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We are going boer it is of course a meat goat with horns, not the best milker or high fat, but hopefully will provide us with plenty of milk, And hopefully yogurt, maybe if lucky cream and cheese, and if we get excess we will likely do pigs too with the spare food.The term "homestead" definitely came from America, from the 1800s when the government gave people land for free in "new" territories (which weren't actually new, just new to European settlers after the Native people had been kicked off their land.) If the settlers could build a house and raise crops or livestock in two years, they would receive permanent ownership of the land.
Today, the term "homesteader" can mean lots of different ways of life, but the commonality is that they live self-sufficiently, with all or at least most of their needs met by what they can grow, raise or create from the resources on their land. Most of the time, it involves off-grid power from solar, windmills, or a hydro system from a nearby river or creek.
Often it's a "work-in-progress" where at times someone in the family has to work for an outside employer to pay the taxes, doctor, or vet. But as long as they're developing more skills and things to sell or barter in order to get away from the need for outside employment, or at least employment outside of their local community, it counts as "homesteading."
It sounds like what you're doing definitely qualifies!
What breed of goats are you raising? Are they for milk, meat, or selling babies?
We plan to breed, I understand after you bred first time unlike cows they keep milking, but we will likely rebReed. Boys are likely to end up in the pot although the first boy is a wither companion and not for the pot, to be honest we rarely sell and rarely eat, although I have eaten goat and liked it, we will try selling them first if it comes to that but I understand boys more often end up in the pot poor souls. As a limiter of cockerals i have had to harden my soft heat, and if the neck does not go first time I can get upset. But I balance it with they had a good life not couped up in small cages.