5 Fence Options for Livestock (Premium)
A Look at 5 Fence Options for Livestock. When it comes to keeping in livestock, there are many fence choices. Some of …
Category: Cows
When you have a cow, you have it all.
How to Teach Animals to Stay in a Fence
Teaching animals to stay in a fence. We use high-tensile fencing for 2 pastures on our farm. High-tensile fence is stunning. I …
Why You Should Get a Cow
If you have a farm and you have an acre, I think you should consider a cow. Really. The world has gone …
How To Clear Land by Hand
Clearing land by hand. If you have been trying to loose 10 pounds for the past 5 years – this may do …
How Do I Stop a Cow From Nursing?
How to stop a cow from nursing… I have all sorts of experiences with cows nursing off my Jersey’s udders when I …
How to Keep Kids Safe Around Livestock
Are Pigs Dangerous? This is a question I get. Is it dangerous to keep pigs? Is it dangerous to keep pigs if …
How to Get a Cow to Adopt a Calf
How to Get a Cow to Adopt a Calf. I have successfully grafted several calves onto 3 different Jersey cows. These were calves …
What to Feed a Cow
What to feed a cow. If you get a cow and want to be a good Cow-Mommy or Daddy one of the first …
If You Have Livestock (Cows, goats, sheep) and Your Grass is Turning Green – It’s Magnesium Time!!
It is time to get your high-mag blocks and high-mag minerals in your fields! The grass is turning green at an alarming …
The Truth About Electric Milkers – Is it faster? Better? Easier?
The Truth About Electric Milkers I have been asked the same question numerous times in the past 2 weeks…… by different people. If …
4 Reasons Dairy Cows (& their Owners) Take Breaks From Milking
4 Reasons Milk Cows (& their Owners) Take Breaks From Milking If you have a milk cow (or several) you will eventually, …
How To Band a Calf
“El Torro No Mas!” There are several ways to turn a bull into a steer. A bull is a semen shooting, fully …
Getting the Farm Ready for Winter
Getting the Farm Ready for Winter Winter is coming…. It’s Kentucky. This means that today it’s summer and tomorrow it will be …
Why We use a Butcher (sometimes)
I am a homesteader. I do wierd things like mill wheat berries, pluck ducks and tap maple trees. I often write about …
4 Reasons to Breed Your Cow Back after She Calves & 1 Reason Not to
You Should Breed Your Cow Back After She Calves. Oh boy, for some reason, I like to learn everything the hard way. …