Showing posts with label homesteading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homesteading. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Miniature cows!!!

More wantsies, but can't havesies.  :(  Miniature cows!!!  Link is to a breeder in Utah too.  Ok, I seriously need to figure out how to afford to buy some property in the area of Utah we want to move to!  If I have 3 female heads on my land I can get a tax write off on my property taxes as well...ummmm....NO BRAINER!!!  And seriously the cost of a cow is the same as a pure bred dog...but what does a dog bring into the house every day?  Drool, farts, and FLEAS!!!  What will a cow bring in?  BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY WARM LOVELY MILK!!!!  CHEESE!!!  YOGURT!!!!  SOUR CREAM!!!  COTTAGE CHEESE!!!!  BUTTERMILK!!!! CREAM!!!!  BUTTER!!!!  (Yes I realize cows drool and fart too...but outside).

I'm insane!!!!

Adorable Chicken Coop

Who knows when I'll ever be able to get chickens of my own - but OH BOY WHEN I DO....this is the coop I'll be building!!!  Isn't it just adorable?


I found it on CleanCoops last night and just absolutely fell in love with it.   As soon as I can, I want to buy the plans just so I have them so 'in the event' I ever get my chickens I can budget out and build them this beautiful home.  :p  It's probably a bit bigger than I'd ever need, but I didn't like the smaller one as much as I did this one.  :p  The back opens up for easy cleaning and has removable roost (well I'd call it a basket but it isn't) for even easier clean up.  It also has 2 chicken doors, one for the front if I wanted them to ever free-range and then one in the back that I'd use after inclosing the bottom and build a pen in the back.  Depending on where we live and how many chickens I can actually keep on whatever dream property I have, I may turn the second nesting box into a storage area where I can keep feed and other chicken goodies.  :p

Oh my dreaming...it can be dangerous at times!!!  :)