about 5 to 6 acres of...

What is CD&T sorry but this is new to me is that for the coccidia or is it for something else? They are housed together but fed different foods the sheep have their own grain and are fed that twice a day and the goats have goat feed they also have free choice hay all day long and the occasional...

Yeah I posted on craigslist a couple of weeks ago but no one has answered. I am thinking it still might be too early in the season to get calves since it's the middle of winter and once there is a surplus I may be able to find them cheaper than now. I'll keep looking Lily