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Horses are like the gold animal of the homestead. They complete the picture, but maybe not necessarily contribute much for income. Back before atv’s, side-by-sides, and tractors, horses contributed horsepower pulling the equipment. They really did earn their keep.
Now horses are more of a hobby. Yes, you can most definitely still use them for pulling and moving stuff around. I do on occasionally. Horses are still the best 4-wheel drive, all-terrain vehicle.
To accurately evaluate the cost of keeping a horse, you’ll have to gather quite a few numbers. For reoccurring costs hay and grain. One-time costs (until you break them beyond use) stock tank and feed pans, wagons, and poop scoops. You’ll have the cost of the horse and barn/run in shed too.
Income is a little trickier in today’s world. Some ideas include manure for compost, personal exercise coach, therapist, and work. I’ll discuss more below.
The biggest one-time costs will be the cost of the barn/shed and the horse. A shed can be a simple lean too or run in shed on skids. We bought ours from Go Bob Pipe and Steel. The other costs are much smaller if you don’t plan on buying a atv, skid steer, or tractor (though they are so useful, not completely necessary).
A wagon to haul extra manure away, move feed around I would put on the must list. You’ll also need a poop scoop or shovel to clean up. This is mostly to help with fly control. I used to do a quick poop pick up every day in the dry lot. I also had only 2 horses and no kids. As soon as the first kid came into the picture the daily poop scooping went out the door.
You’ll need a stock tank for water. A horse will drink 6-10 gallons a day in normal weather. When it’s hot, they can easily drink 15 gallons. Horses working every day will drink 10-18 gallons on average per day. Make sure you have a stock tank big enough to accommodate at least one day’s worth of water. I usually don’t keep more than 2 days’ worth in the stock tank. This helps keep the algae from growing too fast.
A hay feeder and grain bucket will be necessary to keep your horse from wasting excess feed. We pitch hay off a round bale and into 2 flipped tires. My dad uses a hay barn feeder. For grain I prefer the pans that sit on the ground. I used to use the hook over bucket feeders but found the horses teeth wore improperly and the handles broke whenever it was cold, and they hit the ground.
The recurring cost of hay and grain are probably the easiest to calculate. Horses will eat 2% of their body weight in hay per day. So, an average 1000-pound horse will eat 20 pounds per day. A small square of grass hay is about 50 pounds. For easy math, ½ a bale per horse per day.
Grain varies greatly in price. You will have to look at what is available around you and the cost per feeding. The bag usually has a recommended feeding amount. Take the cost of the bag divided by the pounds, times the amount per day recommended to be fed. This is if your horse even needs grain.
Now the fun part, income from horses. The biggest one, if you are running other livestock on pastures would be work. Yes, you can use an atv, but a good horse is way more mobile and can often read the cows faster than you on an atv. A good well-trained horse can also replace a mediocre person on an atv. So, value their work at the value of hiring someone or the cost of an atv rent.
Horse manure makes excellent garden fertilizer. Composting it helps to destroy extra grass and weed seeds too. I used to pile the poop all year then spread it in the fall/winter. Now I still pile the poop, but I make a long narrow row and let the chickens turn it for a few months, before pushing it up (with a borrowed skid steer) and making the next row of poop.
The two income points that will be hard to determine are exercise and therapy. Anything with horses will entice you to exercise more. Pitching hay, riding, mucking the barn. All exercise. They also provide the perfect comfort when you just need to talk something out. Horses are excellent at mirroring your emotions too.
Here’s a quick summery chart for you to fill in to help you.
Expense | Income | |||||
One time | Cost | Life span | Per Year cost | |||
Horse | 5 | |||||
Barn/Run in | 20 | |||||
Waterer | 5 | |||||
Feeder | 5 | |||||
Mucking supplies | 5 | |||||
Yearly | ||||||
Hay | 1 | Manure for compost/fertilizer | ||||
Grain | 1 | Exercise | ||||
Therapy | ||||||
Work | ||||||
Total | ||||||
In conclusion, a horse may not make monetary sense. But they are still a fun critter to have on your farm.
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Chickens, they call them the entry point to homesteading and for good reason! They are by far the easiest livestock to raise and can be done almost anywhere (yes even in town). But are you saving money by raising your own chickens? Either for eggs or meat really? This goes for any poultry, chickens, ducks, guineas, turkeys, geese, or any other feathered livestock.
