How To Set Homestead Goals When I first started on this Homestead journey, I’m fairly certain my list of goals for the year looked something like this… 1. Buy all the chickens and all the goats. 2. Buy at least 4 cows, (two for milking, two for beef). 3. Build two chicken coops, a duck…
Dairy Animal Mistakes; My Epic Failures
Early last year, in the prime of calving season, a dear friend of mine lost her beloved dairy cow. She had just calved a beautiful Jersey bull (one of Tanks babies) and within 12 hours of calving, the cow was down with 4th stage milk fever. It took another 12 hours for the vet to…
