Over the past few years, owning goats has become more popular. Who hasn’t seen the adorable videos on the internet of baby goats (see below)? For many, the trend of raising goats started with keeping chickens. Backyard chickens helped us rediscover the joys of animal husbandry and ...
Episode 45: Goats are in the game! Here’s episode 45 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraisinggroupover on Ravelry! The New to You Spinalong has started and will run from October 1 to December 15. Enter your handspun yarn into the prize threads on the Ravelry...
Episode 45: Goats are in the game! Here’s episode 45 of the Yarnraising podcast. Come on down and join the Yarnraisinggroupover on Ravelry! The New to You Spinalong has started and will run from October 1 to December 15. Enter your handspun yarn into the prize threads on the Ravelry...
I’m also a big believer in taking charge when necessary. My friend Shelli Johnson, a life and leadership coach, adventure guide, and blogger atyourepiclife.com, framed this advice wonderfully: “If you want to go hiking as a family, don’t ask your child or children, ‘Do you want t...
Basics of keeping goats Shelter At the bare minimum, goats need shelter. They can become very sick if left out in the rain. Shelter can be as simple as a few pallets bound together with a tarp draped over and around them, or as complicated as an entire barn. I built an enclosure a ...
KID STUFF ; the Challenging Art of Raising Baby GoatsThe camera saved them.Set up in Tammy and Rod Winters' kitchen, the camera's widesurveillance...Patrick, Anna
I wonder if reading out loud to children would yield the same results as reading to baby goats. Reply Susan Rogerssays: Hi. Thank You for your article. I enjoyed it very much (especially without pop ups or too many adverts). Some days I try to wake my kiddo up early and we read in...
goats and three kids (baby goats) which live in her 900 square foot backyard “barnyard.” (According toUrban Homesteadingby Rachel Kaplan, two goats can be kept in 150 square feet of outdoor space, assuming they get walked around the neighborhood regularly.) Kitty's goats share the space ...
and bobcats. Turkeys need a lot of space, so keeping them in a run can be pricey. As ours got big we often moved them into the pens with the goats and sheep. They were great at helping to control worms, flies and other pests and they were safe there with our working dogs on the...
Some commercial goat keepers only feed baby goats 4 times per day after kids are born. Then they cut down to twice a day once kids begin to eat other forms of feed. –Dam Raising If you dam raise kids you’ll need to decide how often to let your kids nurse. Some people will let ...