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Raising meat goats on the homestead offers not only lean and naturally raised protein for the dinner table, but an opportunity to earn some extra cash to funnel back into your sustainable and self-reliant efforts, as well.  It is not necessary to own a large, or even medium acreage homestead to keep quality meat goats. The miniature Pygmy goat breed offers the opportunity to raise meat goats even for small or backyard homesteaders. Always check to make sure home butchering goats – or a

By Christine Heinrichs – Geese, long ago domesticated and a companion to human agriculture, are losing ground. Backyard chickens are popular and easy to keep, but breeding full-size traditional geese, now raised mainly for exhibition, is a different commitment. They require lots of time, feed and space to grow and mature through their life cycle. The American Poultry Association separates goose breeds into three classes for exhibition purposes: Heavy, Medium and Light. This article wil

By Christine Heinrichs – This article will explore medium goose breeds, as classified by the American Poultry Association. The five recognized medium goose breeds range from 13 to 17 pounds in weight, but many unrecognized breeds are also raised by devotees of these birds, so deeply entwined in our history and hearts. All domestic goose breeds are related to the wild geese that still migrate across the globe. Knobbed Chinese and African Geese are descended from the wild

Originally published in Backyard Poultry April / May 2017. Subscribe for more helpful tips like this! Medicated chick feed exists for one reason and one reason only: to confuse you. Alright, that’s not true, but for many beginning backyard flock owners, it sure seems to be one of the many unexpected things you find along the way. Medicated chick feed (or medicated chick starter) is a solution to a longstanding chick rearing problem known as Coccidiosis. What is Coccidiosis? The disease know