In general, you want to evaluate your costs vs potential profits. Yes, I say potential, because you’re probably eating the eggs or meat that comes from your birds. There is this economic term called opportunity cost. Basically, it’s the cost of what else could be done with that item. Take eggs for example. You eat a dozen eggs. The opportunity cost is what you could have sold those eggs for.
When evaluating your cost also consider the useful life of those purchases. For instance, a waterer will last 3-5 years, but you will assume that the cost is up front.
Typical expenses that you will use for several years, include waterers, feeders, coop, and birds. Laying hens will peak their production in year two, and average living 2-4 years. Some sources say they can live up to 10 years.
Reoccurring expenses are expenses you must continue to buy no matter what. These include feed, water if you must pay for it, and bedding. On average a hen will eat ¼ pound per day.
Now the fun and slightly harder part, income. For laying hens, the easy one is eggs. You can google how many eggs your specific breed will lay in a year. High producing hens will lay up to 250 eggs a year.
Then you have the salvage value of the hen when she is done laying. As brutal as it sounds, a hen’s final value she can give is her meat to nourish your family with a delightful chicken soup.
The harder income points to nail down include the fertilizer they produce (make sure you compost for at least 6 months to not burn your garden plants). Another potential income is chicks if you have roosters and a broody hen. You could credit the cost of an incubator and chicks to her. Keep in mind, not all hens will go broody and raise chicks.
Tillage labor is another hard one to pin down. I let my flock turn my compost pile for me. Factoring in the labor time you would/should spend turning the pile and crediting it to your hens.
Bug control is an excellent benefit for free ranging hens or hens in a portable coop. But again, it is hard to put a price on. It might be best to look at the opportunity cost of what you would have to spend to control the bugs chemically.
Here’s an outline for you to fill in.
Expense | Income | |||||
One time | Cost | Life span | Per Year cost | |||
Birds | 5 | |||||
Coop | 20 | |||||
Waterer | 5 | |||||
Feeder | 5 | |||||
Cleaning supplies | 5 | |||||
Yearly | ||||||
Feed | 1 | Eggs (per dozen) | ||||
Bedding | 1 | Salvage | ||||
Tillage | ||||||
Additional w/growth | Bug Control | |||||
Birds | 5 | Chicks | ||||
Incubation | ||||||
Total | ||||||
Now, don’t get me wrong, now that you’ve run the numbers and know if your chickens are making you money or eating it, I will always take a farm fresh egg over a store-bought egg any day. They taste so much better!
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Every farm must have a dog, right? I mean they just go together. But as with anything there are some things to keep in mind for the cost of caring for your dog.
First up feed. Yep, they need to eat unless you want to start losing animals. Depending on the number of dogs you have, how much you will have to feed them. In the old days the family dog was just fed the scraps from the kitchen and whatever rabbit they caught. Most people, however, feed their dog some kind of dog food. The cost of the dog food is going to be dependent on dietary needs. We choose to feed a higher protein feed and one that is free of gluten and soy for our own choosing (I was highly reactive to the gluten even from touching the dog’s food at one point).
No matter where you fall on the vaccination argument, rabies is the one your dog should have and stay up to date on. Yes, for the sake of the dog and your children’s safety, but also for legal reasons. A dog that bites, even if provoked, and has no rabies vaccination record is put down. Dogs naturally want to protect their territory and occasionally that is even from a wild animal carrying rabies.
There are so many options for dewormer. At minimum I do a 45-day run of diatomaceous earth two times a year for my dogs. This cleans up the internal parasites that can also cross to you or your children. You can also do the commercially available dewormers. A quick note if you have a collie, border collie, or sheltie, do NOT give them ivermectin. It will kill them. All other dogs handle it just fine.
Fleas and ticks are bound to latch onto your dog. Yes, you can do natural repellents. I use guinea fowl to eat the ticks and a monthly essential oil blend. That seems to keep them in check. However, occasionally the ticks get really bad, and I do have to use a commercial tick killer on the dogs. My favorite is Bravecto if I need to treat that way.
Now what the dogs bring to you. These are harder to pen down as far as costs. First guard services. This is mostly against animal predators, though you can get one trained/bred for guarding against people too. Those are just a bit trickier if you have people coming and going from your home.
Some dogs are also good at herding. These are very helpful for moving groups of animals by yourself. Figure their cost at what having another person to help you would cost.
Finally, companionship. Nothing beats the companionship of a good dog. This is also the hardest to put a cost on.
