alsea1
True BYH Addict
Well, I do not have a name for my little operation. It is a hobby at best with the ability to provide the family with meat. Most of the time. LOL
I turned 50 this year and am just glad to still be healthy enough to do the things I want to do.
My husband is quite tolerant of my hobby and is willing to help out when nec. with building stuff for me.
When he helps with the day to day chores I usually get an email about the misdeeds of this goat or that goat. LOL
He does enjoy the goat milk and is adept at taking on the morning milking. This really helps when you have a day job you gotta get to.
I raise a generic strain of meat rabbits. I sell off my surplus rabbits to a lady that sells to the feeder market. It pays for the rabbit feed.
I have five American Black Belly sheep and one Katahdin ewe sheep.
I have three goats. One Boer doe and a Boer Buck and a Nubian doe. I am pretty sure my Boer doe is expecting in the next few weeks. Not sure about the Nubian.
Southern and Straw are making a good argument for the Kiko breed. I'm thinking about introducing that as my next choice in goat bucks. I do care about my Lil Eon but sometimes change is a must.
I have two grade mares I keep on my friends property. They are a true waste of resources lol, but I just cannot sell them. Literally. No one will pay what a good horse is worth these days. So I guess I must keep them.
We got into this hobby farm because I enjoy puttering with the animals and it also decreases the property tax on our place.
At this point it certainly is not going to pencil out. LOL.
My place is a work in process.
Just when I think I have it covered something comes up. lol
The other animals on the place consist of an old beagle and a young yellow lab and a cat.
I am very interested in the process of culling for a more natural parasite resistant animal and in trying use more natural methods such as herbs for treating the everyday things such as wounds, conditions and parasites.
I don't have a problem using chemical means if I must when nec.
I live in Oregon near the coast. Our climate is pretty wet and warm. We get some cold weather, however it is a climate that really is quite hospitable to things that make farm animals sick and miserable. Like wet feet for months at a time.
Nothing much going on today though. The animals are all good, except me. I have caught my husbands cold and cannot talk. Thankfully I am feeling up to cleaning the horse stalls.
I turned 50 this year and am just glad to still be healthy enough to do the things I want to do.
My husband is quite tolerant of my hobby and is willing to help out when nec. with building stuff for me.
When he helps with the day to day chores I usually get an email about the misdeeds of this goat or that goat. LOL
He does enjoy the goat milk and is adept at taking on the morning milking. This really helps when you have a day job you gotta get to.
I raise a generic strain of meat rabbits. I sell off my surplus rabbits to a lady that sells to the feeder market. It pays for the rabbit feed.
I have five American Black Belly sheep and one Katahdin ewe sheep.
I have three goats. One Boer doe and a Boer Buck and a Nubian doe. I am pretty sure my Boer doe is expecting in the next few weeks. Not sure about the Nubian.
Southern and Straw are making a good argument for the Kiko breed. I'm thinking about introducing that as my next choice in goat bucks. I do care about my Lil Eon but sometimes change is a must.
I have two grade mares I keep on my friends property. They are a true waste of resources lol, but I just cannot sell them. Literally. No one will pay what a good horse is worth these days. So I guess I must keep them.
We got into this hobby farm because I enjoy puttering with the animals and it also decreases the property tax on our place.
At this point it certainly is not going to pencil out. LOL.
My place is a work in process.
Just when I think I have it covered something comes up. lol
The other animals on the place consist of an old beagle and a young yellow lab and a cat.
I am very interested in the process of culling for a more natural parasite resistant animal and in trying use more natural methods such as herbs for treating the everyday things such as wounds, conditions and parasites.
I don't have a problem using chemical means if I must when nec.
I live in Oregon near the coast. Our climate is pretty wet and warm. We get some cold weather, however it is a climate that really is quite hospitable to things that make farm animals sick and miserable. Like wet feet for months at a time.
Nothing much going on today though. The animals are all good, except me. I have caught my husbands cold and cannot talk. Thankfully I am feeling up to cleaning the horse stalls.