Tag Archives: Corsica

Working by Hand

I don’t like working with machines. They are expensive to buy and to run, and especially when I’m involved, they break easily. So, I want to learn to work with goats with as few machines as possible. This is a … Continue reading

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“There’s Nothing to Eat Here”

The farmers at this farm basically use the “no fences, no neighbors” system of grazing that we learned at Coonridge. They walk the goats out of the barn in the morning, the goats eat what they want and come back … Continue reading

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Teats, Bottles, Buckets, Syringes

Since we arrived during kidding season, we get to learn not just about the births themselves, but also about caring for kids. There is a demand here for kid meat, so Romuald and Agathe raise all of the kids at … Continue reading

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Mise-Bas

Literally: putting below. It’s the French word for an animal birth. We arrived at this beautiful farm in Corsica, chez Romuald and Agathe, right in the middle of kidding season. In all my work with goats, I had never seen … Continue reading

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