This blog post is inspired by a comment on our YouTube- What do we feed our Nigerian Dwarf goats? The essentials to feed your goats include: hay, minerals, treats, and grain (goat feed). Let’s take a look at each of these categories and how we approach feeding our goats. Hay – The Cornerstone of a …
One of the best decisions we made this year was to add goats to the homestead. Not only have our Nigerian Dwarf goats offered us the most delicious milk, but they are a continuing source of entertainment. These animals are nothing if not fun-loving. And, watching the little doelings grow into adults has been a …
As we’ve owned our Nigerian Dwarf goats for six months now, it is about time we take an honest assessment of how they fit into our future homesteading visions. First off, let me declare now that we have plans to grow our herd! But, the exact steps on how we’re going about this are definitely …
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2022 has been an exciting time here at the Silly Couple Homestead. We’ve really taken the next step in getting our garden up and running, we’ve added some fruit trees to the property, we’ve expanded our chicken flock, and perhaps most exciting of all, we adopted some Nigerian dwarf goats. Of course, leading up to …
Today, I wanted to share the first and easiest goat cheese recipe we started with here. You can find similar recipes online at various sites, but we first encountered this vinegar-based recipe in a homesteading book. So, we don’t claim this is unique or totally original. But, we did do some experimenting with the recipes …
Anyone homesteading in Florida or anywhere else in the world can tell you -one of the absolute most important things in the world is being quick on your feet. When a situation arises, you need to act quick and waste no time thinking. Because sometimes, even a moments hesitation can literally mean the difference between …
If you’re interested in learning about what to make from raw goat milk, you’re in the right place! As Florida-based millennial homesteaders, we’re big fans upcycling, reusing, and otherwise repurposing things. And, when it comes to raw goat milk, there are quite a few different ways you can use that resource. Whether you have Nigerian …
Think you can’t manage a full-time job while keeping up a daily homestead routine? Well, depending on the size of your homestead, this may be true. But, especially if you work from home, starting up a homestead slowly and establishing a routine may be easier than you think! Today, we’re going to consider our daily …
If you’re looking for the answer on when to ween Nigerian dwarf goats, you’re in the right place! No, we don’t claim to be the authority on this subject. In fact, we are just weening our first two doelings from their mother now. But, we’ve done all the research on the subject we could, talked …
Hello and welcome back to another beautiful Wednesday here at the Silly Couple’s Funny Farm. Today, we’re going to discuss a topic near and dear to us because it’s something that drove us insane early on. To clarify, we didn’t have any alfalfa pellets on hand when we got our stubborn Nigerian Dwarf goat, Delilah. …