This weekend we slaughtered, skinned, and eviscerated our first steer.He was a 2 1/2 year old Irish Dexter and was born onto our homestead to our first family milk cow, Maybelle. We chose Dexters because they are dual-purpose, hardy, thrifty, and supposedly make a nice grass-fed beef. That way any calves born into our very…
A list of bovine problems that we face on our homestead.
After you’ve settled the great cow vs. goat debate in your mind, you need to begin researching the ins and outs of owning a family cow. There is a TON of information you will need to sift through and learn before you begin. (Unless you want to do it the hard way. Like we did.) Since…
Long ago (6 years) and in a far away land (2 hours north of where I sit now) I brought home my first milk cow, Maybelle. She was young and bred and dry. In just a few months we would learn how to milk a cow and be swimming (not literally) in all of the…
Learn how to safely dry up a lactating dairy cow so that she stops producing milk prior to freshening at the birth of her next calf.