For specific training, like herding, you will probably need to pay for some professional help at least the first time.
For guidelines on picking out the perfect dog for your farm check out that blog here. Now go get yourself a dog.
As I've grown in my journey as an entrepreneur, mom, gardener, and livestock owner, I struggled to find a planner that met my needs and kept me organized. So, I MADE MY OWN. You can look at it on the link below and buy it on amazon below.
Don't want the whole calendar part? I got you! I pulled the gardening and animal care pages out and put them in a book all their own.
Wanting a community to lean into? Join the FREE Helping Your Family Homestead for Food group! This community is for the Mommas, looking to stay home and raise their kids, but unsure how to keep everyone fed and make ends meet. I share tips from my journey from the office to half the income and feeding my family from home, while maintaining good nourishing food. Tips include gardening, bulk buying, caning/preserving, livestock, homesteading, and home remedies. Your family is precious, and this group is to help you gain the knowledge and tools to keep your family well and not reliant on outside professionals. Remedies and tips are easy and simple for the busy momma, time is precious after all, including pregnancy, birth, young kids, and illness. Trust your Momma gut again! This community offers the resources + community you need to help get started on your journey and prepare for whatever future you envision.
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Bees are all the hype. Raw fresh honey? Yes Please! But are you thinking about the cost of that honey? Get the details on what to consider for prices and benefits below. Yes, you can put numbers to each of them to determine if they are actually worth it or what you need to sell your honey for.
First up the bees. There are several options for buying your first bees. You might be able to find a local who wants to downsize and buy and existing hive, but more than likely you will have to buy a nuc or package of bees. Nucs are 5 frames of beehives that are active and have an existing queen and colony ready to grow. Often you can buy a nuc split from local beekeepers. A package bees are ordered through the mail. And placed into a hive.
Next you need a hive. Really you need 2 hives. Starting with 2 hives makes it easier to spot when something is wrong with one of the hives. You can buy a hive new online or find a used hive from local beekeepers looking to downsize.
You also need equipment for you to stay safe when working your bees. A bee suit, hive opener, and fogger are the minimum. These are best to just buy new.
If you live in a cold area, you will need something to feed the bees through the winter with. You can easily make this as it can be as simple as a spacer box, or you can buy your first one, so you have a pattern for later. With this you will also need the sugar to feed them in the winter and early spring as emergency feed.
Varro mites are bound to need to be treated. So, you will have to buy mite treatment yearly.
The final equipment is honey harvest equipment. Yes, you can totally just pull the frames, scrape, and strain. I decided to just buy the spinner expecting my hives to grow and make honey harvest easier, faster, and cleaner.
Now what can bees give you? The obvious one is honey. However, there is more less obvious and harder to price benefits. For instance, pollination services. Having bees helps many garden plants to do better because pollination is better. This gives you a better garden harvest.
Bees can also be entertaining to watch. Even at a distance, you can relax watching them do their thing and feel fascinated by their communication and work.
Here’s the summery with numbers for a potential apiary in the second year and beyond.
Expense (2 hives) | Income (2 hives) | |||||
One time | Cost | Life span | Per Year cost | |||
Bees | $300 | 20 | $15 | |||
Hives | $500 | 10 | $50 | |||
PPE Supplies | $225 | 15 | $15 | |||
Winter Feed box | $55 | 10 | $5.50 | |||
Honey Harvest Equipment | $845 | 15 | $56 | |||
Yearly | ||||||
Sugar | $35 | 1 | $35 | Honey (3.75 gal/hive) | $450 | |
Mite treatment | $135 | 1 | $135 | Pollination | $330 | |
Entertainment | ||||||
Additional w/growth | ||||||
Hives | 500 | 10 | $50 | Hive split | $300 | |
Winter Feed Box | 55 | 10 | $5.50 | |||
Total | $367 | $1080 | ||||
Yes, you will need to add hives, as you split the hives and your apiary grows, but you will use the hives year after year. To do a true analysis, you will have to split out the life span of the supplies to get the yearly amount. Also note you will probably not have honey the first year.
Happy beekeeping!
As I've grown in my journey as an entrepreneur, mom, gardener, and livestock owner, I struggled to find a planner that met my needs and kept me organized. So, I MADE MY OWN. You can look at it on the link below and buy it on amazon below.
Don't want the whole calendar part? I got you! I pulled the gardening and animal care pages out and put them in a book all their own.
