tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post2560961208278219932..comments2023-11-03T08:56:03.162-04:00Comments on Grow the Change: Our HomesteadFreija and Beringian Fritillaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11591614320106389316noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post-48609284107352873162008-10-13T15:55:00.000-04:002008-10-13T15:55:00.000-04:00Hello gail. You are not alone! Love the goat in ...Hello gail. You are not alone! Love the goat in the bag pic. We are looking forward to butchering time, he is really filling out.Freija and Beringian Fritillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11591614320106389316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post-39035223319113967122008-10-10T07:53:00.000-04:002008-10-10T07:53:00.000-04:00I received your comment on our Gelvieh bull. We l...I received your comment on our Gelvieh bull. We love the breed. They are gentle, easy to fence, and easy keepers. We have just buthered our first meat. The meat is marbled, very tender, flavorful and quit lean.<BR/>For more Gelbvieh information check out http://cattle-today.com/Gelbvieh.htm <BR/>Thanks for reading my blog...I was beginning to think I was alone in cyberspace.Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post-13294347260879864472008-09-16T16:41:00.000-04:002008-09-16T16:41:00.000-04:00tansy, I love your new collaborative blog, very ex...tansy, I love your new collaborative blog, very exciting.<BR/><BR/>About the butter, Mother Earth says it can be done http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/1975-05-01/How-To-Make-Butter-From-Goatmilk.aspx. We have an old cream separator, and I am pretty sure the goat farmer who owned it used it to separate goat's milk. I spoke with a woman who used to make goat butter. She put the milk in a shallow pan in the fridge with a layer of wax paper covering it. I think she left it 24 hours, maybe more, and when she peeled back the wax paper, the cream came with it. She would scrape it off and keep it until she had enough for butter. She didn't get all of the butterfat, but enough to keep butter on the table. I don't think I could live without butter, so one way or another, I'll get butter from those goats!Freija and Beringian Fritillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11591614320106389316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post-2434821086637330432008-09-14T22:31:00.000-04:002008-09-14T22:31:00.000-04:00the downside is no butter. :( this is something i ...the downside is no butter. :( this is something i struggle with since i love butter & buttermilk. the cultured stuff just isn't the same. we have la manchas & nubians. <BR/><BR/>but, the feed issues are logical. <BR/><BR/>i look forward to reading more about your life!tansyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126378170210755616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post-2218256791440610162008-09-10T15:35:00.000-04:002008-09-10T15:35:00.000-04:00Susy, a dairy cow requires a lot of high quality f...Susy, a dairy cow requires a lot of high quality food, and cows are less efficient digesters than goats. The amount of hay and grain we had to plant and harvest for her, we were finding ourselves stretched just to keep her going. For comparison: a Jersey cow gives 4 gallons a day on the same amount of feed required for at least four milking does. From four milking does you could get 8 gallons a day. So we could keep two goats, get the same milk and on half the feed. We didn't realize how high maintenance Jersey cows were when we bought her.Freija and Beringian Fritillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11591614320106389316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3420957879376754270.post-78935778180092463422008-09-04T22:54:00.000-04:002008-09-04T22:54:00.000-04:00Beautiful. So, why are goats better than a cow fo...Beautiful. So, why are goats better than a cow for the small homestead? And how many goats do you need for the two of you?Chiot's Runhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086153621579437021noreply@blogger.com