It is Harvest time on the Homestead, and that means animals are disappearing. Of course, some are just being butchered… Others, are being butchered and NOT replaced! And others, sold! You see, this is generally the time of year we figure out what animals worked best on our homestead this year, and which ones didn’t. […]
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Should You Bring Goats On Your Homestead?
Goats can be hard to resist. So much so that the buyer can choose not to see the warning signs of a possibly problematic goat. Aust learned this lesson the hard way when he bought his first LaMancha goat, Hops. An escape artist extraordinaire, Hops taught Aust that goats bring with them inevitable stories of […]
Moveable Electric Fencing on your Farm
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How To Install Electric Netting for Livestock
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Ducks – ducklings, brooding, the mess and the eggs – and answering the big question.. Have you been Abduckted?
Have you ever brought a duck INSIDE your house to live? Do you have ridiculously cutesy names for every one of your ducks? Do you refer to yourself as a duck person? Then you’ve been AB-DUCK-TED. Ducks. How could anyone resist adding adorable, fuzzy, ducklings to their poultry flock? Whether for meat or for eggs, […]
Just One More: The Epilogue
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t heard the prologue to this episode:Emergency on the Farm, Just One More, we highly suggest you stop and listen to this episode first. It’s about an hour, and highly emotional, so don’t forget those tissues! Thank you, listeners, for your support regarding the loss of Boone. We were, and continue to […]
