How to Build a Goat Shed with a Loft Bed for Almost $0 My husband and I had made the decision to branch out from chickens and buy our first goat. Obviously, we were a little green about the whole thing because we only purchased one (and one goat quickly turned into 3.) But nevertheless, […]
Chickens And Goats In The Backyard: Raising Livestock In Chicago Raising animals like chickens, rabbits, ducks, bees and even goats is perfectly legal in Chicago. The publication Modern Farmer called Chicago “The only large urban area in the country that never explicitly outlawed the rearing of farm animals.” But keeping such animals in the city […]
Here’s looking at you, kid: how to choose the best dairy goat for you Heidi M. Sands offers some excellent advice on buying a dairy goat for the smallholding. Choosing your first dairy goat can be a thrilling prospect. It opens up a whole new world of home milk production and possibly cheese; hard and […]
Can You Make Money Raising Goats? – Mranimal Farm We got our goats initially because we thought they were absolutely adorable and couldn’t imagine a world without them. Shortly after we started to wonder, “Can you make money raising goats?” Surely, it’s a possibility. I mean, other people raise goats and seem to be doing […]
Goat Starter List So, I highly recommend supplying yourselves before getting goats, and as we were preparing for them, one of my biggest questions was what I should have on hand. This was the list I used to prepare for Tinkerbell and Honey (some of these things are obvious I know), updated after five years […]
How Much Space Do Your Goats Need To Be Happy? – Farming My Backyard Nigerian Dwarf goats are pretty awesome. Lots of dairy, small animal. And compared to other dairy animals they need a very small amount of space. We had two on our 1/10th of an acre! It was pretty fabulous. But while they […]
Goat Milking Supplies that you WILL need for milking your goats! So, you got your fencing and stall done. You have your goat, but you aren’t sure what goat milking supplies you will need when it comes time to start milking your goats. Of course, don’t forget that in addition to getting the right goat […]
Goat Milk Uses: 23 Genius Ideas to Utilize Goat Milk on Your Everyday Live What can you do with milk goats? I know some might be very familiar with goat’s milk and put it to use right away. But for some, it is rather intimidating. So today I wanted to share with you over 20 […]
Poisonous Plants to Goats When it comes to plants that are poisonous to goats, if you do even just a quick Google search on common poisonous plants (to goats) that might grow in your pasture or backyard, you’re going to find a list similar to this: Weed-types: Bracken fern Buttercup Common milkweed (tansy weed) Foxglove […]