Pasture Antics

On a particularly dreary and cold day recently, we set out to move Mabel and the three dairy goats into a new section of pasture.

The other two meat animals we currently have were housed on a separate but equally worn section of pasture and so we were going to move them as well. And move them we did, Stanley and Bell coming from one section of pasture and Mabel, Abby, Daisy, and Millie from the other.

As some of you may have guessed, it didn’t take long for Mabel and Stan to remember their fondness for one another and soon after reuniting, Stanley was nursing contentedly once again, all but drinking the entirety of that evening’s milking. So we separated them once again and went back to the drawing board.

So Stewart ordered one of these doohickeys and we’re going to give it a try. Despite the always-present surprises in these processes, the family walk was nice… especially for certain little girls and boys who got to evade the afternoon nap just a little bit longer.

Processing Meat Birds and Canning with Reusable Lids

We finally finished processing our latest batch of forty meat birds a few weeks ago.I am always so thankful to have homegrown meat when we’ve gone without for a period of months. I think we ran out of our last steer towards the beginning of 2019 and our last round of canned and frozen meat…

Welcoming Teddy

It is some kind of irony that all of our children seem to be cat people. They all like to pick up Rover and carry him around and Joshie even chases him around the house if ever he jumps in while the screen door finishes closing. I liked that Rover seems to be making a dent…

Bringing Kune Kune Pigs to the Homestead

We have long wanted to add pigs to our homestead and pork to our meat supply. We’ve done a couple of turns at keeping some local wild hogs given to us but it was all spur of the moment and done in a more confined space than we were hoping our long-term solution would be….

Calling The Cow Home

Apparently the time changed on us a couple of weeks ago. But do you know who doesn’t get the memo on such events? Livestock. Not a single rooster has heeded the new schedule, not a single goat, and certainly not Miss Mabel. I’m not even that sure that we, as a family, have fully embraced…

Raising Cornish-Cross Meat Birds: Week 9

I actually had to go back and look at the date of my last post to see how old these birds are. It turns out it’s been just about a month since our last update and things have definitely changed. The first major change is that we got netting up over the whole chicken run….

Dairy Animals – The Heart of the Homestead

I am happy to bring you this guest post from author Kate Downham from The Nourishing Hearth Fire. Kate has a new book all about Backyard Dairy Goats that will help you with every aspect of raising goats naturally. From feeding and care to recipes and information on using all of that goat milk goodness….

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Pilar says:

February 14, 2018 at 5:18 PM

Is it common to be in coats in Texas or is it a more recent occurence? My aunt has been battling bronchitis in Houston it’s been so cold. These photos! You’re living the ideal, I can’t not visit your site without thinking this. Now off to find out what a doohickey is…

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