Discount Codes and Goats 🐐
I am offering a 15% discount through Sunday. Use promo code yeshoney at checkout.
Gm Farm Chads!
I hope ya’ll had a good Thanksgiving and are ready for a nice weekend.
I know I haven’t sent any substack emails out in a while. I’ve definitely been slacking on substack posts. Seems like the last few months have been a blur of activity around here and I’ll tell you some of the reason why below…
But first, I’ll cut to the chase and tell you why I’m sending this email right now.
Thursday night I got a case of FOMO and decided that I would run a weekend discount code for 15% off on Farmer’s Premium Raw Honey (not soap).
It has been a hit!
Many people are taking this rare opportunity to stock up on Honey. They’re smart because I never do a discount this steep. I probably won’t ever again!
Hint - it’s so easy to get fresh raw, unfiltered honey shipped right to your door. Just use promo code yeshoney at checkout.
I’m sure there’s some of you that have been on the fence about ordering honey online, well now is the perfect time to finally pull the trigger and getchu some.
I just realized that most of my substack subscribers aren’t subscribed to my website newsletter and probably didn’t hear about the discount.
Bee sure to sign up for newsletter emails when you order so you don’t miss any sweet deals!
And you may have been checked out of twitter/social media like I have been for the past few weeks and missed my tweet about the discount.
So I just wanted to let you know about the sale through substack, because I want everyone to try our honey.
So…I am telling you right now… that I am offering a 15% discount through Sunday. Use promo code yeshoney at checkout.
Check out the full Honey lineup here.
Now, instead of just hitting you with a sale code and riding out, I’ll give you a quick little update on what’s going on out here on the farm.
Three words…
Goats are Awesome
If you missed my earlier post, you can read about how/why we decided to sell all of our dairy goats back in March.
It was nice having a break from caring for goats, but after a few months, the fields started getting overgrown and I decided that I would get a pair of Kiko goats. (In case you didn’t already know, I am <redacted> 🥴)
But this time it’s different.
Kikos are a little more hardy than Lamancha. They are supposed to be more resistant to parasites and other diseases. Kikos are usually grown for meat.
I’ve been wanting some kikos for a long time and found a pair from a really good bloodline. When they popped up for sale at a farm not far from us on the Facebook goat group, I had to get them.
Here are the two Kikos.
They’re still pretty young, the male is the black one and he is going to be massive. Some adult male Kikos can tip the scales at over 300 pounds!
They are a mating pair, and I’m hoping these two bloodlines will mix to create a beautiful gray colored goat. The gray color of their coat is referred to as “blue” and they look like this:
Well a few months later, my friend asked me if I wanted a lamancha goat. It was a young doe that was a baby of a pair of Lamanchas that I had given him a few years ago.
We actually traded two goats for a bunch of fruit trees
My friend told me his wife wanted to get rid of the young doe because it was always screaming loudly and it was waking her up early in the morning 😂 (that reminds me of all the roosters I had running around here the past several months, we finally got around to butchering them… did I tell you we’ve been busy?)
Anyways, my friend said he would trade me the goat for 3 quarts of honey and I agreed.
I mean, just look at this goat, I had to have her.
I got her back to my place and she’s been as quiet as a mouse. The reason she was screaming so much is because she was in heat and there were no bucks at her old place.
I’m hoping she’s been taken care of now, if you know what I mean. That would give us one, possibly two baby goats and a steady stream of hopefully delicious milk.
Not to mention the kids will be a Kiko-Lamancha cross and I have a feeling they’re going to be mighty cute little things.
Since I got these two Kiko goats, I’ve been doing a lot of research on goat intestinal parasites and basic care for them. In the past, my wife mainly looked after the goats, but now I’m taking the lead. This eases the burden for her so she can focus more on the kids and the day to day.
So far, I’ve learned about the different worm medicines and how to know if a goat is sick. I’ve also learned about iron and b vitamin supplements for goats (given with a syringe under the skin). I added a new gate to the goat pen on the far side of the pasture so now I can let them out to browse the fresh brush during the day.
I’ve also learned to trim their hooves. Most people don’t know that goat hooves grow kind of like fingernails. Over time, they grow long and curl under their hoof causing them pain. It can lead to major issues like hoof rot.
I’m even planning to be the “milk maid” if we do end up having kids and a milk supply 🤣
All this to say I’m a goat man again and I’m loving it. Now that I have learned more about how to really manage a herd of goats, I appreciate them alot more. I’m pretty much fascinated at their ability to browse weeds and plants that most animals would turn their nose up at.
If you have space for some goats, I recommend getting a pair to see if you enjoy raising them.
And if anyone has any questions on goats, feel free to reach out. I don’t know everything, but I may be able to help.
See you next time, I’ll hopefully get back to posting more regular soon. That depends on if you keep me busy shipping out orders.