Hello from the buckeye state

[Sassafras II]

I've been watching this site for a while and decided I'd better register. I really like the wide range of topics here😉

 

[Sassafras II]

I have 3 gardens around 24/40ft each, a small orchard and a few blueberry bushes and blackberries.
As far as livestock, sheep, goats, rabbits and chickens

 

[Sassafras II]

Wow that's a lot of bluberries! I only have four, I would like to double if not triple that number this year as we eat a lot!
I have Finnsheep and Awassi/East Frisian sheep, Nigerian Dwarf and Mini Nubian goats, American chinchilla, French Angora and Holland lop rabbits.

 

[Sassafras II]

One of my rams has a bit of Finn in him. Otherwise they're commercial mix. I think Ile de France is the most predominant breed I have, but the most of mine are 1/4 that or less. Other ram is 1/2 Ile de France. They are white face with pretty dishes faces like Arabian horses.

Our 2 pasture pet goats are Nigerian Dwarf wethers. I raised French Angoras about a decade ago and my most recent rabbit experience was with Holland Lops and Netherland Dwarfs. I miss the buns, I gave them up due to health problems. The Silkie chicks are an experiment. If I am okay with their care through winter, I might get rabbits again!

Mini Nubian goats sound awesome! My goats are 7 years old, still going strong. But someday I'll need to find other goats. I have a hillside area for the goats - they keep the brush controlled and mow it for us.

I have a 8 year old Finn ewe who had triplets this year. I really like the finns because they are triple purpose, milk, meat and wool. I can sell their wool for $10/pound. I get 6-12 pounds per sheep per year.
This is the first year I've milked them..the milk tastes really good. And last year was the first we put some lambs in the freezer. Two lambs put 100 pounds of meat in the freezer.

 

[Sassafras II]

I always mulch with pine shavings and prune them every spring.

 

[tortoise]

One of my rams has a bit of Finn in him. Otherwise they're commercial mix. I think Ile de France is the most predominant breed I have, but the most of mine are 1/4 that or less. Other ram is 1/2 Ile de France. They are white face with pretty dishes faces like Arabian horses.

Our 2 pasture pet goats are Nigerian Dwarf wethers. I raised French Angoras about a decade ago and my most recent rabbit experience was with Holland Lops and Netherland Dwarfs. I miss the buns, I gave them up due to health problems. The Silkie chicks are an experiment. If I am okay with their care through winter, I might get rabbits again!

Mini Nubian goats sound awesome! My goats are 7 years old, still going strong. But someday I'll need to find other goats. I have a hillside area for the goats - they keep the brush controlled and mow it for us.

 

[Sassafras II]

Right, I give them a lot of water in the summer. results: HUGE blueberries!

 

[Chic Rustler]

hello and WELCOME from Texas. what all do you have on the homestead?

I have a small garden, a few rabbits, some chickens and a weedy looking orchard. I've recently been thinking on quail but haven't made up my mind

 

[Britesea]

welcome to the craziness!

 

[Hinotori]

Welcome from Washington state