Wanting a community to lean into? Join the FREE Helping Your Family Homestead for Food group! This community is for the Mommas, looking to stay home and raise their kids, but unsure how to keep everyone fed and make ends meet. I share tips from my journey from the office to half the income and feeding my family from home, while maintaining good nourishing food. Tips include gardening, bulk buying, caning/preserving, livestock, homesteading, and home remedies. Your family is precious, and this group is to help you gain the knowledge and tools to keep your family well and not reliant on outside professionals. Remedies and tips are easy and simple for the busy momma, time is precious after all, including pregnancy, birth, young kids, and illness. Trust your Momma gut again! This community offers the resources + community you need to help get started on your journey and prepare for whatever future you envision.
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Sheep are so fun to have around. They’re cute and fluffy and full of curiosity. However, there are a few things that turn people away from sheep. The old saying “Sheep are born looking for a way to die” being the main one that comes to mind. Truth is that many times sheep are just fine.
What people don’t see is the slight change in behavior when a sheep is getting sick. They seem fine and then they are dead. This is because sheep are a very vulnerable prey animal. If you look sick, as a sheep, you are a coyote’s lunch. Thus, they hide sickness very well. With that in mind here’s a few things to look for.
As you walk through your herd, look at those on the outside, not right next to you. A sheep that is not feeling well, will have their head down, ears drooping, and eyes dull. There is a catch all phrase for this “Ain’t Doing Right” or ADR for short. Watch from a distance to see how they act. As you approach, they will probably perk up and run off pretending to be ok. As soon as they are a ‘safe’ distance away, they will resume the ADR behavior. These sheep need to be separated and further evaluated for illness signs, such as fever, parasite load, pneumonia.
Lameness is much easier to evaluate. Sheep can’t hide a lame/sore limb very well, though some can still run quite fast on three legs. Once you have caught the lame sheep there are a few common reasons to evaluate for: blocked long toes, blocked pore, and foot rot. The following is how to differentiate and treat each.
Long toes are pretty easy to pick out as you look at the sheep in the pen. The hoof will be overgrown and the sheep not walking upright anymore. When they are long enough to cause the sheep to be lame, the hoof will be rolled under far enough to poke/rub the other toe or look like a pointy nail sticking out the front of the hoof.
You will need to catch such a sheep and trim their hooves. If the hoof is really overgrown, it may take a couple trims, days in a row to properly trim the hoof, without crippling the sheep.
If the toes look ok, the next to check is for a blocked pore. For a blocked pore, simply pick up the lame leg and look at the front of the hoof. Just above the hoof in the hair, you will see a pore. Occasionally these become blocked, kind of like a blocked tear duct. Simply pick the crud away and the pore should open and the sheep feel better quickly.
If the toes and pore looks fine, the next thing to check for is Foot rot. Again, pick up the lame foot and look at the underside. A foot with foot rot will have an awful odor, maybe slight green tint, be squishy and oozing/bleeding.
To treat foot rot, clean the debris foot out and soak in an Epson salt foot soak, if possible, for 5-10 minutes. This can be difficult at first, as sheep don’t tend to like to stand, and you must have a chute or panels to hold them still with. Then you will want to cover the hoof in a foot rot solution, but NOT Kopertox. Kopertox is a popular treatment but can cause copper toxicity in sheep. Look for something with zinc sulphate or formalin. Allow it to dry before returning to the pen. Sever cases will require antibiotics, such as LA 200.
If a good portion of the herd is affected, you may need to set up a foot bath and run the entire herd through every week until they clear up.
Learning to recognize what is abnormal for your herd is key to keeping your sheep healthy. The more time you spend with your sheep the more you will be able to quickly recognize problem before it becomes serious.
As I've grown in my journey as an entrepreneur, mom, gardener, and livestock owner, I struggled to find a planner that met my needs and kept me organized. So, I MADE MY OWN. You can look at it on the link below and buy it on amazon below.
Don't want the whole calendar part? I got you! I pulled the gardening and animal care pages out and put them in a book all their own.
Wanting a community to lean into? Join the FREE Helping Your Family Homestead for Food group! This community is for the Mommas, looking to stay home and raise their kids, but unsure how to keep everyone fed and make ends meet. I share tips from my journey from the office to half the income and feeding my family from home, while maintaining good nourishing food. Tips include gardening, bulk buying, caning/preserving, livestock, homesteading, and home remedies. Your family is precious, and this group is to help you gain the knowledge and tools to keep your family well and not reliant on outside professionals. Remedies and tips are easy and simple for the busy momma, time is precious after all, including pregnancy, birth, young kids, and illness. Trust your Momma gut again! This community offers the resources + community you need to help get started on your journey and prepare for whatever future you envision.
