Introduction: One of reasons we bought our micro-farm was to gain control of our food supply. Our ultimate goal is to grow or raise our own healthy food to the fullest extent we can. We started, as most folks do, with a vegetable garden. Then we added laying hens, and after that, meat chickens for protein. We hope to add pork next year. But this year, I decided to address our lack of dairy animals. We are dairy junkies; milk, butter, yogurt, sour cream, and cheeses are part of our daily diet. Unfortunately, our farm is far too small for cows, or even full-sized dairy goats. Happily, we can support a small herd of miniature goats. Among the…
