Recent content by VStillman

OMG! Just caught up on your journal....What a place for me to jump in and say Hi....in the middle of a congratulations on your engagement thread! :/ SORRY.... and congratulations!!!!!

Just wanted to jump ahead and say Hello! (I just discovered the journal section and am reading everyones journals.) :caf I am on page 11 of yours and it says you live in Middletown. Well.... I live in Upper Lake!!! About an hour or so away. What a surprise! We are moving in a month to start our...

:yuckyuck Im sure that is a funny sight!!! Merry Christmas everyone!!! :frow

Thanks finns! My husband and I are thinking of maybe getting a pair of weaners to raise the first year to butcher, then maybe moving up to a breeding pair the following year... One thing we have never raised was pigs, let alone a breeding pair. We bought a pig ready to butcher from a friend...

Thanks for your input Bosroo!!! It is very much appreciated! We have plenty of water to irrigate that we can use, for free. So that wont be a problem. The garden area has already been used for gardening, so we arent exactly starting from scratch.:) The land is all flat, so that is a plus. We r...

I saw that article on self sufficiency on one acre...I really enjoyed it...I think that as long as I rotate them for grazing and maybe take the goats over to the the other 4 acres as needed to let the pasture grow, it could work. I am going to start with goats and then add my pigs...(not...

Thank you! I agree with you on starting SLOW! We dont want to burn ourselves out or not have the correct space for the animals. The extra 4 acres are around the corner and we would prefer not to have to use that. But we will if we have to. Maybe the pigs and cow over there and the goats...

Hello! My family and I are FINALLY moving to a little place with some acerage where we can start a small farm! After many years of prayers and anticipation we are going to be moving next month. I have been browsing this site for quite a while, trying to learn all we can. My husband and I are...

Hello! After years of waiting, we are finally moving out of our cul-de-sac and onto a place that has 3+ acres! :celebrate We raise meat rabbits and have a few chickens, but we will be slowly expanding. After doing some research on line, I found something that we think might work for us in...

Sorry...been gone for a few days... @ Caprice-no...1 doe or buck that you want to use as a breeder goes for $30 plus dollars here minimum... proven does go for $80 dollars.... Havent checked around 4h groups yet but i am going to soon....

Thanks!!!!!:D

Hi, well my american doe had 8 kits on the 4th! All are doing well...:weee The temps here have been in the low 80's. Does doing fine, but when the kits were 2 days old, I went out to check on them and they were all spread out and not really moving much, when the day before they were jumping...

Thanks....that does give me an idea....$15 sounds like a ballpark figure. Since I will be selling them at 8-12 weeks (around 5 lbs) it seems reasonable. :)

I raise American Whites and New Zealand Whites...recently I had few people want to buy some of them from me for meat. I had my first litter born 5 days ago and people are asking me to save them. :D Anyway, I am in Northern California, and I am curious how much others charge for them...I know a...

no...sorry, but maybe some search online might help you...i know it is sometimes hard to find the right search term, so dont give up....good luck!!!!!