Welcome to the cool-kids milking club… Yep. If you are reading this, you are no doubt, about to join the milking club by bringing a goat or cow onto your homestead, right? Right. Well, not to long ago I was right where you are. I was googling ‘how to milk’, ‘tips for milking’, ‘milking supplies’, ‘how…
Dear Amanda- A Letter to the Stranger That Changed Our Lives
Dear Amanda, How can I ever repay you for your generosity? How can I even put into words what you have done for my family? I remember receiving your email like it was yesterday… As a matter of fact, I remember every moment down to the last detail. I had prayed before bed, as I…
Fermented Chicken Feed
I swear it’s like I’ve found my calling and I’ve run with it… Lately, all I seem to be doing is fermenting things like: asparagus, lemons, and sauerkraut. Fermenting is the process of lacto-fermentation. Lacto-fermentation has been around since the dawn of time, as my momma used to say! To keep it simple… Fermenting =…
Raising Baby Chicks- Top 5 Chicken Supplies
You just couldn’t resist buying baby chicks, could ya? Well, good news! I can’t blame ya- not one bit! We order baby chicks multiple times a year- twice for meat (Spring and Fall) and once for eggs (Spring). We like to have a mixed flock of various breeds of chickens and ducks. That way we…
Your Guide to Buying Meat Chickens
Oh. My. Word. I wish you were here for dinner last week… Why? I’m glad you asked. We had the most delicious chicken that we have ever eaten. Where did it come from? Well- I’m glad you asked that too. It came from our backyard. Yep. From our hard work. Family work. Homesteading efforts. And boy, were…
5 Reasons To Have A Cow On The Homestead
By: Jenna from The Flip Flop Barnyard, Contributing Writer We are very fortunate to have recently acquired a family milk cow. Her name is Gertie and I just love her. What she brings to our homestead and offers to my family is just priceless. I see owning a cow on the homestead is a such…
How To Tell If Ducks Are Laying
There’s nothin’ like the excitement of that first egg…. Unless you’ve been waiting forever- like us. All we want is our ducks eggs!! But patience is a virtue, right? I suppose. But sadly, it isn’t one of mine. Ducks are awesomely awesome at hiding their eggs. So good, in fact, I just made up a saying for it (awesomely awesome)….
How to Prepare for Goats – The Necessities
I know you are totally begging/stealing/kissing whatever… …to totally get goats, right? Oh, wait. Was that just me? My bad, my friends. But it’s the truth. I had been wanting goats for over two years and Mountain Man was dead set against it. He thought there were other things that we should be concentrating on….