We have been busy hatching chicks this spring. We have about 40 chicks so far. If we guess that half of them will be Roos, we will be left with 20 more chickens than last year. That means that we might need a new chicken coop… and we will need to go nest box shopping!… Continue reading Choosing Nesting Boxes
Blog Posts
Keeping Up with 11 Kids
Adorable Goat Kids I am having so much fun with this year’s crop of goat babies. They are so fun and mischievous. It isn’t easy keeping up with 11 kids. At bed time, I have to get all 11 kids, as well as their mothers, into the goat shelter for lock up. One kid will… Continue reading Keeping Up with 11 Kids
KIDDING CHAOS
There was Chaos when 3 goats kidded at the same time
Kidding Pens Ready
The kidding pens are all set up in preparation for births.
New Chicks
We have 9 newly hatched chicks on the farm. There is nothing cuter than new chicks. Hatching We have an incubator in the dining room. I got to watch several of the new chicks hatch. Look how cute they are These chicks are a barnyard mix. Last year’s rooster was an Orpington, so there is… Continue reading New Chicks
Winter Vacation
Can it be done? YES! You can take a winter vacation when you own livestock. I did, and had a wonderful time. I found a website – https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/. There was a reasonable fee to become a member and then advertise for a sitter for the dates of my trip. The membership fee included insurance and… Continue reading Winter Vacation
Welcome to 2023
New Year update
I’m Broken
I took a fall about 8 weeks ago and broke my shoulder. This means that I have not had much use of my left arm since then. The good news – I did not need surgery The bad news – It is going to take about a year of therapy to get back the full… Continue reading I’m Broken
Hay Days
We made lots of Hay We spent most of the last week making Hay. We Mowed, Raked, Baled, and stored about 180 bales of Hay. We still have half the fields to go. It didn’t all go smoothly. Day 1. The rain stopped and we were not forecasted any rain for the next 3 days.… Continue reading Hay Days
Making Hay
We are baling our own hay with a mini round baler