This is my milk and feed “room”, under an awning on the side of the landlord’s shed. Ken, best hubby in the world, made me the cool milk stand.
This is the manor castle, laundry room, banquet hall, and aviary (chicken coop). Oh yes, and part of the garden too.
This is a shot of the main garden earlier this month. Wow, I didn’t realize how much had grown in the last month. The last bed is packed with flowers now. The second on the right is full of tomato plants. Two more are started with corn. And one is started with sunflowers. Just finished spraying for pests with a mixture from a master gardener. It dropped two cabbage worms, one moth, and two grasshoppers while I was spraying!! Hopefully the battle with the cabbage worms has been won!! This was a mixture of tobacco juice, mouthwash, soap, and garlic juice. Sounded pretty weird, but if it works like I think it did tonight, this is great!
Letting our goats graze
Hello everyone!
We like to let our goats, sheep and other animals graze freely every day.
Here are some important things to check for before, during and after your animals are grazing.
- Check pasture for poisonous plants. http://goat-link.com/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,51/ We leave baking soda in their pens and pastures along with their minerals just in case they eat something bad for them. Normally the baking soda will fix the problem.
- Make sure the waters don’t have holes and are clean and full. They will not drink the water if it is dirty or has a dead mouse.
- Check your goats. Make sure they are not limping, standing alone, or not eating. It is important to know your goats and know what they are normally acting like so when they start to get sick you can fix the problem quickly.
Knowing the basic first aid for your goats is also helpful. I worked with our vet and bought some books about goat first aid and it has helped us a lot! ๐
Here is a link to a website that talks a little bit about it. http://www.napga.org/downloads/firstaid.pdf
I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Until the whole world hears,
Beth Joy Wood
Feed mix
We have a mineral mix available at all times for the goats as well as a tray of Kelp.
Our does are getting the same “new momma” herbal mixture and red raspberry leaves that I mentioned last week. They also get their cereal mix which consists of the following:
100lbs oats
100lbs wheat bran
100lbs corn
100lbs shredded beet pulp
100lbs barley
100lbs of sunflowers
100lbs 40%protein
30lbs of molasses
Soy oil or linseed oil
Protein: 14.58
Fat: 2.15
Fiber: 5.10
~Vinigar Of The Four Thieves~
Hello everybody!
After the 2 weeks is over, drain off all the herbs. Chop 2 Tbs. into the liqiud and put in a pot and steep for 3 days. Do NOT boil. If you cook it to fast it will make your house stink.
Feed Your Goats Naturally- Momma Mixture
Hello Everybody!
I thought I would share with you this week how we feed our goats. We like to feed them with natural foods.
We dry a lot of our own fruits, herbs and veggies. I just love to go out to the garden and pick fresh food and the prepare it for our animals or save it for a later date.
My momma made our own grain recipe and a “Momma mixture” that we give to the goats after they have kidded.
This is the Momma Mixture recipe that we came up with.
Momma Mixture
One part Chamomile flowers
One part Tyme
One part Peppermint
Two part Red Raspberry leaves
You just take each of these ingredients, dry, and mix them together in a coffee can, cocoa can or a glass jar. We normally mix it in a hot cocoa can because then we can put it out in the barn and we don’t have to worry about a glass jar braking or anything like that. You can mix this with their grain or feed it to them plain. We give them 1Tbs morning and night (two Tbs daily) for about two weeks before they kid and two weeks after the kid.
If any of you try this out please let me know how it worked for you! ๐
Until the whole world hears,
Beth Joy Wood
Our Herb Cabinet
Last year we gathered nettles, dried them and then fed to our goats. Nettles help the doe produce more milk.
This is a photo of one of our bucks last year, Cookie.