Goats, goats, and more goats
The 2022 Spring Kidding season kicked off with Mercy delivering 2 adorable bucklings.
10 goats later, we have 20 kids on the ground and one doe left to kid.
I want to start putting a milestone on each year. A recap of what was accomplished on the farm and a quick summary of dreams for the next year. Main House: No activity was planned or completed on the main house. — We need to put a new roof on the house, install some piers, hang guttering…
Wow, it’s been a long while since I posted anything. So, lets get to the news… We’ve added an animal to our farm. “Pippin Tom” is our Thanksgiving Turkey. He’s a handsome white boy. I’ve been getting a few cucumbers from the garden (and, yes, it’s about the only thing we are getting.) That means I’ve…
Proper husbandry allows for the flow of animals from farm-to-farm or farm-to-yard or place-to-place. Domesticated animals are no longer “wild” and if left in the wild are unable to find food or shelter appropriately. While some may try to insist that all animals should be free, it just simply is not true. That insistence has…
As a youngster, I grew up “in the country.” Grandma’s 40 acres was our playground. We had dogs and a few random cats along the way. Occasionally, there might be a flock of chickens around doing bug patrol. BUT, there were no goats, cows, ducks, geese, turkeys, hogs, horses, alpacas, or donkeys. So, who would…
We are covered in a half inch of ice outside our house but inside we are warmed by the fire. Once again we are all together and the weather is frightful. It just might be a puzzle kind of day! Our annual Christmas Event was a time of great fellowship last night. Thanks to all…
We started our journey with chickens and a garden. We still have both. The chicken flock is smaller now tho. We found that we don’t use a lot of eggs and we do not have the desire to process our own birds for food. We can if we have to but we’d just as soon…