Homemade diets, both cooked and raw, are often incomplete when it comes to nutrients. Unless you’re feeding your dog’s a whole prey model diet in which they eat the whole animal (fur, feathers, brains, eyes, blood, etc). In those cases, the diets are complete as long as there is variety in the proteins. I found …
Mozzarella Cheese With Raw Goats Milk
The recipe is inspired by Joshua Weissman and his “30 Minute Homemade Fresh Mozzarella Cheese” video with a few small changes. As I’m using our raw goats milk, less rennet will be required for setting the milk. I also like to salt and stretch the cheese a little bit differently. Most recipes have you salt …
Banana Cream Pie With Raw Goats Milk (healthier version)
Universal Gluten Free Pie Crust Recipe Here What Makes It Healthier? The original base recipe I referenced this from asked for twice the sugar and added butter to the custard mixture. Neither has been missed. This new and improved version is still pleasantly sweet without unnecessary sugars and fats. With my own crust recipe, sometimes …
Squeaky Cheese Curds From Raw Goats Milk (+BONUS)
This recipe is based off of the one on the New England Cheese Company Website. The only change made is that I am using raw goats milk and using 3 gallons vs 2 gallons. The original recipe is as follows (direction to make it will be the same) . . . 2 Gallons of Milk …
Why Is Dry Dog Food So Bad?
Commercial pet foods have only been around less than 200 years. It started out with canned horse meat, and then as a result of war and the need for cans for ammo, it was moved to dry dog food products. Before it went commercial, pets were fed table scraps. Once it became commercial, a lot …
Processing A Rabbit
If you hunt or raise rabbits for meat, there’s a few steps you’ll need to take to get it to the dinner table. The approximate break down of a 5 lb rabbit is 1/2 lb Pelt, 2 3/4 lb Meat with Bones & Organs, 1 3/4 lb Feet/Intestines/Bladder/Head/Blood/Stomach Contents. Some items your going to need are …
Ear Hematomas In Dogs
What Is An Aural Hematoma? If you’ve never seen or heard of a hematoma before, they can be a little scary at first, especially if they’re bad. For dogs they generally occur underneath the skin, commonly the ears. Essentially, they are the result of a blood vessel bursting, creating an unsightly fluid filled pocket. The …
Why Chickens Eat Their Eggs & How To Fix It
It can be highly frustrating when you get chickens so they can provide you eggs, and then they decide to help themselves and eat their own eggs. It makes a mess of the nesting box and surrounding eggs and can be one giant headache to fix once they’ve started. **FINALLY, A Smart Coop For Chickens …
Raw Verses Cooked Dog/Cat Diets
Properly balanced homemade diets are clearly healthier for your pet than heavily processed kibble. But there seems to be confusion on whether or not you should feed raw or cooked diets. After doing some research I’ve come to a split conclusion. Ultimately, I think meat is best fed raw, which keeps the natural health …
Guide To Feeding Your Cat A Raw Food Diet
This is a continuation of my other post, “Guidelines To Feeding Your Dog A Raw Food Diet”. I figure many people also own cats and would like a raw diet option for their feline companions as well. Dry kibble diets make your cat or dog perpetually dehydrated. This is particularly damaging to cats as they may not get enough water through a kibble diet. Cats are true carnivores, they …