Hailing from New Zealand, the Kiko goat was bred to grow fast and function as a high-production meat goat. The word “Kiko” is derived from the Maori word meaning meat or flesh. And the breed ...
How to Plant a Bee Garden to Help Them Thrive and Get Better Honey
There’s so much more to being a beekeeper than just tending to your apiary. Once you’ve dived into this fulfilling beekeeping hobby, you will soon realize that you have opened the door to other ...
A Goatherd’s Guide to Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis (CAE) in Goats
When you make the choice to add animals to your life, you carry the responsibility of taking their health into your hands. Goats, for example, are quite a hardy critter, but they are not without their ...
How to Handle the Odd Behavior of a Goat Buck in Rut
Your goat kid has been a little bundle of joy, but the time has come for him to grow into a full-blown buck. You knew this day would come and your buck would be...well, a little less cuddly than he ...
The Complete Guide to Sun Drying Fruits and Vegetables
Drying fruits, vegetables, and herbs is a process that has been around for a long time. In fact, it's one of the earliest known methods of food preservation. Today, we take the ability to ...
The Beginners Guide to Training Pack Goats
Pack goats are becoming increasingly popular among survivalists and homesteaders. Previously, they’ve been called upon for hiking, camping, and hunting trips. If you start training pack goats ...
Pack Goats: The Benefits, Breeds, Characteristics, and Equipment
Goats have many uses, milk, cheese, fiber, but there’s one overlooked job your goat can do for you that you may not have heard of: carrying your load. Goats that are trained to carry your extra ...
How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds for a Healthy Snack
Pumpkins have many uses, and the one that gets the most attention is the beloved Jack-O-Lantern...and that makes sense. The smell of a roasting pumpkin casserole in the oven is to die for, pumpkin ...
How to Take Care of Baby Goats – Everything You Need to Know
There’s no sweeter sound than a newborn kid bleating for the first time. If you’ve had a successful kidding, and your doe has been attended to, you might be wondering, what’s next for the ...