Animal husbandry is an important skill. These articles provide valuable information for raising, caring for, and harvesting different animals.
Caesar, having fulfilled his purpose in joining us for these last several months, was butchered on Saturday. All four deep red, beautifully marbled quarters of the bull are currently aging in the barn for a couple of weeks when the dividing into cuts will be muddled through. My husband built a furnace to control the…
One of our goals on our homestead is that our operational costs would be comparable to what we would be paying for food at the grocery store but that our food would in most cases be superior in flavor and nutritional value as a result of the freshness factor. But the thing is that we…
It’s time to milk the family cow! How do you safely and quickly get all of white frothy goodness from the cow to the table? Here’s how we’ve been doing it for years.
The “new thing” I learned this month was how to milk a cow. And care for the cow before and after milking; how to handle the milk; that raw milk is really delicious- and no, I’m not just saying that! I honestly expected to make some huge transition in order to force myself to get…
So the big conversation around here this week has been what to do about Maybelle. It turns out that she is not pregnant. Ever seen a cow take a pregnancy test? It’s not pretty. I’m very thankful that we ladies just have to collect samples and dip a stick in it. Poor gal had to…