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Goat or Cow ? – Choosing the Right Homestead Dairy Animal For Your Family
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27 Nov ’12 - 3:28 pm
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This is a timely subject. I was editing this weeks podcast and we had touched on this very topic briefly

http://www.granny-mi.....ur-family/

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Cool. Cows really need space and companionship, which all animals do really. But with cows the space need is magnified obviously.

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Wow! I never knew that much work went into a dairy cow. 5-10 Gallons of milk a day??? Holy shit!

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27 Nov ’12 - 11:11 pm
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yeah, a farmer looks at it as pounds of milk, but having to milk each one twice a day, it adds up

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why not sheep? they are notorious for being able to become other animals...

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a friend of mine had a goat farm. The goats are fairly easy to maintain. As far as SHTF, I would go with goats. But the milk really seems to taste like the goat smells. Not sure why. But they sold the milk and the majority of their customers were doctors.

So doctors must be smart enough to know that the chemicals in the milk you buy at the store are harmful to your health.

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why not sheep? they are notorious for being able to become other animals...

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lol, you and your sheep

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another good comparison post

http://www.nourishin.....with-both/

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