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This thread went from general homesteading to sheep real fast! Lol I'm glad though, I'm very interested in these sheep. I've been on good old Pinterest looking up info about them today, NH Homesteader, if you don't have Pinterest you should definitely get one, I find it super helpful with...

Wait scratch the hair question, I just looked them up and by the looks of it they don't have much hair :lol:

I'm right there with ya! I might get a couple ewes in the spring too. But I'll have to decide if it's worth it or not, I'd probably only want to use two acres.. so six ewes. Would that yield much profit? Of course if it were going well and they weren't burning through the grass I could always...

Whoa.. that conversation has about convinced me to get some! I might look into it in the spring. Not sure if I already asked this/if it's been answered, but how many sheep per acre would you say? (Without them ruining the ground or needing a ton of feed)

That's interesting sounding. I might have to try that sometime

Yes good grass is everything. I'd like to set up 3 rotational pastures at my place and stall them at night to make things a little easier, but that'll take some time. And ew to Canadian bacon :tongue

Yes it really does depend on where you are, and who you know at that. My grandpa has 60 acres split into three 15ish acre fields, with another little field off to the side and about a 5 acre field that's mostly consumed by a big pond, and then the area where the house/barn/round pen/"arena" is...

Just joking about the bacon anyways :rolleyes: And I don't doubt that they're not anymore expensive than horses, I just can't afford both! Lol. And even though horses don't have much use, they win over goats for me because horses are what I'm passionate about. Horses don't always have to be as...

If I raised a pig for myself and not my dogs, it would last me a long time! I rarley eat pork, and usually only in bacon form. I'd have to have the whole pig made into bacon :lol: If I decide to do pigs I'd get one guinea hog, raise it and eat it. If I like it maybe I'd raise my own. (2 sows and...

Yeah I think I've decided to completely cut goats out of my plan! Expensive little suckers lol. My horses cost $35 a month during the winter, at most. Plus wormer 2x a year. My cousin can trim their feet and so far I haven't had to float their teeth yet but I imagine I will sometime. Don't know...

Mostly I meant eliminating my bills - like electricity, groceries, etc. and lessening then animals feed bill. I know that horses will never pay for themselves. I'll only be keeping 2/3 at my farm, and if I need to keep them stalled with feed and only turn them out a couple hours - half a day to...

Sounds pretty! I had a cremello for a while, he was beautiful but he was a turd. Looked white until he got wet then you could see he had a white blaze. And isn't that what they always do? Lol things sure would be easier if they were like other animals and only had to eat once a day instead of 24/7!

Llamas were all fun and games until one chased me down one time. My grandmas devil llama. She still gives me the stink eye.

Oooh. I could never! Lol the only creatures on this planet I can't stand are worms, grasshoppers, sloths, and llamas :lol:

Yes I'm thinking another cow might work best too. I could keep two jerseys together or keep one at my house and one at my grandpas (although I do like for them to have buddies). I'm in Missouri and at my grandpas there's is grazing year round unless it snows. If it's a light snow and the grass...

I have two quarter horse mares, a palomino with Mr.Gunsmoke on her papers, and a sooty buckskin with Two Eyed Jack on her papers, and I have a gold champagne Missouri Fox Trotter mare that I rescued

Thank you for all the good advice! I'll start by saying that I already have 3 horses :lol: so I can't exactly wait to get them later! And now I'll give you some more back ground, becuase it may make a difference to some of your advice. Or maybe not. The farm was left to my mom, by her dad. We...

You know, I've seen a lot of people say mushrooms are a good selling "niche", so that's definitely crossed the mind, I just don't know much about mushrooms lol

Why exactly is it recommended to keep them separated? I might be better off getting another milk cow until mine is old enough! All these goats sure are adding up fast and I haven't even got any yet lol. I love the big pigs, but as a short, wimpy, single, 19 year old girl, I wouldn't be able...

Oops, I should've clarified! 1 or 2 females. Of course I'll have a male becuase no male = no babies = no milk lol. So total of 2 or 3 goats, really. And the barbed wire is for a cow lol I've already got good secure fencing I can use for goats :p lol yeah I know that's the general rule too! And...