I absolutely love this series. This is information that is difficult to find on your own. I'm super impressed with the way you are able to collect the information and put it into manageable chunks. I would love to see one about cotournix quail and other fowl like ducks nd turkeys
We just got our very first goats over the weekend, this video helped me so much with understanding their diets more, this is definitely one I'll be coming back to as we grow our herd more too and are ready to grow more feed on our own! Thank you!!
For future reference For your other videos and this one too!!! Fiber production: Pygora/nigora goat: 8oz - 3Ib per year over 2 shearing. Mohair: 10Ib - 20Ib per year over 2 shearing. Cashmere: 6oz - 8oz per year over 2 shearing. Angora rabbits: 8oz - 2Ib per year over 4 shearing. Sheep: 2Ib - 30Ib per year over 1 shearing. Alpaca: 5Ib - 10Ib per year over 1 shearing. This all depends on the breed of animal, but these are general averages.
I sincerely hope you are working on a book! By the time you are done fulfilling the requests in the comments, you would have plenty of content for a killer reference guide. Take my money! It would shoot straight to the top of my booklist, which is hella extensive.
Loving these in-depth videos. SO helpful. We knew we would get goats within a couple years of moving to our new land, but didn’t think it would be this year until one Saturday we got a call and ended up with a 3 day old Nigerian Dwarf kid in our bathroom that night. Her owners were out of town and she was the runt, momma was neglecting her. She’s doing great now, almost 2 months old. She’s been raised with ducklings but now we’ve got to get her some buddies of her own kind. Thank you for this video. I think I might print out your article to have on hand. I would absolutely buy a book from you on these things! Would you ever consider doing one of these videos on feeding farm dogs off the land?
I truly appreciate all the work you put into these videos! We have always lived in central Missouri. I have been to the Rocky Mountains many times elk hunting. We are discussing selling all 3 farm properties and moving to the far NW of Montana when his parents are no longer with us. So I am truly learning a lot more than I anticipated and he is actually trying to do the same. We watch you together. I am making notes to keep on hand….I have seizures and that affects my memory at times. We are both 51 and have spent our lives on farms and raisin & processin our own foods….but this takes it to a whole nother level. And considering the times we are living in, this is all literally life saving information. You are a blessing.
Sara, thank you SO much for the massive effort you make for us by creating these dense, information rich episodes you strive to produce for us. You have saved me many hours of research and the further research i engage in will be much more effectively focused. Bless you :)
Wonderfully done! I'm so glad you mentioned pet/non-working goats. I have two 'pet' goats who I use to keep an area I can't feasibly mow clear. My pair of wether's barely eat a thing other than 'the jungle' area where they live on my property.
Thank you for this! Useful even to those of us not in the US; costs aren't directly applicable (and no way can I grow corn in my climate), but they're good ballpark figures. Where your videos really shine is in your direct knowledge, and your ability to lay out information. I know you said it took you 28 hours and that was a lot, but I'm honestly impressed you managed to make such a fantastic video in ONLY 28 hours. I'm sure you're already overwhelmed with video suggestions and requests, but I'd love to get your insight on dispatching goats, and getting maximum utility from the remains. Are goat hides even useful??? I just can't imagine a blanket made from goat.
Thank you for all this really important information. The health and happiness of my animals is a top priority and I'm so glad I was recommend your channel. And I can't tell you don't know what you're doing making these videos, they are so good!!
You are doing a great job! Your personal experience is helpful. We have had goats for nearly four years now. Another possible forage option is pollard cuts from trees.. we mostly use electric netting but our current goat is a jumper so she is teathered. A few tips... watch and move frequently, be sure there's a swivel clip next to the collar. T posts are easy to move, chains and carabineer clips are helpful. Now I am going to read the article!
Another fantastic video and a great article to go along with it! Thanks so much for putting all this work in these videos, they really are extremely helpful.
Tethering on a ground line is terrible risks. I tried the cattle panel box "tractor" and they stood on hind legs and pushed it over. Turned it into collapsed tumble weed LOL.
I've also got goats, my 50 were free range and not fenced in for 3 months while I worked on the fence. Once they got too far and started getting to the church down the road is when the cops started calling me. Now I let them out everyday usually for about an hour or two.
Wondering out loud here if you need to process the chaf and straw out of home grown grains or would the animals benifit from being given whole stems of wheat, barley etc. Or would they just throw it all over the ground lol.
That would be amazing. I rescued my first ever horse a 20 year old mare on New Year and learning so much. I would love your expertise on what nutrition I can provide for her and if I can feed her without store bought feed because I believe in natural way of feeding my animals. But I don’t know how much she needs of what. Thank you again! You are an inspiration for a life I will have soon.
