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The Worst News.
This week we got the worst news about our cow ladybug. In a previous video we shared the news that a routine disease test for our cows showed that Ladybug may be sick with Johnes Disease. Johnes Disease is devastating. It is a wasting disease, that prevents a cow from absorbing nutrients from the […]
We Will NEVER Get this Animal Again…
We have owned close to a thousand animals over our Homesteading life. A quick estimate of our animals over the years 500 Meat Chickens 100 Egg laying Chickens 50 Pigs 4 Cows 20 Turkeys 50 Guineas 5 dogs 7 Sheep 25 Goats 50 Rabbits Oh yea… and 2 Camels. We really love raising livestock. I […]
WHY I SWITCHED PIG BREEDS!
For about 5 years on our old homestead in Connecticut I ran a pork business. Over those 5 years I raised a lot of different kinds of pigs. Hampshire. Tamworth. Berkshire. But mostly I raised Yorkshire Landrace Crosses. The big pink commercial breed of pig. They are like the Cornish Cross of pigs. They have […]
MEAT RABBITS 101
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How To Overcome the Fear of Butchering Your Own Animals
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