Harvesting Rabbits!! Look Away!!
Harvesting Rabbits. Here I go again, asking for hate mail. I really don’t know why vegetarians even visit my blog. Really? Go somewhere else. I eat meat. I like meat. I don’t want my meat to be...
View Article2 New Thoughts on Butchering
I’ve had 2 New Thoughts on Butchering Recently. Thanks to the Homesteaders Food Challenge and my general obsession with raising all my own food, I have spent the past 4-6 months, give or take, killing...
View ArticleWhat Killed the Chicken?
If you keep chickens long enough, you will eventually find yourself scratching your head asking this question: “What Killed the Chicken?” It may be one chicken. It may be an entire flock. If you keep...
View ArticleHow To Band a Calf
“El Torro No Mas!” There are several ways to turn a bull into a steer. A bull is a semen shooting, fully intact, male bovine animal. A steer is a bull who no longer has balls. Sorry for saying balls. I...
View ArticleChicken Advice No One Tells You
I have all sorts of random chicken advice. It’s the kind of advice that no one tells you in the books or at the tractor stores where many people buy chicks. This list is not exhaustive and probably...
View Article4 Reasons Dairy Cows (& their Owners) Take Breaks From Milking
4 Reasons Milk Cows (& their Owners) Take Breaks From Milking If you have a milk cow (or several) you will eventually, probably, take breaks from milking. It is inevitable. Not only is it a fact of...
View ArticleThe Truth About Electric Milkers – Is it faster? Better? Easier?
I have been asked the same question numerous times in the past 2 weeks…… by different people. If there have been people writing to me, asking about an electric milk pump – that probably means there...
View ArticleIf You Have Livestock (Cows, goats, sheep) and Your Grass is Turning Green –...
It is time to get your high-mag blocks and high-mag minerals in your fields! The grass is turning green at an alarming rate around here. When you see the grass changing color you know it’s time to bulk...
View ArticleWhat to Feed a Cow
What to feed a cow. If you get a cow and want to be a good Cow-Mommy or Daddy one of the first things you want to get right is their diet. Many things can be prevented by making sure your cow is...
View ArticleHow to Get a Cow to Adopt a Calf
How to Get a Cow to Adopt a Calf. I have successfully grafted several calves onto 3 different Jersey cows. These were calves that the mama cows did not give birth to. 3 different cows. 3 different...
View Article5 Reasons to Get Pigs This Year!
Folks – it is piggie time and this is one of my favorite times of year. If you haven’t met me yet, or haven’t been hanging around thefarmbarbie.com long enough, you may not know that I love pigs....
View ArticleHow to Keep Kids Safe Around Livestock
Are Pigs Dangerous? This is a question I get. Is it dangerous to keep pigs? Is it dangerous to keep pigs if you have small children? I’ve been raising pigs for years. I’ve also had children for...
View ArticleHow Do I Stop a Cow From Nursing?
How to stop a cow from nursing…. I have all sorts of experiences with cows nursing off my Jersey’s udders when I do not want them to. Sometimes it was sweet. Who’s heart isn’t touched when you see a...
View ArticleHow To Clear Land by Hand
Clearing land by hand. If you have been trying to loose 10 pounds for the past 5 years – this may do the trick. I have a little advice for those of you about to make the “jump” to the country – if at...
View ArticleWhy You Should Get a Cow
If you have a farm and you have an acre, I think you should consider a cow. Really. The world has gone chicken crazy, but I think they are just scratching the surface. The backyard cow is the next big...
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