Wow, This series is awesome, I've been looking for overview videos like this for a while. 2 questions, I know it would be highly variable but it would also be useful to know how much the "labor time" would be for the different options (even if it's just your own experience with your own setup)... Also, fish sounds like a low investment option, do you have any experience with this or plans to do a video?
It takes about one day for one person who is distracted by little kids (me haha) to cut and bundle a 1/4 acre of hay. Corn is way faster than this. I’m going to grow a plot of oats this summer and I’ll report back what I find, but I’m estimating that will also be about a 1/4 acre per day. I don’t plan on threshing it, just cutting, drying, and storing that way.
My husband and I are building a 500-sq-ft greenhouse too, and I’m going to add fish of some kind on the north wall. I don’t know much about it yet but I’m learning. 😊🫶🏻
@@CedarHillsHomestead thank you for replying! I was referring to the upkeep for just the animals (excluding purchased or home grown feed), this is something I've been curious about before starting with chickens or rabbits... it would be cool to do a gardening breakdown too though
What if someone had chickens, pigs, and goats what foods can they all eat and how to feed all 3 animals off 1 acre of garden and 1 extra acre of pasture.
Are your animals smart enough to avoid things like rhododendron and wisteria? I've been sketched out by free range because of how much wild rhododendron I have nearby.
We don’t have much rhododendron or wisteria but we have tons of lupine and buttercups, and they never eat it. They seem to be pretty intuitive about it, so that’s a relief 😅
You mentioned brewers grains when talking about concentrates. Is that the same thing as the throw away grains after fermenting grains for beer or distillation?
Yes that’s exactly what it is. I have mixed options on it. On one hand, using those grains prevents waste. On the other hand, they’re called “spent” grains because after brewing most of the nutrients are gone from them.
When your goats were free range through your woods, how did you protect them from predators? In southern Michigan we only have coyotes, but they are definitely a threat.
We locked them in the hen house at night and they stayed close to the house during the day. I’m home and outside a lot which probably helped- but I’ll be honest when I say “we were very lucky”.
I do the same with my goats as my chickens I pin them up at night to keep them safe from predators and lure them in with a little bit of pellets they love that stuff but I let them roam free during the day they generally don't go too far cuz they know where the pellets are😂😂
Oh yes pellets are the fastest way to make friends with them. We used to toss out little veggie scraps to them all too randomly throughout the day so they were staying really close.
I absolutely love this series. This is information that is difficult to find on your own. I'm super impressed with the way you are able to collect the information and put it into manageable chunks. I would love to see one about cotournix quail and other fowl like ducks nd turkeys
I can't wait for you to tell me about feeding pigs without the feed store
Just dump all your food waste and thats it
@Permuh your videos must be edge of the seat entertaining. 😜
We are planning to get goats, this video is a truly a blessing. You are truly appreciated.
We just got our very first goats over the weekend, this video helped me so much with understanding their diets more, this is definitely one I'll be coming back to as we grow our herd more too and are ready to grow more feed on our own! Thank you!!
How exciting!! Congratulations and I wish you the best with them, they are a lot of fun.
@@CedarHillsHomestead Thank you!!
Awesome! Thank you for this video!
You are lightning fast, thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
For future reference For your other videos and this one too!!! Fiber production: Pygora/nigora goat: 8oz - 3Ib per year over 2 shearing. Mohair: 10Ib - 20Ib per year over 2 shearing. Cashmere: 6oz - 8oz per year over 2 shearing. Angora rabbits: 8oz - 2Ib per year over 4 shearing. Sheep: 2Ib - 30Ib per year over 1 shearing. Alpaca: 5Ib - 10Ib per year over 1 shearing. This all depends on the breed of animal, but these are general averages.
This is GOLD!!! Thank you so much!!!!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
I’m truly adoring your videos. I cannot get enough. Extremely informative. Pammie from Chicago Illinois
I sincerely hope you are working on a book! By the time you are done fulfilling the requests in the comments, you would have plenty of content for a killer reference guide. Take my money! It would shoot straight to the top of my booklist, which is hella extensive.
Beautifully organized! Thank you!
Loving these in-depth videos. SO helpful. We knew we would get goats within a couple years of moving to our new land, but didn’t think it would be this year until one Saturday we got a call and ended up with a 3 day old Nigerian Dwarf kid in our bathroom that night. Her owners were out of town and she was the runt, momma was neglecting her. She’s doing great now, almost 2 months old. She’s been raised with ducklings but now we’ve got to get her some buddies of her own kind. Thank you for this video. I think I might print out your article to have on hand. I would absolutely buy a book from you on these things! Would you ever consider doing one of these videos on feeding farm dogs off the land?
