Our family has experience raising homestead animals, including a dairy cow on just 1 acre, chickens, pigs, goats, and more. Find a collection of blog posts on how to care for them, what animals are easy to start with, and more.
It’s imperative to know the basics of how to milk a cow by hand before taking the leap into owning your own dairy cow. It’s easy to think that milking a cow is, well… easy. In some ways, it is, especially if you do your research and practice. However, I don’t think it’s something that…
Are you wondering about whether the investment of owning a homestead cow is worth it for you? The decision to keep a family dairy cow should be well thought out. Cows carry a lot of weight (literally and figuratively, ha) and there are a lot of factors to consider. The different types of dairy breeds,…
Knowing what causes bloat in cows is the first step to prevent it from happening. But even for those who know about bloat in cows and what causes it, it still happens. Probably more often than you think. I will never stop loving, learning about, and longing for dairy cows. Having Beulah, our first mini…
If you’re reading this post, you’re probably aware of the increase in demand for high quality, raw milk. It’s no secret that costs of virtually everything are currently rising. This includes the cost of food and livestock. Because of that, there are a lot of homesteaders and aspiring homesteaders that are looking into purchasing a…
