I had always planned to get a pair of Pilgrim geese, and the timing to collect a young male/female just fell nicely with a trip to Tilley Farm; homebase for Tellington Touch training in UK. Each month a group of rescue sight hounds come to Tilley Farm for a ttouch session with Sarah Fisher, Tina [...]
Dominance- outdated and incorrect
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Remember, Remember, the 5th of November!
Spare a thought for the dogs and cats out there who will not be enjoying all the whizzes and bangs of firework night. Here are some tips to keep dogs calm and help them deal with their anxiety. Make sure that where your dog hides, is not an alcove in your house, as this increases [...]
Taking time out
Life can get so busy that sometimes you forget to stop and look. Tonight I did just that. I watched my two dogs. They were playing, and sometimes this can get quite noisy and with two big dogs, stuff can get knocked! Sometimes, I admit, I find this annoying…like they are “acting up”. Other times I [...]
Licensed…
Received notification today, that we are now licensed…to walk the goats. It was easy enough process, so now just need to get them used to walking on halter/collar and lead! So watch this space for adventures of the Homestead goats.
Updates to the Homestead critters!
Well, it has been a while since I updated, bad blogger that I am! Since I last wrote we have more geese, more ducks and some non poultry additions…3 goats!
Meet JarJar and Binks
The kid goats These are our 13 wk old twins, who are still being bottle fed. They lost their mum. They are amazingly cheeky and fun to have around. I hope they will learn the ropes from Aunty Cocoa.
Meet Cocoa
Facial hair is very becoming if you are a goat lady This is Cocoa, our 3 yr old Toggie type. She provides us with about 1.5 litres of milk a day. She is a lovely, friendly doe. She also wears her lady beard with pride. She wears the collar that came with our dobe granny [...]
We have goats!
After reading an advert for a goat with wonky udders, not suitable for machine milking, we thought she would be the ideal candidate to come join us here at the Homestead. Being from a dairy herd she would be used to handling and would also be a good “starter” goat for us. As with all [...]
