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im in the process of buying a house with 4 1/2 acres and trying to plan things out. as it stands right now im planning on setting aside 1 acre for a couple of dairy goats... relitvly small pasture, but im only plannign on haveing 4 girls total... i want to keep the worm load down as i dont want...

im planning on raising a couple of does on my little homestead (once its set up) now im going to have VERY limited space, but want to get as much milk as possible... some for drinking, but most for cheese butter and soap making. so the first question is how many. im planning on setting aside...

a long time off yet but im planning a little flock of southdown babydolls when i get my farm, hoping to pasture them in a lightly planted orchard as lawnmowers, pasture pets and some fleece production. i just love them! but i have a few questions about keeping sheep... can a ram safely be kept...

im in the planning stages of my mini farm... and of course one of the things im reserchign alot if livestock guardians... im planning on having goats, sheep, chickens, mabe a few alpaca along with rabbit and quail. im familiar with most lgd breeds so no worries there, im actually putting...

does anyone use the pre fab calf hutches for goat shelter? im in "planning for the future stages" and this is an option of housing that was brought up by a friend... ive been told they work great for goats, but id love first hand thoughts.

im looking for an orchard breed. wont be ready to buy for a while, im still in the farms "planning stages" lol... but i do know i WANT pigs. the hope being once ive got my orchard established they would get to raid it every day as a clean up crew, and a couple of piglets raised for butcher (the...

ok so heres the goal. im planning on buying 2 1/2-5 acres in tn at somepoint in the next 12 months... on that land im planning on becomming a little more self sufficient. im a HUGE milk drinker and dont want a cow... and i do like goat meat...once in a while... which led me to thinking...hey...