What is the Best Animal for Your Homestead?

What animal is best for homesteading? If you could only have one animal on your homestead, what should it be?
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Lumnah Acres - / @lumnahacres
Keeping It Dutch - / colt40farns
If you were only going to have one animal on your homestead, it should be a COW!
Cows are an incredible animal. They are capable of turning grass into milk, meat, and fertilizer. The milk that a good jersey cow gives is rich in cream, which then can be used to make butter, cheese, or enjoyed as cream!
There is such a variety of products that one cow can give...
But keeping a family cow is a lot of work! And in todays video we explore how much work a family cow is through the eyes of someone who isn't used to the work involved... ME!
K does the daily cow chores in our family, but today I get dirty milking a cow, and see if I still think that a cow is best!
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