One family. One small farm. One ongoing journey.
My name is Carrissa. I’m a goat farmer, chicken guru, garden geek and a self-sufficient wannabe. My family and I are building a better life in southern Maine, one DIY project at a time. Our farm, Feather and Scale Farm, is a small family farm in southern Maine that specializes in show quality Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats. In 2017 we achieved our goal of becoming licensed to sell our amazing raw goat milk products. Raw goat’s milk is our passion, and we are excited to be able to share that on a bigger level with our local community.
My hope is that by sharing our joys and woes with you, we can pass on a little wisdom, divide the heartache, and multiply joy.
We like to use our chevre in a lot of creative ways. We always try to use it for dishes to bring to events so we can introduce people to new ways to enjoy goat cheese. One of my favorite ways to do this is with a Savory Goat Cheese Tart, which is easy to…
It used to be easy to know when to worm your goats. Goat dewormers used to be a part of monthly maintenance routine. Thanks to these over-worming practices, parasites have now become highly resistant to many of the chemical wormers that are available. Because of that, it’s important to approach worming in a more effective…
The hardest part about breeding goats is selling goats. No matter how attached you get, you just can’t keep them all. When you do have goats you need to sell, figuring out what they’re “worth” can be even trickier. While there’s no real rules out there to pricing out your goats properly, there are a…
When we did our Wine and Cheese and Baby Goats night at our farm for the first time, I knew I wanted to put together a menu centered on our goat cheese. We love to showcase how versatile our chevre is and inspire people to get creative with it on their own. This is why…
