What is a Good Mineral Program?
I wrote a post a while ago about “hidden hunger.” Go here to read about it. I find it fascinating. 3-19-2017 UPDATE: …
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Can You Grass Feed a Jersey Cow?
Can you Feed a Jersey Cow only Grass? I believe we all are trying to do the absolute best we can for …
4 Reasons to Eat Fat
4 Reasons to Eat Fat Not all fats are the same. The fat from a homestead or traditional farm is actually very …
Cock Fighting
Cock Fighting. We have a beautiful, White Leghorn Rooster named, Foghorn. He is stately, proud and everything a rooster should be. Foghorn …
Ping Gets a Pool
A duck pool. Before we get started admiring Ping and his new Pool……… Can we all take a moment to enjoy my …
How to Build a Fence – 5 Easy Steps
How to Build a Fence. I did something I said I would NEVER do. I fenced in my chickens. We have been …
How To Load a Cow in 5 Easy Steps
How to Load a Cow. There are lots of reasons to load cattle. One reason may be to head to the processor….. …
Goat v/s Cow
Goat v/s Cow We had decided we would own and milk dairy goats. A few Nubian does and one buck was the …
Milking a Cow for the First Time
Milking a Cow for the First Time We have been milking Rosie for less than a week. She has never been milked …
Super Egg
Every once in a while I get an egg that stands out above the rest. Literally. We call these “Super Eggs.”Of course …
MEET ROSIE!!!
I got a phone call a week ago from a fellow Kentucky Cattleman Member. He is an older gentleman who raises black-Angus, …
There’s a Duck in My Sink………. Again
There’s a Duck in my sink……. Again. Ping had his first swim a couple of weeks ago………. in my sink. He was …
The Duck Files – Ping is Growing Up
You can hardly recognize my little guy. He’s just getting so HUGE! Here he was just a few short weeks ago…….. on …
Don’t Let me go to Tractor Supply
It’s the first day of spring! Yippee! If it wasn’t raining, I’d be in my garden celebrating. But it is raining, so …
Using Deep Litter to Keep Chickens Warm
We use the “deep litter” technique in our coop in wintertime to keep our chicken coop nice and warm. No heat lamps, …