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There are no Bad Goats, Only Bored Goats!

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Goats and Chickens

It’s true, in most cases, that there are no bad Goats! People think they make great lawn mowers and go around eating tin cans! Not so! Goats, unlike Sheep and Cattle, don’t graze, Goats browse! They’ll go along from bush to bush, leaf to leaf, tree to tree, and so on, and browse as they go. As long as they have something to browse on they’re happy and content. Thus they seldom get bored as long as they’re browsing. However, when they run out of browse, like this time of year when the leaves have fallen, the vegetation has died back, and winter is soon upon us, Goats get bored. Bored Goats get out and about and can quickly find themselves in trouble! Thus it’s important to have good fences and / or closely supervise Your Goats! 
The following video is a quick walk around one section of our rotational pasture and a quick check on our fencing after our Nigerian Dwarf Goats, our Does, got out one day, and that had us Checking Fences at Briden Farm.

The Hearth & Heart of a Country Home & Homestead is the Kitchen Wood Stove

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Wood Stove and Chimney Installed

The Hearth & Heart of a Country Home & Homestead is the Kitchen Wood Stove! It is that by which a family can cook and prepare meals for sustenance. That which can provide heat and warmth for the household and all who enter there. That which when the Sky’s grow dark, the winds blow and the snow falls and the power flickers or fails can mean survival, the difference between failure and success! 

That is why today is such a very special day here at Briden Farm, We now have our Wood Stove and Chimney installed! This lifts such a huge weight off our shoulders and is a major step toward our overall Self Sufficiency!  

The difference is Survival! Not to mention a good cup of Tea at Briden Farm, “where the tea is always on and the coffee is not far behind”.