Recent content by Morgk

Like coldest here is -30

I know everyone has different opinions and I’m open to all of them. I’m live in Northwestern Wi so the climate is different then Florida’s. I’m wondering what are the best homestead animal breeds for the ones I list below. I will need them cold hardy. Pigs, Dairy Cow, Pet Goats and Dairy Goats...

How many rabbits do u have with your quail? What’s you set up?

So I have some polish that get picked in by the other hens and I was wondering if I can put my pet rabbits and polish chickens together?

So I am in the future planning to have a coop separate for egg color genetics. This is kinda what I’m thinking and tell me if I’m on track or what I should add or take out. I want a ameraucana rooster to breed with my ameraucana hens along with olive egger hens and marans. Is that a good set to...

So sometime in the future I’m interested in getting red golden pheasants. I have a couple of question ingenral first - How much do you sell the eggs or chicks as? - Are they easy to raise or tricky? - How is the best way to raise them? Like enclosure ideas or coops. - What is the ration from...

I’ve started watching White House on the hill and I love their birds and set up

What did you guys learn the most from these incredible people?

I didn’t like homesteady much myself. And Justin Rhodes to me is inspiring. Yes I don’t agree with Elliot homestead either on what they do for remodeling but she has beautiful cottage gardens

I watch: - Appalachian Homestead - Arms Family Homestead - Art and Bri - Justin Rhodes - Roots and Refuge Farm - Elliot Homestead - Cog Hill Family Farm - Becky’s Homestead - Just a few acres farm - Weed Em and Reap - Jill Weinger Homestead Who do u all watch? These are who I watch...

Yes. That’s a good idea. I want to be at lead 50% self sufficient. I’m by myself so all this will would be buy me. Plus I’m hoping to be a vet tech and have a full time job. So I’m looking for something that can handle what my needs are. That’s when I think to myself living by myself that not to...

In so it’s pretty good land. I would say more forest- and then good grazing/ fields

I was thinking/goal: 2 horses: pasture and hay 2-4 pigs: a breeding stock and piglets- foraging and grain 15 goats for selling babies and milking grazing and hay with grain 4 barn cats- feed 2 dogs inside and outside-feed 10 bantam chickens- penned up with feed and 40 standard size...

2-4 cows I have a pony and a paint The cows will be a breeding stock that would forage most summer and raising their calf’s for butcher. They’re going to be dexter so milk or beef. And no horse babies as their geldings

How many acres is a good amount to homestead? I would be having couple cows and pigs, rabbits and quail, turkeys, chickens, ducks and geese. I will be having also horses and goats and cats and dogs. I think 15-20 acres would be good plus a garden and orchid