I’ll see what I can do, and thank you! I LOVE Nigerian Dwarfs, I think you got started with the best breed 😊❤️
Always love seeing your posts!!
Thank you so much! ❤️
I truly appreciate all the work you put into these videos! We have always lived in central Missouri. I have been to the Rocky Mountains many times elk hunting. We are discussing selling all 3 farm properties and moving to the far NW of Montana when his parents are no longer with us. So I am truly learning a lot more than I anticipated and he is actually trying to do the same. We watch you together.
I am making notes to keep on hand….I have seizures and that affects my memory at times. We are both 51 and have spent our lives on farms and raisin & processin our own foods….but this takes it to a whole nother level. And considering the times we are living in, this is all literally life saving information. You are a blessing.
Sara, thank you SO much for the massive effort you make for us by creating these dense, information rich episodes you strive to produce for us. You have saved me many hours of research and the further research i engage in will be much more effectively focused. Bless you :)
Thank you so much!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ your kind words mean so much to me! ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! This video was very helpful!
You are awesome. Best videos on the net. They are really balanced! Gratitude❤
Comments like this one really keep me going, thank you so much 🥹❤️
Wonderfully done! I'm so glad you mentioned pet/non-working goats. I have two 'pet' goats who I use to keep an area I can't feasibly mow clear. My pair of wether's barely eat a thing other than 'the jungle' area where they live on my property.
You are amazing
Thank you soooooo much for this video!! I am grateful for you sharing all this amazing information for us newbies!
Thank you for this! Useful even to those of us not in the US; costs aren't directly applicable (and no way can I grow corn in my climate), but they're good ballpark figures. Where your videos really shine is in your direct knowledge, and your ability to lay out information. I know you said it took you 28 hours and that was a lot, but I'm honestly impressed you managed to make such a fantastic video in ONLY 28 hours.
I'm sure you're already overwhelmed with video suggestions and requests, but I'd love to get your insight on dispatching goats, and getting maximum utility from the remains. Are goat hides even useful??? I just can't imagine a blanket made from goat.
So appreciate you for taking the time and effort to provide us with so much information...
So nice of you, thank you!
Thank you for all this really important information. The health and happiness of my animals is a top priority and I'm so glad I was recommend your channel. And I can't tell you don't know what you're doing making these videos, they are so good!!
Thank you so much that means a lot!! 🥹❤️
great content and presentation
I really like these feed videos you make. There is a ton of amazing info and I can tell a lot of time went into researching the topic. Thank you!
Thank you I so appreciate it! ❤️❤️❤️
Could you do this for quail
You are doing a great job! Your personal experience is helpful. We have had goats for nearly four years now.
Another possible forage option is pollard cuts from trees.. we mostly use electric netting but our current goat is a jumper so she is teathered. A few tips... watch and move frequently, be sure there's a swivel clip next to the collar. T posts are easy to move, chains and carabineer clips are helpful.
Now I am going to read the article!
Your channel is great ! I don’t have animals on my farm, but I really love how well-researched your videos are. Keep up the good work !
Thank you! Will do! ❤️😁
Thanks! Can't wait to go through your other videos.
Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Another fantastic video and a great article to go along with it! Thanks so much for putting all this work in these videos, they really are extremely helpful.
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you! ❤️😁
Brilliant series how to feed you… without a feed store.
Great Video! I absolutely love your channel thank you for the info!
This means so much to me, thank you 😊
you're a book of knowledge. thanks for all this info.
Loving this series so far!
Thank you! Your videos are the best I have seen for learning about homestead livestock!
your videos are always so full of useful information! id love to see one about sheeps!
I second that!
Tethering on a ground line is terrible risks.
I tried the cattle panel box "tractor" and they stood on hind legs and pushed it over. Turned it into collapsed tumble weed LOL.
Yay! I can send this to my friend who likes goats. They're on their if we ever have a homestead list. Mine is a rollerskating rink.
Please do and thank you! A skating rink would be coooool! 😍
Loving this little series. :)
You are awesome! Thanks for making this video!
Thank you for this!!! This is awesome!!!
I absolutely adore you !
Thank you so so much 🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️
I haven't finished the video yet but do you have a video on how to grow fodder on a small acreage?
Not yet but that’s a great topic! I’ll try to do that one eventually ❤️
Thank you so much for this!!
I've also got goats, my 50 were free range and not fenced in for 3 months while I worked on the fence. Once they got too far and started getting to the church down the road is when the cops started calling me. Now I let them out everyday usually for about an hour or two.
Thank you! You’re amazing I can’t believe you made it!
Wow! You have lions??? I thought they were only in Africa! That’s amazing that you could fend it off!
