Category: Goats

Seeking Garden Wastes and Old Vegetables

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Two Goats Milking At Briden Farm

So, it’s that time of year when we all have garden wastes, Halloween leftovers, pumpkins, squash, old hay and straw bales, etc. As it happens Goats and Chickens love all those things! So, if you’re wondering what to do with your old pumpkins and straw bales and so on, our critters would love to have them. You can drop them off, come feed them to our animals when we’re here, or we may even be able to come get them. We can also make use of your raked leaves and yard scraps for our compost.

Please Contact Brian at (902) 907-0770 

Photo from HobbyFarms.com

PS: The photo above has been borrowed from HobbyFarms.com who have an excellent article about using Pumpkins for Goats.
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Making Yogurt at Briden Farm

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Farm Made Yogurt

Making Yogurt at Briden Farm is a great way to make use of our excess goat milk. We already make cheese, butter, cream, buttermilk, and whey, and today we made our first batch of Yogurt! I’m very pleased to say it was great! To be honest, I’ve never been a big fan of Store boughten yogurt, but this farm fresh yogurt made from our own Goat Milk is incredible! Flavouring Yogurt with Watkins Extracts is also incredible! (Click Here for more on that) 

We used Watkins Extract to flavour it. We made some Pumpkin Spice because today was Halloween. We also made some Raspberry and I really liked the way it turned out! I even liked the Plain Yogurt which was a surprise to me! Here’s a video of the Yogurt we made… 

The Belles of Briden Farm

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The Belles of Briden Farm

It’s that time of year when all good Goat Herders put bells on their Goats! Don’t get me wrong, I am all in favour of hunting, wild game, and wouldn’t be insulted at all if someone brought me some! Having said that, there are those, not so apt, hunters who have the bad habit of shooting before they have a clear view of what they’re shooting at! Thus, once September rolls around, it’s time for our Belle’s to don their Bells! 

Pictured above are Eve, our 11 year old Saanen Doe. Nanna, and our new little girl, Stella. The later two are Nigerian Dwarf Goats.