Day 29 Assignment

1. Get a farmer or vet to show you or your assistant how to apply castration bands to lambs and kids. Paying a vet to do this every time you have a lamb will cost too much in the long run, and it’s an easy thing to learn to do for yourself.
2. Consider you climate and estimate with a local farmer’s help how much winter feed (hay, silage, or grain) you will have to make or buy to get your breeding stock through the winter.
3. Plant fodder crops and fodder trees on the land you intend to use.
4. Research where to buy good-quality lambs, kids, or breeding stock.
5. Put together a budget for a sheep or goat operation that suits your needs. Include the cost of fencing, buying stock, basic shelter, medications, and possible feed costs for a year. Your extension office or farmer can help you with the sourcing of all these items so you can properly budget them.

Happy homesteading,

Con Murphy
Your Total Independence Coach, Live and Invest Overseas