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Mature beef cows, as low maintenance as they are, still have a few common problems foot abscess, mastitis, and bloat. The good news is that these are easily identified and can be quick to treat.
First up, foot abscess. At first this is not apparent to identify. As you are checking cows, you will notice one is lame. Upon further investigation you will notice it is in the hoof area. If you can safely assess the foot, usually in a chute, you will notice the hoof is hot.
A common time for foot abscess to usually appear is a few days to a week after cows are worked or moved through an area with hard surfaces (like concrete or rock). This is because a cow my move to fast and slip on the concrete, creating a surface burn on their hoof. Later bacteria enter the hoof and an abscess form.
Treating a foot abscess usually requires antibiotics, unless you can have the cow calmly stand in a foot soak every day for 20-30 minutes for a week or so. Check with your local veterinarian for the best treatment option to use in your area.
The second common problem in beef cows is mastitis. Mastitis happens when bacteria enter the udder, usually from a teat that is open when a cow lays down in a dirty area.
To identify mastitis, you will notice the infected quarter not being milked as well by the calf. When you feel that quarter it will feel hot compared to the other quarters. The cow will be running a fever as well. It is important to treat mastitis quickly, as it can spread to the rest of the cow, causing her to go septic and then die.
Working with your local veterinarian will give you the best results. Many historical treatments are no longer available over the counter due to new drug laws.
Bloats are not as common in mature cows as they are in feedlot animals, but it can still happen. Usually this happens when a cow consumes forage that is higher in legumes than they are used to. Example a cow is grazing on native range but sees that delicious alfalfa field and breaks through the fence to graze a little treat. She gets too much gas built up in her rumen and cannot belch it out fast enough. Legumes typically cause what is cause frothy bloat, where a froth layer develops over the esophagus and the cow is unable to belch.
Bloating is quickly identified, just driving by slowly. The left side of the cow will be raised higher and look like a giant balloon compared to the other side. To treat a bloat, you will need to quietly and calmly move her to a containment area, where you can safely restrain her, so she cannot move, i.e. a chute or two strong panels.
You must move calmly and keep the cow calm. A bloated cow is not able to breathe as effectively. If the cow is laying down, try and get her up. If she cannot get up, you’ll have to try and pass the tube with her laying down. Be ready to move out of her way.
You will need a hose 5 feet long and a metal tube 12 inches long to go around the hose and keep her from biting the hose. You can buy a hose specifically for bloating which is very handy. A garden hose will work in a pinch. Insert the hose into the right side of the cow’s mouth towards the left side. Gently pass the hose down the esophagus, if you go slow enough you can feel the cow swallow it.
Listen carefully to the hose, if you are unsure if you are in the esophagus or windpipe. You will hear the breath through the hose if you are in the wrong tube. Once the hose reaches the rumen, you will hear and feel a rush of air. It will stink but do NOT light any flame. You are releasing methane and it will catch on fire. In the case of frothy bloat, once all the methane is released (no more air will be coming out of the tube), you will want to pour a bloat treatment down the tube to keep her from rebloating right away.
Having cows is a joy, but make sure you are equipped to take care of the common problems beef cows can have.
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Calves are a highlight of the spring here. The new babies bouncing around, the fuzzy ears, and the cuddly bottle calves. However, sometimes those babies have problems. Below are some of the common symptoms of chill, scours, and pneumonia, and how to treat them.
The first big problem is weak or cold calves. This happens most frequently at birth, when it is cold. The calf just left a cozy warm place of 101.5 degrees and is now laying on the ground where it is freezing, and he’s wet. Now this doesn’t happen with every calf. Most of the time, they may be cool after birth, even in the cold weather, but if mom gets them cleaned up and they get warm milk, they will be just fine. God designed them beautifully to keep themselves warm.
So, what does a cold calf look like? A cold calf is usually curled up in a ball, possibly shivering or wet, and they don’t jump up and run when you approach. If you stick your finger in their mouth, their mouth will feel cold.
If the calf has a cold mouth but is not shivering, they are on the verge of hypothermia. A calf stretched out in the cold is a big red flag. They are hypothermic and need a hot bath. Often these calves will have eyes open and white. Their breath is slow, and their heart beat weak.
