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It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of our beloved Latestarter. He passed away on Saturday Feb. 23, 2019, at approximately 9:00 PM. Joe admitted himself to the hospital, on Saturday February 16th and was admitted to the ICU. He called me on Sunday afternoon, and asked DH and...

I started milking my two LaMancha does this past March & April. I had read that goat milk is naturally homogenized, so already knew I wouldn't get a lot of cream. After a couple days, I did get some cream, floating on top of the milk. But could tell it would take a lot longer to accumulate...

I know this is a bit off topic, but I only post here on BYH. I'm moving this from another thread . . . I posted it late last night. ******* WooHoo!!! We have two baby ducklings under our broody hen! :celebrate We have lost a couple along the way. :hit Yesterday, DH found an empty shell, but...

FALINA KIDDED EARLY over night! She was due on Thursday, but had her own schedule, it seems. :hu DH named him Wormwood. I am really into herbs, so we decided to name our goats after herbs. We needed a masculine name. Rosemary just didn't seem right for a buckling. :lol: DH went out, to feed...

I can't believe what I did the other night! :ep We had heavy rain all day. When it was time to feed the animals, it was still raining heavily. We went out and started our routine. Part of putting the chickens to bed is to check the nesting boxes. DH came out of the coop and handed me two eggs...

When we bought our little five acre farm, it came with a turkey hen, and two chickens. All of them were purchased at the local feed store, by the previous owner, and they did not know what breeds they were. From what I can tell, and what others have told me, the turkey hen is most likely...

:wootWell! We did it!!! WE BOUGHT THE FARM! :celebrate :weee:weee:weee It seemed that Mr. Murphy, and his law, did their darnedest But, we finally got the keys to the farm and drove out to "our farm" this evening. We hit a snag earlier this week, regarding the funds for our down payment...

We made an addition to our pack today . . . But, I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me start from the beginning, for those of you who don't know the beginning of our short story - up to this point. We have been waiting three long years to move to Texas, from our condo in South Central...

We are new to hobby farming. We know we want to have dairy goats, for milk, butter, making cheese, as well as soaps and lotions. We are already pretty sure we don't want a full size dairy goat, because the higher milk volumes would be too much for our needs. After reading a couple highly...

My husband and I have been waiting three long years, to move to Texas (from Pennsylvania - to be closer to our daughter), so we could buy a piece of land and raise our own food - organic meat, eggs, vegetables and medicinal herbs. It took us five months to find the right piece of land with a...