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So, You Want to Sell Goat Meat Online? Here’s How We Do It.

By Jesse Dustin
A few years ago, I had the crazy idea to leave my career, start a homestead, and become a Goat Farmer. Well, now we had…
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Heritage Breeds on the Homestead: Oldies, but Goodies

By Regina Anneler
The dream of coming back to basics, down to our roots, and achieving self-sufficiency is a worthy one.  You put lots of time, money and…
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When Coyotes Threaten Your Livestock

By Jo Ann Abell
One evening as the sun slipped behind the Short Hills in Rockbridge County, Virginia, I had just shut the chicken coop when the evening quiet…
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Goat Kidding Season — It’s No Joke

By Kathy Bernier
Live births are a big deal.  Whether you are the mother at the end of her pregnancy, the newborn breathing air for the first time,…
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Angora Rabbits: The Wool Industry’s Pride and Joy

By Victoria Varga
It’s no secret that the world’s softest garment fiber comes from a docile and adorable animal called the Angora Rabbit.  Quiet and calm by nature,…
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How to Properly Clip a Chicken’s Wing

By Heather Edwards
To answer the age-old question: yes, chickens can fly. Those who consider chickens to be flightless birds have likely never owned any. Even with four-…
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The Humble Homestead Donkey: A Royal Farm Friend

By Mariann Foster
Donkeys can be seen across America and in fields around the world. They have helped mankind by easing workloads, protecting livestock and family, as a…
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How to Make Goat Milk Butter

By Alexia Allen
The first thing to do before learning to make goat milk butter is, of course, milk your adorable little goaties.  I used to scoff at…
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The Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a Homesteader

By Wren Everett
Returning to the land is a desire that has coursed through the hearts of certain people as long as there have been cities to escape…
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The Thrill of the Small-Animal Auction

By Anthony Okrongly
It was 9:00 on a frigid Saturday night in mid-January. The sun had long since passed across the horizon and it was pitch dark outside.…
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Bad Boys on the Homestead

By Betty Taylor
It’s autumn and Romeo smells like he just peed all over himself... which he has... for the umpteenth time.  The usually-white hair of his black-and-white…
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Wintertime on the Homestead

By April Freeman
Snow, ice, sleet, and wind.  Darkness at 4 p.m., rock-hard ground, frozen water-troughs, frostbitten ears on calves, milk frozen in buckets, salt feeders buried under…

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