Pick cold calves up and get them warmed up by bringing them to a warm place. Slightly chilled calves go to our wood shop and hang out in old comforters in front of the heater. If you’re checking with a pickup in a big area, you can put the calf in the passenger seat and turn the heater on high directed at them. By the time you’re done with the rounds, you can find his mom and drop him back off. Make sure he gets some milk before you leave.
Hypothermic or almost hypothermic calves come to my house and get spa treatment. Bathroom heater on high, hot tub, and the blow dryer. Sometimes another heater too. Basically, that room starts to feel like a sauna. These calves, I like to get warm milk or colostrum in these calves before sending them back to mom once they are warmed up and walking again. For bottling tips check out the blog Starting Bottle Babies.
Another common problem with calves is scours. This can happen in bottle calves and calves on the cow. However, there are two very different types. One must be treated, or the calf could die. The other is usually self-correcting.
Scours looks like pale greyish-brown diarrhea. When assessing if it needs treated or not, you will need to use your nose. Milk scours happens usually after a storm. The calves bedded down before the storm and didn’t nurse for a while. Once the storm passed, they found mom and tanked up. These calves will have a bit of grey-brown poop on their butt and will act just fine and have a normal poop smell.
The other scours that needs treated are caused by E.Coli. These calves will be lethargic, with dull eyes and droopy ears. They may have grey-brown poop smeared on their butt and sides. They don’t get up and bounce around and they will have a very distinct stink to them. Once you smell it once, you will never forget it. There are different strains that will cause scours and it is best to contact your local veterinarian. They will know what strains are common in the area and what is the best way to treat it quickly.
The final common problem that happens with calves is pneumonia. These calves will be head down typically, breathing hard, snot dripping, eyes dull and ears drooping. When you check their temperature, you will find a fever. Here’s the thing with pneumonia, there are different causes.
When it is super dry, pneumonia can be from dust, even on pasture. Others can be caused by bacteria or virus strains. This is another one, working with your local veterinarian is going to be best here. They will have the knowledge of the different strains going around and which antibiotic or treatment will quickly take them out.
Calves, like all babies, can still get sick. Having the knowledge and tools to quickly diagnose and treat them will result in a better prognosis and outcome.
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Horses are quite fun to enjoy both for pleasure and work. But as with all animals there are a few common problems and a few people to have in your back pocket for when you need them.
First off make sure you have a team to help you with your horse. This is not a team that is around all the time, but people you can call when needed. When taking care of your horse at some point you will need a farrier and a veterinarian. Depending on your horse, sometimes a chiropractor can be helpful as well. Some veterinarians are chiropractors. If you’re dealing with a hard keeping or malnourished horse, a nutritionist would be good to have on your team as well.
These people are ones you want to have established a relationship with, where you trust them, and they trust you. You can converse and they have a general idea about your animals already. You will need a farrier to trim your horses’ feet every 4-6 weeks. Sometimes in the winter you can stretch it out a bit.
Every year or so your horse will need their teeth floated (filed down) by a veterinarian. By talking with your veterinarian, they can help you determine how frequently this is actually needed. You will also be conversing with your veterinarian about some of the common problems listed below, so make sure to have that number saved in your phone.
The first common problem many horses will get is a foot abscess or stone bruise. This presents the horse being lame on one leg and the hoof part of it feels hot. These happen from skidding on a hard surface or stepping on a rock usually. Bacteria get into the hoof and an abscess form. For how to treat the abscess, you can read the blog linked here.
General lameness is another common problem. This is where the horse is lame on one or more legs, but you are unsure what is the cause. Lameness is a conversation to have with your veterinarian. They may be able to ask you questions to help you narrow down the problem and see if they need to see your horse in clinic.
Colic. Probably every horse owner’s worst fear. Colic is a general term for gestational upset. This can be as minor as compacted poop that needs shook loose. Or as severe as a twisted gut. You know when your horse has colic when they display one or more of these symptoms: thrashing around on the ground, nipping at their sides, no gut sounds (your ear on their sides should be able to hear something), increased pulse, or increased respiration. Ultimately this is going to require a call to the veterinarian and probably a trip to the clinic. Be clear when you call and have the pulse, temperature, and symptoms ready to tell them.
With your team of support in place, you will have a wonderful time with your horse.
As I've grown in my journey as an entrepreneur, mom, gardener, and livestock owner, I struggled to find a planner that met my needs and kept me organized. So, I MADE MY OWN. You can look at it on the link below and buy it on amazon below.
