We have recently started up a small, raw milk dairy, weaned the calves and have moved to twice a day milking. I am expecting our third child (3 under 4) and was wondering about how I am going to manage to leave our place again. How do you balance being able to go to things…
Is it wrong to give a dairy cow feed with grain? The rage is all about 100% grass-fed dairy, but we’re giving our family milk cow grain and here’s why.
This isn’t a ranting post though. More of a rambling one. Though I’m sure if you gave me a minute a topic could come to mind.
This little fellow is Rusty. He was born out in the pasture after his mom gave no indication that his birth was imminen.
One Year Ago: Meet Holly. You’ll have to excuse her terrified expression. You see, she’s six years old and has never been off the Amish farm where she was born until now. She had just had her first trailer ride and this was probably her first photo session. It took one bag of milk replacer…
One Year Ago: ~2012 Meat Chicken Cost Analysis~ I don’t know if it was because it was almost surreal that we were actually going after all this time, or that my first trimester discomforts and exhaustion seeped well into the second trimester or that orchestrating the moving a large family and homestead across the state is…