Pine Shadows Brandi and LPC Typhoon made it safely to Pink Roses last night. As always there were lots of curious and excited people along the way. I love the look on some peoples faces when they realize its a goat in the car. HAHA! A truck driver tr
Read more…Every now and then, something comes up about what goats will eat, and I mention that goats are being used for brush control all over the US. So, in today news ...
from Pennsylvania:
from Idaho:
Read more…I had a whole post written up, but decided it was too negative...
Today I am feeling like I am not supposed to have goats at this time in my life. It seems like everything that can go wrong is going wrong and we can't afford to keep putting out mone
Read more…Just a random thing, Hoeggers is having a calendar photo contest for their 2012 calendar. It would be a fun thing to have your goats published in the calendar!!! Here is the link http://www.hoeggergoatsupply.com/xcart/pages.php?pageid=17
Read more…Okay so I am feeling a little frustrated at the moment by my kids!! Our property is tiered and our house sits on the highest tier and goes down to our field which is a little over and acre. We have a 2 story barn, the upper is for storage and the lo
Read more…I have posted in a few other forums but dont want to go to bed until I know what to do about this little one...
Background:I have 4 Broad Brested White turkeys I bought 3 days ago. They are almost all feathered so I believe them to be a few weeks
When answering a question on here, it occurred to me that I hadn't mentioned that my book, Homegrown and Handmade, is now available for pre-order from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, as well as Chapters Indigo in Canada. It will hit the big chains in earl
Read more…I just suggested that someone else post the link to an article about her and her goats, and then it occurred to me that I could do the same thing. Here are a couple articles that have been in the papers around here lately:
Read more…This didn't seem to fit in anywhere... I just have to say, I think I've been watching too much goat lately... lol I don't know which end it up anymore, and I'm totally over watching and over thinking. That is all. Just thought I'd share. lol
Read more…We have our personal zoo on our farm, but I recently have researched bringing back a once native plant to our state. Our small farm organic folks are tickled at "the plan" and are so helpful. The Cherokee used to have wild cranberries available, but
Read more…Deborah suggested I post this over here.
We're getting a small farmstead cheese business going and we got some publicity recently. I was at a goat seminar and got caught off-guard by a reporter who happened to be sitting beside me and started chattin
Read more…So I'm venting about the weather.... it has been pouring rain for days and the winds last night were awful! My husband is out of town in sunny Arizona (of course!), but meanwhile I am stuck at home dealing with this mess. The worst part of it is th
Read more…Hello ALL! I am writing because I won the wonderful goat milk soap from Deborah Neimann-Boehle and it recently arrived in the mail and it is just terrific!!! it smells wonderful! she is truly an artisan. If anyone is looking to buy soap she has a ter
Read more…Lulu is celebrating their birthday by offering 20% off of purchases. The coupon code is HAPPY305 at check out - good until Feb 21st.
If you have been thinking about getting the book "Personal Milkers: A Guide to Nigerian Dwarf Goat Keeping," no
Read more…I just wanted to say thanks to everyone in this group. This is by far my favorite group. It is so much more personal than the other group I am a member of, partly because of the ning format, but also because of all of you being who you are. So...
Read more…We have these two Rhode Island Red bantem hens who decided they wanted to hatch some eggs. We didn't realyl think anything was going to happen, but we let them stay out in the nest they made. Well, we went out to the barn tonight to find one egg brok
Read more…SO, I'm Haley! I love horses and animals but owning a horse is pretty much out of the question...
A couple months ago my aunt was considering adopting goats, which got me thinking. At first I really wanted pygmy goats and it took me a while to convin
The winner of our Happy Birthday celebration is Amy Sousa, who started a discussion on How old to start breeding?
Amy, send me a private message with your address, and I'll get your goat milk soap in the mail! Congratulations!
Deborah
While many of the members here already have websites up or at least partially up, I would love to see others take the plunge. Reasons for not putting up a site usually fall into one of two categories - its too complicated, or I don't have enough ti
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