Mountain lions! Sorry I don’t think about the fact that other people from outside the Rockies are watching haha
@@CedarHillsHomestead my mistake! I think they are cougars and that type of big cat? Still extremely scary and dangerous.
I didn't see the link to the USGS, so I went on their website. Where do I go on the site to see if there is selenium shortages in my area?
Thanks!
Thank you! ❤️
Wondering out loud here if you need to process the chaf and straw out of home grown grains or would the animals benifit from being given whole stems of wheat, barley etc. Or would they just throw it all over the ground lol.
Hi. Your videos and information is priceless. Thank you. Can you do something similar for horses feeding?
Yes I absolutely can, horses are my passion animal 😁 that one might end up 2 hours long if I’m not careful haha. ❤️❤️
That would be amazing. I rescued my first ever horse a 20 year old mare on New Year and learning so much. I would love your expertise on what nutrition I can provide for her and if I can feed her without store bought feed because I believe in natural way of feeding my animals. But I don’t know how much she needs of what.
Thank you again! You are an inspiration for a life I will have soon.
Wow, This series is awesome, I've been looking for overview videos like this for a while. 2 questions, I know it would be highly variable but it would also be useful to know how much the "labor time" would be for the different options (even if it's just your own experience with your own setup)... Also, fish sounds like a low investment option, do you have any experience with this or plans to do a video?
It takes about one day for one person who is distracted by little kids (me haha) to cut and bundle a 1/4 acre of hay. Corn is way faster than this. I’m going to grow a plot of oats this summer and I’ll report back what I find, but I’m estimating that will also be about a 1/4 acre per day. I don’t plan on threshing it, just cutting, drying, and storing that way.
My husband and I are building a 500-sq-ft greenhouse too, and I’m going to add fish of some kind on the north wall. I don’t know much about it yet but I’m learning. 😊🫶🏻
@@CedarHillsHomestead thank you for replying! I was referring to the upkeep for just the animals (excluding purchased or home grown feed), this is something I've been curious about before starting with chickens or rabbits... it would be cool to do a gardening breakdown too though
Thank you so much. Very interesting 👌🏼
Thank you! ❤️
Thanks for the information
What if someone had chickens, pigs, and goats what foods can they all eat and how to feed all 3 animals off 1 acre of garden and 1 extra acre of pasture.
Is there anyway possible, you do one on pigs??? Please
Yes 😁🫶🏻
God bless you 🙏 thank you
Thank you SO much!!!!!
Are your animals smart enough to avoid things like rhododendron and wisteria? I've been sketched out by free range because of how much wild rhododendron I have nearby.
We don’t have much rhododendron or wisteria but we have tons of lupine and buttercups, and they never eat it. They seem to be pretty intuitive about it, so that’s a relief 😅
Hi! Do you have a video on dairy sheep, too? Thank you!
Not yet but I will try to make a video for that as soon as I can 😁🫶🏻
Thank ewe! ❤ ❤ ❤
Another excellent vid. Thankyou and may YAH Bless
You mentioned brewers grains when talking about concentrates. Is that the same thing as the throw away grains after fermenting grains for beer or distillation?
Yes that’s exactly what it is. I have mixed options on it. On one hand, using those grains prevents waste. On the other hand, they’re called “spent” grains because after brewing most of the nutrients are gone from them.
When your goats were free range through your woods, how did you protect them from predators? In southern Michigan we only have coyotes, but they are definitely a threat.
We locked them in the hen house at night and they stayed close to the house during the day. I’m home and outside a lot which probably helped- but I’ll be honest when I say “we were very lucky”.
So now I know why they liked to climb on top of the house to eat the oak trees leaves
Whats a extension rep ?
You are batting 1000!!
Thank you 😊❤️
I do the same with my goats as my chickens I pin them up at night to keep them safe from predators and lure them in with a little bit of pellets they love that stuff but I let them roam free during the day they generally don't go too far cuz they know where the pellets are😂😂
Oh yes pellets are the fastest way to make friends with them. We used to toss out little veggie scraps to them all too randomly throughout the day so they were staying really close.
😂 If they ended up on my porch, I'd get a glass of milk and send'em home😅
What’s the usgs link?
Would ove to see this cows
@19:04 🔥❤️🤌
18:09 😂
I eat guacamole! 😅
It isn't feeding I'm worried about its medicating worming coppering pneumonia???
Your channel is exploding 😳
I cannot believe how fast it is happening. I am grateful, overwhelmed, and hoping I can keep up with expectations 😬❤️❤️❤️❤️
I like these "$x to feed y animal for life" videos. Do humans next.
You probably need 10x the amount of hay per goat just for the amount they waste 😂
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i will not stand for this guacamole slander!