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What’s a homestead without poultry? Poultry is one of those gateway animals to the homesteader. They are a source of protein, bug control, and compost turners. As with any animal, however, there are a few common problems that can happen. Below I’ll describe the common problems and solutions including pasty butt, egg breaking, pecking each other, and not laying.
With baby poultry the big thing to watch for is pasty butt. Simply put, this is where the poop starts to build up and then covers the exit. Simply take a damp cloth, soak the butt and wipe the poop away. For other poultry starting tips, check out my previous blog on The Basics of Raising Baby Poultry.
In mature poultry, there are a few common problems that arise including not laying eggs, egg breaking, and pecking on each other.
First up, pecking on each other. Pecking often starts for 2 main reasons. Stress/boredom and nutrient deficiency. This is when one hen starts to peck another hen or rooster. This is not just the move over peck. This is the nonstop pecking feathers out, getting to the flesh and eating another alive.
If the birds are stressed or bored, this is easy to remedy. Give the birds more space. Close confinement is stressful for poultry. You can also give them things to do if they are in an enclosure.
Nutrient deficiency reasons for pecking are primarily protein shortage but can also be sodium or phosphorus. If you are using a store mix, check the label for how much protein is in the mix. Make sure you have enough bunk space for everyone to eat. If you are mixing your own feed, look at what is left in the bunk. Are they eating the protein? If not, you may need to change protein sources. If they are you may need to up the protein.
The second common issue for beginning poultry is egg breaking. This usually doesn’t happen unless confinement is closed and the hens get bored, like in a 5-day -30 weather stretch when no one leaves the coop. Once it starts, it can be hard to break. Pick up eggs frequently, make sure the hens have extra calcium available, so eggs stay strong. Getting a hard fake egg can help break the habit once it starts.
The final common issue is not laying eggs. This is a multifaceted problem honestly. There is an age, environmental, nutritional, and seasonal factors. If you got chicks in the spring, they will quite often lay that first winter, as the hens become 2 & 3, they are not as likely to lay all winter.
Some breeds are more susceptible to stress than others and the first thing that goes as soon as stress is involved is laying eggs. Eggs are by nature a seasonal food. We have selected chicken breeds to lay better with less light (aka winter months).
You can hang a light in the coop during the winter and keep getting eggs, but a word of caution. You have to let the hens molt or you will run your hens down to nothing. Molting is when the hens naturally loose feathers and put on the thick feathers for winter. Many you won’t even notice molting, others look like they were hit by a truck. Hens that have lost feathers on their back from roosters breeding will replace them during the molt. After the molt feel free to leave the light on for a time in the coop. A timer is best, so they do have some darkness to keep the proper circadian rhythm.
Nutritionally, you can add more protein and oil in the winter months to help support the hens. I do this with my flock as the extra bugs they were eating for protein are no longer available. High oil seeds, like sunflowers and whole corn help with energy in the winter.
Also, it takes a lot of calcium to make an egg. If the hens don’t have enough calcium, they will not lay. Add a self-feeder of oyster shells or dried and crushed eggshells. The hens will self-regulate. In the fall/winter after all nutrients have been replenished, hens will often start laying again.
Like all animals’ poultry comes with their own set of common problems. The good news is they are easily corrected.
As I've grown in my journey as an entrepreneur, mom, gardener, and livestock owner, I struggled to find a planner that met my needs and kept me organized. So, I MADE MY OWN. You can look at it on the link below and buy it on amazon below.
Don't want the whole calendar part? I got you! I pulled the gardening and animal care pages out and put them in a book all their own.
Wanting a community to lean into? Join the FREE Helping Your Family Homestead for Food group! This community is for the Mommas, looking to stay home and raise their kids, but unsure how to keep everyone fed and make ends meet. I share tips from my journey from the office to half the income and feeding my family from home, while maintaining good nourishing food. Tips include gardening, bulk buying, caning/preserving, livestock, homesteading, and home remedies. Your family is precious, and this group is to help you gain the knowledge and tools to keep your family well and not reliant on outside professionals. Remedies and tips are easy and simple for the busy momma, time is precious after all, including pregnancy, birth, young kids, and illness. Trust your Momma gut again! This community offers the resources + community you need to help get started on your journey and prepare for whatever future you envision.
