Stacked Keys Podcast
The idea to talk to women who are out there living and making a difference is where the Stacked Keys Podcast was born. There are women who make a difference, but never make a wave while paddling through life. Immediately I can think of a dozen or more who impacted me, but I want more. I want to talk to those I don't know and I want to share with an audience that might need the inspiration to find their own beat. This podcast is to feature women who are impressive in the work world-- or in raising a family -- or who have hobbies that can make us all be encouraged. Want to hear what makes these women passionate and get up in the morning or what they wish they had known earlier in life? Grab your keys and STOMP to your own drum.
Stacked Keys Podcast
Episode 240 -- Anita Yates Andrews -- Goat Lady, Grit, and Grace
Ever wondered what perseverance sounds like at 4 a.m. in a cold barn? Meet Anita “the Goat Lady” Andrews, who runs a five-acre Alabama dairy with 120+ goats, Jersey cows, and a work rhythm tuned to full udders and empty stomachs. We explore how once-a-day milking protects long-term herd health, why fly control is real preventive medicine, and what it takes to read an animal’s nonverbal cues before trouble hits. Anita’s path runs from training horses to breeding parrots to building a teaching herd for Auburn University vet students, where hands get dirty and learning gets real outside the perfect conditions of a clinic.
The conversation moves through the tough and the tender. Anita walks us into kidding season—barn cameras, sleepless nights, breach deliveries—and the sober truth that some fights you win and some you lose. She shares how grief and love are twins on a working farm, from the loss of her first Jersey to the quiet healing that comes when a child collects an egg or a stranger holds a bottle baby. We talk about social media as a lifeline for small farms, why festivals are powerful but punishing, and the commitment behind every jar of raw milk and bar of goat milk soap.
Threaded through it all is Anita’s faith, not as a slogan but as a way of making decisions under pressure. Fear doesn’t help you pull a kid; a steady mind does. Strength, she says, is perseverance—showing up, doing the next right thing, and caring without shortcuts. If you’re curious about homesteading, small dairy life, or kinder goat care—or you just need a story that puts courage back in your chest—this one’s for you.
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