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Category Archives: Animals
New enclosures for the goats
WOW the goats have been causing all sorts of challenges on our new Homestead, with the fences here being setup many years ago for large livestock like horses and cows The other challenge we have is when there hasn’t been … Continue reading
DIY Goat Hobbles & Squatting Goats
We have had many challenges with goats over the years one of them being a goat that we are trying to milk who insists on kicking and squatting. I have created a few videos of these challenges and their solutions … Continue reading
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Worm Farm Update they are doing well
I am really pleased with the progress of the worm farm. This week I have added more food and 4 liters of water Check back next week with the progress of these worm eggs that were purchased from Bunnings
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You Can Farm
I bought a book called You Can Farm a number of years ago from Poly Face Farms written by Joel Salatin and this along with a few of his other books have radically changed my world and I highly recommend. … Continue reading
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Worm Farm update after 2 weeks
So we setup the worm farm 2 and a half weeks ago with horse and cow manure (that was soaked in water for a few day) and a packet of worm eggs and some sheep sorrel from the aquaponics and … Continue reading
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Setting up the worm farm
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How to Identify a Male and Female Rhode Island Red Chicken
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Milking Goats
Milking goats can be a diverse experience depending on you experience and the goat. What breed of goat do you have, how old is she, does she still have kids that are nursing and much much more. And most importantly … Continue reading
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Tagged DIY Goat Hobbles, How does goats milk taste, How to milk a goat, Milking Goats, Saanen Goats, Training a Goat to be milked
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Muscovy Ducks
Muscovy ducks which are more closely related to geese than ducks are a very quiet duck and in my experience great mum’s. Incubating a duck egg artificially can be very tricky as they are very needy in relation to humidity. … Continue reading
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