Goat Cheese Vs Cow Cheese

Remove and cut curd into 1-inch by 1-inch strips. Lay the strips in a crisscross fashion in a large bowl. Your goat-milk mozzarella is ready to eat! Enjoy it in chunks or slices, or grate it and use in recipes.

Herb bread can be a real treat for your family, and it can be a show-stopper the next time you are asked to bring the rolls for a party.You can cut herb bread into cubes and place with a bit of meat and cheese and an olive for a flavorful addition to...

The stems are erect, stout and have small thorn-like protuberances. This vigorous plant is an important forage species for numerous animals. Can you eat cow parsnip? Queen Anne's lace's sap is less toxic but can cause skin irritation.Differentiating the...

These are connected by plastic water pipe laid on the ground to the water system in the barn. As the fencing become both available and affordable, we gradually moved on to poly wire and fiberglass posts - both much easier to work with.

Mom figures she shoots at least 20 bad to so-so images for each one she really likes. Watch to make sure your shadow doesn't spoil the image. You'll hate it if you shoot the perfect picture in poor-quality lower-resolution.

If we have the predicted snow, they will have a dusting come morning, which they will shake off like large, lumbering dogs and begin their day. We are having a slushy, icy, snowy, drizzly January thaw this week.

Goats can be raised for meat or dairy purposes, but don't overlook their potential as pets. John McIntyre/Flickr Pygmy goats are one of the most popular breeds of goat—no doubt because they are so small and cute.

There are a lot of advantages to using goats as packers that horses and mules can't offer. “You can keep a goat in a small area as long as he has a friend and some play toys.” Miller also points out that goats don't need new shoes every six weeks...

It also doesn't hurt to ask around and make sure your neighbors are aware of your plans. A dairy breed such as Nubian or Saanen, will provide you with plenty of tasty milk and not a bad amount of flavorful meat.

The size of the herd of weed control goats doesn't matter — any number of goats will be able to keep weeds to a minimum. Tags goat , goats In today's world, where most people buy their meat and dairy in the grocery store and wear clothing made from...

I also apply a mild, homemade, herbal antiseptic salve to my girls' udder and teats to protects against harmful pathogens and moisturize their skin. This would have taken about 45 minutes in the refrigerator, but should only take about 10 minutes in the...

Nostrils: narrow, just above the mouth; good sense of close-up smell to discern feed Mouth: Upper jaw has no teeth and a hard palate; lower jaw has 8 incisors and 24 molars. Tail: short and bare underneath; usually points upward Ears: hanging or upright,...

The average Myotonic goat is shorthaired, but some have longer, thicker coats; the coat should be straight, not wavy. Renee Orr, who developed the breed at Sol-Orr Farm near Lignum, Va., tells how these wee goats came to be.

These pelletized droppings allow for more air in the composting manure pile, and the dry nature allows it to compost faster. Goat manure is considered cool, and it has a more balanced pH and less salt.

Remove dough from food processor, and lightly knead into ball. Read on and be prepared to crunch. Baking powder 1/2 tsp. The mixture should clump into a big ball. Just remember to chill the dough ahead of time just as you would a pie crust to get a better...

Just before leaving the states, though, her former husband advertised their cheese-making supply catalog in the Dairy Goat Journal. And then there was me, with my Day-Glo orange boots purchased expressly for the occasion, qualified only by my love of...

Other Supplies You'll also need a stainless steel, enamelware or glass pot large enough to hold a gallon of milk; a two-quart glass bowl; metal measuring and slotted stirring spoons; a colander; butter muslin (if you need to, substitute many layers of...

Babies that don't ingest enough colostrum are much more likely to succumb to disease during infancy. Alternately, use an oral IgG (immunoglobulin) supplement designed for your baby's species; they're expensive, but they have a refrigerator shelf life...

If you use a nylon longe line, all you have to do is sear the ends with a flame and smooth the rough edges with an emery board. Check out this picture to get a visual: Instead, we're going to make a harness like this one: Here's a close-up: It's a simple...

Drenching Lots of things can be given via drench gun. If the medicine is foul tasting, I like to pull the gun out but clamp the mouth shut until the goat swallows. But like everything, it will get easier with practice.

Even experienced goat raisers argue about the best time to breed doelings for the first time, so Uzzi and I asked Mom, but we also looked things up at some university websites. They all weigh way more than 135 pounds, and Katy the Alpine weighs more than...

In 1902, Baum wrote a story called The Life and Times of Santa Claus in which 10 reindeer pull Santa's sleigh. May considered calling his red-nosed deer Rollo or Reginald but settled on Rudolph instead.

Lactose is milk sugar. (Mom can eat them, too.) Finally, a mutation in milk product users' genes occurred and their bodies began producing lactase. Mom gets them all, and she isn't alone.

A stable fly looks a lot like a common housefly, but it has a stiletto-like proboscis that extends beyond its head and is used to pierce the host's skin and feed on blood. The entire lifecycle from egg to adult is completed in two to four weeks, and several...

The Oberhasli was first imported to the U.S. in 1906. For hobbyists seeking hardy, easy-to-handle dairy goats to raise on a small farm, the northern European breeds are a perfect choice.

This article originally appeared in the July/August 2014 issue of Hobby Farms. This disease that affects goats' joints could be deadly, so monitor for it in your herd. Differentiating infection from disease is vital.

They'll sell sows that never get pregnant, rams that knock people down, a tiny goat accidentally bred to a huge studly buck like me, and animals with fatal wasting diseases, like Johne's disease (in cattle, sheep and goats), caprine arthritis encephalitis...