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About any farm at some point has a dog or dogs. A dog just goes with a farm or homestead. They are companions, guards, and working partners. They bring much more than themselves to the farm. However, as with anything on the farm, they can also have common problems.
The first is cuts. Dogs, like kids who run on the farm, are bound to get cuts at some point. The truth is most of the cuts you won’t notice and won’t become a problem. If they are more than a surface scratch but less than needing stitches, there are a few things you can do to help speed healing.
If the dog has long hair trim or shave around the cut. This allows it to drain and prevents the hair to matting up in the cut as it heals. When the hair mats up in the cut there is an increased risk for maggot infection. After the hair is clear, make sure the cut is clean. By washing with clean water, then applying disinfectant. Gentle iodine or witch hazel works well here. I then apply my calendula salve to the wound and in a few days, it usually heals up.
If you are unsure of if the cut needs stitches or not, be sure to call your veterinarian and ask. Most rural veterinarians are happy to teach you what to look for in cuts and how to clean them.
Occasionally you don’t catch a cut and it does become an issue in the form of an abscess. This isn’t an emergency. Shave the abscess and the area below closely. Next using a large needle (16 gu or less), puncture the abscess at the bottom and allow to drain. If it is a new abscess, it will drain liquid. If it is older, it will be white/yellow and thick.
If it is not draining, you may need to get a scalpel and cut into the abscess at the bottom. An abscess that does not drain are usually older and have thick puss in them that will not drain through a needle. Once the draining has stopped, gently squeeze the top of the abscess and massage down to work out the rest of the infection.
Then take gentle iodine and dilute in clean water to the color of tea. Take a large syringe (35 cc or bigger is best), and slowly inject the solution into the abscess through the hole. Gently massage and then allow to drain. Repeat 2-3 times. Allow the abscess to remain open and drain. Check daily to make sure it stays open, removing any crust from the opening.
If you are unsure of draining an abscess on your own, be sure to call your veterinarian and ask. Most rural veterinarians are happy to teach you to drain and clean an abscess.
The most common problem when you first get a dog on the farm is the dog not staying home. Most can be solved by simply kenneling or tying your dog up for a week or so when you first bring him home to teach him where home is. When you are in the yard, allow them out and about the farm with you. Some dogs naturally have a bigger territory range than others, so you may need to consider that when selecting a dog.
If they are older and know where home is but persists in exploring the neighborhood while you’re not looking, you may need to invest in some kind of fence or collar. I don’t like having my dogs tied up or kenneled all the time, but the cattle dogs will not leave my yard birds alone. So, I invested in a wireless invisible fence for them with the PetSafe system. This allows them to stay up by the house freely but allow my yard birds to free range peacefully.
My LGD has a much larger territory naturally. Our yard he believes is the center of his territory not the edge. This means he is across the road or on it quite frequently once his tracking collar broke, or we left and were not able to buzz him back into the yard. We are trying a new system and have had better success. The collar has a larger range and can communicate with my phone.
LGD are very intelligent, but also very stubborn. Now that the new collar is on, he is staying off the road and accepts that he is not allowed on the road. We have allowed him a larger territory into the field behind our house not that he is fully grown and bigger than most coyotes (the biggest predator threat here). If you have a dog which you want to roam the entire property, but also stay home, you will need to invest in a gps hunting tracking/training collar.
Farm dogs are very much worth it and issues with them are few. The common ones are fairly easy to treat or re-train too. Have a happy time with your 4-legged partner.
As I've grown in my journey as an entrepreneur, mom, gardener, and livestock owner, I struggled to find a planner that met my needs and kept me organized. So, I MADE MY OWN. You can look at it on the link below and buy it on amazon below.
Don't want the whole calendar part? I got you! I pulled the gardening and animal care pages out and put them in a book all their own.
Wanting a community to lean into? Join the FREE Helping Your Family Homestead for Food group! This community is for the Mommas, looking to stay home and raise their kids, but unsure how to keep everyone fed and make ends meet. I share tips from my journey from the office to half the income and feeding my family from home, while maintaining good nourishing food. Tips include gardening, bulk buying, caning/preserving, livestock, homesteading, and home remedies. Your family is precious, and this group is to help you gain the knowledge and tools to keep your family well and not reliant on outside professionals. Remedies and tips are easy and simple for the busy momma, time is precious after all, including pregnancy, birth, young kids, and illness. Trust your Momma gut again! This community offers the resources + community you need to help get started on your journey and prepare for whatever future you envision.
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