New to sheep / goats any special reason you have them kid in the winter????Well, it's nothing I did to prep but this is the second set of kids this season....3 more pregnant does to go.
Sorry about the quality, it's dark and rainy out this AM.
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Depending on the breed of goat, they come into heat once, twice, or constantly per year. Most breeds are ready to breed in the spring or fall....not all but most of mine are impregnated in the fall....150 day gestation...winter kids!New to sheep / goats any special reason you have them kid in the winter????
Gotcha we have katahdin seems they are in heat year round lol
Rabbits are about the easiest livestock to raise....pressure cook em with BBQ sauceI got on a list for some pullets in the spring. I'll be adding 8 more birds to my small backyard flock. I heard chickens are the gateway drug to more and more livestock and I'm starting to see that. I wouldn't mind getting some rabbits now too, but I have zero experience with them.
I've never raised them and honestly can't remember the last time I field dressed one. I imagine the chickens would love some rabbit guts. I like the idea of the fresh manure to go straight on a garden and I like the idea of a small steady stream of meat coming in.Rabbits are about the easiest livestock to raise....pressure cook em with BBQ sauce
You may check Menards, I believe their green buckets are food grade (not marked as such but the same plastic code).Went to Home Depot yesterday and bought a half dozen food grade buckets, just $7.00 each. They had a screw on lid kit for $8.00 each.
A lot cheaper than buying on Amazon or Ebay.
Will spend my weekend bagging and vacuum sealing potato flakes.
Driving into work today I heard on the radio people talking about $8 per dozen eggs. I've been hearing of $6 per dozen in my area, and honestly thinking of running over to rural king and buying a bunch of chicks just to stay ahead of it.
NYC has absolutely zero appeal to me for so many reasons, but I'm happy for people that want to be there. Personally, I'm happy to walk out into my backyard and pickup a hand full of eggs that I know exactly where they came from and how they were brought into this world. I'm not worried about trains or trucks shutting down or any of that, I just worry about having enough bags of feed for my birdies.I have seen people in Manhatten reporting about eggs at $8.00 a dozen. Yes, NYC is always more expensive but that is crazy. Imagine what a Egg McMuffin in NYC will run you now.