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Deadly nightshade or black nightshade, no shade please
This post is intended to inform. It should not be used as a reference as to the safety of the nightshade in your garden or pasture. I wouldn’t even consider myself an amateur botanist. This is …
Getting Started on Milk Test
I’ve tried to do milk test almost every year since I started milking my goats. Milk test is where you weigh, sample and have your milk analyzed by a lab on a regular basis. 2023 is the first …
Tracking Livestock Guardian Dogs
One of the challenges you often see in homesteading groups is with Livestock Guardian Dogs(LGDs). We have integrated them successfully into our farm, but not without some challenges. The biggest …
Franke Farm B Charlie Caryall
Charlie now is at Willoughby Croft.
Charlie is one of those goats we didn’t get around to freshening in a timely manner. She is a three year old first freshener, but what she lacks in number of …
Wether Care Instructions
Born: xxxx (xx weeks old at time of going home) Vaccines: Received first CDT shot xxxx and the 2nd xxxx Castration: They were banded on xxxx. NEVER remove the band. The testicles will slowly shrivel …
Hay Feeders
Ruminants like goats need to be pretty much constantly eating or chewing their cud for energy. During the warm and dry months they can mostly graze pasture with only supplemental feeding for the …
Animal care, system shocks and farming
Most of the time I give a cheery view of #farmlife, but it isn’t always sunshine and rainbows. Sometimes things are simply hard. It can be hard because you want the best for your animals. It can …