freemotion
Self Sufficient Queen
There are certainly ways to save money if you have access to certain things (pasture, browse, or brush you can cut daily and bring in) or if you are willing to learn certain things. If you learn to give shots, you can do your own vaccinations and injectible worming. If you learn to trim hooves, you can save there.
I am aquiring a microscope and thousands of new slides for $175 tomorrow. Running a fecal exam on my four goats costs me $88. So the 'scope and supplies are paid for pretty quickly, and will allow me to experiment with herbal dewormers and see what really works on my property with my herd.
I feed whole grains and get them from the farmer mostly so that cuts my grain bill in half. But the grain bill for pet goats can be non-existant, so that might not help you too much!
For some people, just paying the bills is the easiest way, but I enjoy being more self-sufficient. It allows me to keep my animals with a high degree of care in spite of fluctuations in the economy.
I am aquiring a microscope and thousands of new slides for $175 tomorrow. Running a fecal exam on my four goats costs me $88. So the 'scope and supplies are paid for pretty quickly, and will allow me to experiment with herbal dewormers and see what really works on my property with my herd.
I feed whole grains and get them from the farmer mostly so that cuts my grain bill in half. But the grain bill for pet goats can be non-existant, so that might not help you too much!
For some people, just paying the bills is the easiest way, but I enjoy being more self-sufficient. It allows me to keep my animals with a high degree of care in spite of fluctuations in the economy.
