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mountainhodag

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Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  06:02:21 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi Everyone,
We are in the southwest corner of Colorado near Mesa Verde. The hubs and I bought a 10.5 acre piece of land about 2 years ago and have started a little homestead. Well, we are trying anyway. Still working on finishing our house. We just got our first family milk cow, named Shirley. She was out on the range with a bunch of beef cattle! We also have 17 chickens, 5 alpacas, a dog, a nubian goat, a mule, and a Fell pony. Whew! I'm hoping to get going with making all our own dairy products come spring and learning how to can and preserve food, and get a garden going next year. Loving the lifestyle, but we are definitely newbies to all of this. Love the Milk Cow Kitchen book and glad to be a part of this site. :)

Ron

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Ronnie
Peever SD
USA

Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  06:07:33 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Welcome....just to the north in SD here...jump on in...send some pictures tell some stories it's all good! Glad to hear you guys got a place....hold on for the ride. Never a dull moment!

With a moo moo here and a moo moo there, here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo.
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NellieBelle

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Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  06:55:05 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Midwest, IA here. Welcome mountainhodag! Your homestead sounds exciting. You have quite the collection of livestock. Would love to hear more about them and pictures. Interesting story already about how you came by Shirley. Love meeting new folks on the chatroom and sharing our experiences. We all learn from each other, no matter how new or veteran.

To laugh is human but to moo is bovine. Author Unknown
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CloversMum

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Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  09:00:59 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A warm welcome from northern Idaho! We just moved to our land six years ago and have started our collection of farm animals.

You certainly have a variety! Do you shear your alpacas? And do you use their fiber?

Please don't hesitate to jump right in with questions, comments, things you've learned, etc. As Janet mentioned we learn lots from each other. It is a great group!

Loving life and family on our Idaho farm, Meadowlark Heritage Farm; A few Jersey cows; a few alpacas; a few more goats, and even more ducks and chickens
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Andrea0509

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Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  12:13:55 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi! Welcome from the mitten state (Michigan) :) Sounds like you have a wonderful homestead started! My husband and I are also new to learning homesteading, having just got our first animals this Summer. This site has been such a blessing as I've been learned the ropes on having our first family milk cow. I grew up with various other farm animals, but never a cow, so this was ALL new! Great group of cow-lovers here who are always willing to answer your questions. Love it so much! Welcome!
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txbikergirl

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Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  4:21:57 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
howdy from east texas! welcome, you'll love the kind folks around this place. generous of spirit and in their bovine/farm knowledge sharing.

look forward to hearing about your homestead, sounds very similar to what a lot of us are doing in our day to day life. its wonderful to have others around to support us.

Firefly Hollow Farm , our little farmstead. Farmgirl living in the green piney woods of East Texas on 23 acres with a few jerseys, too many chickens, a pair of pugs and my Texan hubby (aka "lover boy")
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maryjane

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Posted - Nov 09 2015 :  6:08:03 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Welcome!!!! You'll find plenty of big-hearted cowpanions here, enough to fill a washtub.

MaryJane Butters, author of Milk Cow Kitchen ~ striving for the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain ~
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Milkmaid Lorinda

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Posted - Nov 22 2015 :  4:45:21 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'm new here too! Hi, mountainhodag, from another newbie! I'll go formally introduce myself too in a new thread. Sounds like you have a lot going on and lots to share with us.

North Woods Homestead
Trained Registered Mini Jerseys, North
Idaho
www.NMHomestead.com
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Sydney2015

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Posted - Nov 22 2015 :  6:44:43 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Welcome! Sorry I'm so late to say welcome, I have a bunch of animals too, a little Jersey heifer, about ten beef cattle, eleven horses, a donkey, a bunch of chickens, and three dogs(My family owns a greenhouse business, my grandparents have some dogs too). I'm in southern Minnesota.

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing - Laura Ingalls Wilder

I live on a small farm of seventy acres called Green Forest Farm, with 10 horses, a donkey, 5 beef cows, 2 beef heifers, 3 Hereford heifers, around 60 chickens, 8 dogs, my amazing cow, AppleButter, and her little Jersey calf HoneyButter!
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