Working and dealing with animals on a homestead, ranch or farm
Are you looking for a place to buy a quality border collie in the Boise valley, but don’t know where to look? Look no further! Here at Cross S Ranch we raise quality border collie puppies for your family! These are ranch-raised puppies that are exposed to lots of elements and especially kids before they […]
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For the last 6 years we have been raising hair sheep as a part of our ranch. It first started as a side hobby for myself, but grew very quickly over those years as I acquired more sheep, different breeds and worked on making a very nice hair sheep breed. As homesteading and backyard hobby
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This a oldie but goodie. Last year our jack russell, Yoshi, killed a bull snake in our yard and since the snakes are waking up around here now I thought it would be a good time to re-introduce this video again. Enjoy.
Do you love bacon, but do not love the fact that bacon is loaded with Nitrates, MSG and other things harmful to you and your family? Look no further then fresh pork belly! It is extremely simple to make your own bacon! It’s simple, fast and done overnight and tastes amaaazing! Ingredients to make up
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I’ve decided I’m better at doing a vlog than a blog. I can’t write, but I can create videos about our life, which is more fun for me and you, so I introduce to you my first video about our ranch. This short 1 minute video is about our premium beef and how we raise
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This was the first year we tried raising Cornish Cross chickens for our customers. To say that it was a success, would be an overstatement, but to say it was a total failure would be… Well, almost correct, but it was not a complete loss, we at least broke even, but in a business, “breaking
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This is my favorite way to end my season of gardening! Turn in the sheep! My sheep clean everything up, leave a little manure behind and then go on their merry way. Some people tell me that this is a bad idea and that sheep will get sick on certain things in my garden, but I
It’s about time the fat myth got busted. Wall Street Journal Article Time Magazine Article Now since all these fabulous sources say it’s true, now we can believe modern medicine… Right? Well, animal fats have never been bad for you, regardless of what Time and the WSJ tell you. But now since it is “officially”
Celebrating Good Fats! Lets Make Lard! Read More »
Our chickens live in style. They enjoy movement and new ground, so we decided to take an old horse trailer and make it into our moveable chicken coop.Now I wracked my brain for a long time trying to figure out how to make a moveable chicken coop. We thought about buying an old camp trailer,
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Last week Sean, Cecilia and I went to St. Louis to visit my side of the family. After living on the ranch for three years I can safely consider myself a “country folk” and consequently I really don’t enjoy the suburbs, tv and small manicured lawns that could be grazed by animals. With that said, after being
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