How to Render Beef Tallow
How to Render Beef Tallow If you are: new to rendering things aren’t sure what “rendering” is don’t know why you would …
Tag: cow
How to Build a Milk Barn You and Your Cow Will Love – A Tour of Our Milking Parlor
How to Build a Milk Barn. This post is a response to a reader request. Thank you for the question & please …
Do Your Children (and Grandchildren) Know Where Food Comes From?
We have had many children out to our homestead. Girl groups, church groups, boy groups, little kids, teenage kids, lots of kids. …
How You End up with a Bull
Oops, I did it again. More cows….. Warning: this post includes a hunky bull, complaining and balls. Stop reading if any of …
Farm Chores – How Long do They Take?
Farm Chores – How much time do they take? I homeschool my 4 children. I do lots of laundry. I cook lots …
Buying Meat in Bulk – How to Buy a Cow – What to buy – What You’ll get
How to Buy a Cow (and other animals). Did you think that if you bought a 1000 pound cow you would …
2 More Things You Should Know About Bottle Feeding a Calf – Norman Update
We are bottle feeding a calf for the first time. It is a pretty simple process. Feed the calf a bottle 2-3 …
3 Things to Know About Bottle Feeding Calves – Meet Our Bottle Baby!
Bottle Feeding Calves. We have a bottle baby! A week ago, we thought our girl, Faith, was going to pull through. We …
Saying Goodbye to a Dear Friend
We said goodbye to our sweet, sweet Jersey Cow, Faith. I could spend a decade wondering if we did all the right …
Milk Fever Hangover – She’s Still Hanging in There!
I thought I’d send out an update on our sweet, Jersey-cow, Faith. If you haven’t been following, be thankful. It’s been a …
Faith is Still Standing
Faith is still alive. She is not out of the woods yet. The doctor was by again yesterday. She is getting fantastic …
Down With Milk Fever
Faith miscarried her calf Monday night. Our vet came out and delivered her calf. Before he left he said, “There are 2 types of …
9 Reasons to Get a Jersey Cow and 3 Reasons Not to……..
9 Reasons to Get a Jersey Cow (and 3 Reasons Not to) Why a Jersey Cow? There are many breeds of cows. …
There’s a Walrus at My Farm
Land Walrus. My oldest son has decided that our Jersey cow, Faith, looks like a walrus. He may be right. Why? She’s …
Working Calves that….. don’t want to be worked
I thought I’d show you how cute our calf is. By the end of this post you may concede that she is …