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Goats Anyone?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Cindy Henson Aug 10.
Spraying peach trees?
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Like Edson's family, we breed in the late fall for spring babies. Then we milk until November or December, when it gets really cold here and dry them off.
I like Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats for a good book and http://www.fiascofarm.com/...
Yes, they do have to be bred. The gestation period is about 5 1/2 months. We would breed ours once a year, and milk them for 9 or 10 months, drying them off a couple months before the kids were due. We usually tried to have the kids born in early ...
I'm thinking about goats. Do you know some good resources that I can learn more about them? How many would we need for dairy requirements for a family of 3, and do they have to be bred frequently in order to produce milk? I'm ashamed that I know s...
Very interesting, Lori. Let me know how the exclusion bags work out. Fennel grows well here, too. It would be easy to plant.
I am free ranging chickens in the orchard now hoping to stop the cycle. We got a late freeze again this year which elimin...
We never spray but every couple of seasons we have a harvest that is not wormy. A chill winter helps kill the things in the soil that hatch and eat the peaches. One year we planted fennel around the fruit trees. They were so pungent, I think they ...
I think it would work fine, Amy. Jersey milk is 4.5% butterfat compared to goat's milk at 5%.
Good luck!
CindyH
I was reading the goat milk recipe, and we have plenty of cream from our Jersey cow......do you think one can substitute Jersey cream for gaots milk?
Thanks for the soap recipe, Janet. I will have to try it out.
My husband, son and I are building our own house, a red cedar log home approximately 1500 sq ft... while we live in our "practice cabin" which is a timber frame 450 sq ft...we have been working on the big house 5 1/2 years on weekends. It was much...
nice one
First off, let me say that I am NOT an expert at soap making. I've only been doing it for a couple months. There are many resources much better than me. I have been learning a lot from a couple of yahoo groups: soapmaking101 and soap_makers.
My s...
Cool! I have never made goat's milk soap. Is it difficult? Do you have a "recipe" you would share?
I have thought of adding some Angoras. I like to learn to spin and weave.
I have a herd of about 20. I am currently milking only one. I have two b...
I have goats. Currently I only have two milk does (and one of them not due to freshen until next month), but I also have two nice little doelings. My biggest doe (180# saanen) is due to kid next month, and she is big as a house right now. She has ...
We raise dairy goats and have a home dairy. We are able to meet all our dairy needs this way, milk, cheese, cottage cheese, kefir (my favorite) yogurt, pudding......Is anyone else a goat herder?
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- At 9:23am on March 19, 2009,
Matt Mayer said… - Cindy--
Congtrats, you're the 100th person to join the Barnyard! If you're willing we'd like to do an write up about you and your family for the front page of Hen and Harvest. As well as send along a copy of A Nation of Farmers. Just drop me a note and let me know if you are interested.
Thanks,
Matt
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- About Me:
- I am a married mother of two who dropped out of corporate America, bought some land and started an adventure in homesteading.
I raise dairy goats and chickens and a garden. We are on our fifth year on the farm and are nearing the completion of a log cabin we have built with our hands.
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