homesteading group to join?

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  • August 28, 2013 at 11:54 am
    jeaninpa
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    We’re moving back out to the country and we plan to raise some animals and get back to gardening.  We’ve been on a tiny lot for the last three years and we are thankful for the opportunity to have some land again.  I’m searching for a Yahoo group or something similar to join to have a place where I can ask questions about raising animals.  Suggestions, please?

    August 28, 2013 at 12:09 pm
    RobinP
    Participant

    My favorite online go-to is the Keeping a Family Cow website. They have a fabulous forum with knowledgable folks to find out about all things cow and any other homesteading question you might have.

    keepingafamilycow.com

    August 28, 2013 at 12:36 pm
    Wings2fly
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    As a child, I wanted a cow. Now we are in the country and could have one. But then I suppose there would be no more vacations, right? Plus I wonder how much it would cost.

    August 28, 2013 at 1:06 pm
    jeaninpa
    Participant

    As a child, I had a cow — over a thousand of them actually.  I really don’t need to go down that road again especially since we have a dairy where we purchase raw milk for $2/gal and is less than a mile form us.  Smile

     

    We are getting ducks this week though and we might do chickens and meat goats.  I think we’d like to avoid something that needs to be milked every day.  

    August 28, 2013 at 1:11 pm
    RobinP
    Participant

    This site is so much more than cows. There are sub-sections on the forum dealing with every area of homesteading you can imagine.

    August 28, 2013 at 1:12 pm
    missceegee
    Participant

    $2 a gallon. Wow. I pay almost $10!

    August 28, 2013 at 1:37 pm
    jeaninpa
    Participant

    missceegee — I KNOW!! It’s a ridiculously good price.

    RobinP — Thank you for the site — it looks wonderful.  I did understand that it was more than cows, just digressing a bit I guess.  

    Do any of you have suggestions for animals that you’ve tried raising?

    August 28, 2013 at 1:51 pm
    Gem
    Participant

    Check out Homesteading Today and Mary Jane’s Farm for some friendly forums.

    Animals – every homestead needs chickens! Great place to start 🙂 We do chickens, pigs, rabbits. We have had ducks. We grow a big market garden and I sell veggies and eggs through my small subscription based CSA. http://sunshinefordinner.com/

    I wish we could have a cow but we don’t have a big fenced grassy area for her, and I have access to free raw goat milk from a relative. If we didn’t I would probably keep some milk goats. Cow milk for $2 a gallon! That is crazy cheap! 

    Have fun! It’s a wonderful lifeSmile

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