Recent content by lonnyandrinda

Wanted to share my story as it may help others. We got our first goats in April, two does and a buckling. Does born in Feb Buckling born in March. Bottled raised them for a few months then noticed in about late May that the bucklings legs were starting to bow. The breeder had never seen a...

Great, the male was about 10 months old when we got the goats, and the female was added to the group a few months later at 1 year old. I have more trouble keeping them away from my chickens and chicken food than trouble with the goats! I was concerned for a while because the female is a little...

X2 on using a crockpot to melt the beeswax down. I use a solar melter to melt the cappings and strain the wax. This is version 1.0 I've made another one slightly larger after some trial and error with this one. It was a deep that was slightly mis-sized, made a bottom and used an old glass...

New to BYH but very active on BYC. We have a small, very young herd of Alpine goats, two Australian shepherds, lots and lots of chickens, ducks, and beehives. I joke that we are in the business of making the land flow with milk and honey! Hoping to make some good contacts here and have a...

:frow Hi everybody! I'm new here but very active on the BYC site. @Happy Chooks invited me. We have about 25 hives and this is our 4th year with bees. Harvest last year was 900 lbs, this year about 850 lbs. When we get started on something we jump in with both feet! I will post more when...