Category Archives: Cows

Episode 39: Stumbling Almanac

Posted on November 24, 2011 by admin

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Here’s a quick update from the homestead. Enjoy!

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Episode 38: From the Milking Barn

Posted on June 25, 2011 by admin

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We’re back! After a number of web site issues because of a malware attack, the site has been rebuilt. Here’s a unique episode recorded while I milked the cow. The frequency of future podcasts will be changing to every … Continue reading →

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Episode 37: Hoop Houses and Farm Tuning

Posted on May 21, 2011 by admin

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Join us this week for homestead updates, including: Our milk cow and rotational grazing using a picket pin Goldfish in water bowls for mosquitoes Dealing with roosters, and introducing young members to an existing chicken flock Hoop House construction … Continue reading →

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Episode 9: Keeping a Family Cow

Posted on November 6, 2010 by admin

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Note: non-iTunes users will need to resubscribe to my new podcast feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/stumblinghomestead/mgHQ First, I respond to a few listener comments and questions: Is cholesterol bad for us? Can you consolidate all your references into a single list? Should … Continue reading →

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Episode 7: Farm Fresh Milk

Posted on October 23, 2010 by admin

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The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmid Overwhelming evidence for the health benefits of raw milk The disturbing reluctance of medical professionals to consider the well-established benefits of raw milk or to challenge anti-raw milk dogma The self … Continue reading →

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Our Milking Machine Routine: Equipment Used

Posted on October 23, 2010 by admin

As mentioned in another post, we hand milk our cow at least half the time, if not more. Unfortunately, a certain level of repetitive strain injury sometimes causes me problems if I overdo it on the hand milking. This probably … Continue reading →

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Building and Rebuilding a Milking Stanchion

Posted on September 3, 2010 by admin

As you’ve heard from me before, we’re new to all this, and boy do we screw up. I use the royal “we”, here. When it came to building a stanchion, I screwed up. But, on the bright side, I eventually … Continue reading →

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Our Bull Calf: Precautionary Steps and Respect for Life

Posted on August 24, 2010 by admin

This is the other cow related duty we did this weekend. Truth be told, I’ve been trying not to give this one a great deal of mind time because of the nature of the task: we performed a dehorning and … Continue reading →

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Hand Milking Equipment and Routine

Posted on August 11, 2010 by admin

Our Jersey, Tanya, has been milked both by hand and by machine, but there is something centering about the quiet half hour spent hand milking. Here is a typical morning milking session. For those new to the process, and trying … Continue reading →

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The Family Cow

Posted on August 4, 2010 by admin

After much deliberation, we finally made the plunge this summer and got a milk cow. She is a beautiful, gentle girl named Tanya. We purchased her from a local diversified family farm named Kookoolan. We loved their philosophy and their … Continue reading →

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