If you have a larger piece of land as a homesteader, you may find yourself looking into purchasing some sort of equipment to help you manage the property. Tractors are real workhorses that can usually get any job done, but they come at a high price. UTV’s are generally speaking on the cheaper side, and […]
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Our Goats Eye Problem… Is It Fixed? Will He Be Culled?
This week our videos shared our daily journey dealing with Burke the bucks eye problem. What started as a cloudy weepy eye, thought to be Pinkeye, turned into an entropion eyelid problem and shots being given to the eyelid. The dust has settled, a few weeks have passed since the video was recorded, what has […]
What Tractor Attachments Do I Need
What tractor attachments do I need? Many new homesteaders find themselves asking this question! We asked Tractor Mike, from the Ask Tractor Mike Youtube Channel, what are the best attachments for homesteaders? Front End Loader – DON’T EVER BUY A TRACTOR WITHOUT A FRONT END LOADER! Even if you never use it your resale value […]
How To Fix an Entropion Eyelid
We discovered an eye problem in our male goat Burk this week. Initially thought to be pinkeye, we soon realized we were dealing with Entropion Eyelids, or inverted eyelids. The fix for entropion eyelids, while a little intimidating, isn’t hard, and in todays episode we begin treatment. The first attempt to fix an entropion eyelid […]
Check Your Goats Eyes for this Problem
In our last video we shared with you we though we had a pinkeye outbreak on our homestead. We Were Wrong. Noticing swollen and cloudy eyes on our Buck Burk we decided that we had a pinkeye problem. We started treating the buck for pinkeye, and we emailed a mentor of ours about how to […]
We think there is a DISEASE SPREADING IN OUR GOAT HERD…
Not all days on the homestead are nice. We noticed something funny about one of our goats eyes. Burk, Gizmo’s buckling, has a very cloudy swollen eye. A closer look and we think we may be dealing with Pinkeye. NOTE: AT THE END OF THE VIDEO WE ANNOUNCE IT IS NOT PINKEYE… DO NOT USE […]
