How to Train a Goat to be Milked
With proper training, milking can be an enjoyable experience for both you and your goat. Here are some tips to get your goat used to being in the stanchion, handled, and milked with minimal stress.
With proper training, milking can be an enjoyable experience for both you and your goat. Here are some tips to get your goat used to being in the stanchion, handled, and milked with minimal stress.
To prevent rodent-carried diseases, contamination of your livestock feed, and wasting money, it’s important that grain be stored securely. Here are a range of ideas for keeping mice and rats out of your animal feed.
Using a chicken tractor may be the best way to raise meat birds. From a productivity, ecological, and animal welfare standpoint, a chicken tractor provides benefits over both confinement and free-range options. Find out if a chicken tractor is a good fit for your farm.
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Making a seasonal wreath is a fun and easy craft. Use these tips to decorate a grapevine wreath for your wall or door. All you need are four supplies and some creativity!
You can make an air freshener for your car or gym bag without all of the toxic chemicals found in store-bought ones. All you need is some felt and fragrance or essential oils. If you aren’t into hand stitching, don’t worry, a glue gun can be used instead!
Bring a little bit of nature into your home with this easy craft project. You can forage wild grape vines and use them to make a wreath with these simple steps. Decorate your wreath however you choose.
Banding is an effective method of castration for male goat kids. Learn how to use an elastration tool for banding goats. Provided are the equipment and steps needed to complete this procedure on your own farm.
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It’s easy to make your own Wallflower refills. Use this recipe to make an air freshening solution that is free of toxins. Your home will smell fresh and you can breathe easy knowing just what is being released!
If you want your goat kids to have access to grain, without having to worry about the adult animals in the pen eating all of the food, you need a creep feeder. Here are the directions for making a corner creep feeder with a cattle panel. This works great for putting extra weight on dam-raised market kids.
Tallow balm is the dream cream you have been wishing for, it is light, non-greasy, and rubs in well. You can make this tallow balm with just three ingredients and a hand mixer. You will love using your homemade balm on your face and body.
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