Goats might make sense for your homestead if you have two hours a day to spend on care, money to burn, plenty of pasture, and a yearning to have them. (Otherwise, consider raw milk shares or trading ...

If you farm and have livestock, then you probably think that goats can’t be that much different from say, chickens, sheep or cows. You may be in for a surprise. Goats can be fun livestock to keep, but ...

DEATSVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) - Kristi Barbour loves her life on the farm. She home schools her kids and almost everything they need is on their property. About five years ago she decided to buy some goats, ...

“Goats like to climb,” Erika Slusher says as her 4-year-old pygmy goat, Daisy, hops up and down on a section of tree trunk, one of several stumps set up as a playground of sorts in the pen. Meanwhile, ...

DEATSVILLE, Ala. (WSFA) - Raising animals on a farm is hard work, especially if you have very little farming experience. But one family in Deatsville decided to give it a try, and it seems to be ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. On Monday night, Denver City Council gave a big ol’ rubber stamp to urban homesteading when it approved a new ...

When goat birth goes well, the tiny, limp baby fires out in a red and yellow slime of blood, burst sacs, and fluids, which its mother will immediately begin lapping up with her tongue. When it doesn’t ...

Caring for a farm full of goats, chickens, a miniature donkey and assorted dogs and cats might sound like work, but for Realtor Amanda Baron, her husband Chris, a Vanderbilt physician, and their two ...