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) - 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 ...

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 ...

Lisa McBride kicks back with her goats, using one as a pillow. "This is where I come to relax," said McBride, outstretched in the sun. She jokingly calls the goats her best friends, but of course, on ...

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, ...

Let us give you a bit of an idea about how we make our goat milk soap. First, you have to have some land. Build escape-proof goat pens and fill the pens with healthy goat does. After several years of ...

“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, ...

Four of the set of rare quintuplet kids born on Mark and Katrina Cayer's homestead compete for attention from 5-year-old Natalie Cayer. Credit: Julia Bayly / BDN Everyone is a bit tired these days on ...