In the most recent Homesteady Podcast, K and I sat down to talk about which 3 animals the beginner Homesteader should be raising (AND PROCESSING!) on their homestead! RAISE MEAT ANIMALS. There is no easier way to shrink your grocery bill AND fill the freezer with the help of your homestead. Think about it… Gardening […]
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We Will NEVER Get this Animal Again…
We have owned close to a thousand animals over our Homesteading life. A quick estimate of our animals over the years 500 Meat Chickens 100 Egg laying Chickens 50 Pigs 4 Cows 20 Turkeys 50 Guineas 5 dogs 7 Sheep 25 Goats 50 Rabbits Oh yea… and 2 Camels. We really love raising livestock. I […]
How Old Hay is DANGEROUS to Your Animals
After a long winter of feeding our cows in our paddocks around the barn a problem has surfaced. Old hay and cow manure mixed creates an organic sludge that prevents water from draining. Standing water around your barn is bad for animals. Cows and Goats can get foot rot, fly problems can worsen, and overall […]
What Livestock Should I Raise and How Many?
You have your land, beautiful grass growing, and even some fencing up, and now you find yourself asking the question all new homesteaders ask – What livestock should I raise? If you want to be as self sufficient as possible, producing your own families food with as few outside inputs as possible we are going […]
Sick Animals, Dead Animals, and better ones too!
When it rains it pours…. That’s a saying that suggests when things get bad, they get really bad! Well this week we found that out the hard way. We have had literal RAINS cause some serious flooding in our barn. Nothing structural was damaged, but the animal pens flooded, and as the waters subsided, we […]
The Family Cow: Should We Get One
On this episode of Homesteady, Kendra and Aust pack up the family and record on location at Local Farm-, a dairy farm in Cornwall, Connecticut. The reason for the trip? Kendra and Aust are interviewing cows and farmers to figure out for themselves: Is a family cow a good fit for our homestead? Debra Tyler, the […]
