5 Reasons to Get Pigs This Year!
5 Reasons to Get Pigs This Year Folks – it is piggie time and this is one of my favorite times of …
Category: Barnyard
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, …
Chicken Advice No One Tells You
I have all sorts of random chicken advice. It’s the kind of advice that no one tells you in the books or …
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 …
What Killed the Chicken?
If you keep chickens long enough, you will eventually find yourself scratching your head asking this question: “What Killed the Chicken?” It …
2 New Thoughts on Butchering
I’ve had 2 New Thoughts on Butchering Recently. Thanks to the Homesteaders Food Challenge and my general obsession with raising all my own …
Harvesting Rabbits!! Look Away!!
Harvesting Rabbits. I know that lots of people get upset that I eat my rabbits. I really don’t want to offend …
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. …
Why Would Someone Want to Kill Their Own Meat?
Seriously, Why would someone want to kill their own meat? There are perfectly edible animals at the supermarket that are already dead. …