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 …
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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 …
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 …
Could YOU Eat an Animal You Raised?
OH! I could NEVER do that! Things I could NEVER do. Some call this the UNBucket list. Here are 10 things …
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 …
Experienced, Jersey, Family, Milk Cow for Sale (Gentle, Adorable, Healthy)
COW FOR SALE SOLD!! Update: Rosie went to be with her new family the end of March 2017. Thank you to everyone …
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 …