I love living in the Alberta countryside. The amazing Alberta Skies brighten every day Sunrise Every morning I am greeted with a beautiful sky, lit up by the sunrise. I am awakened each morning as the sun comes thru my bedroom windows, turning the walls beautiful oranges and reds. Then I check the weather app… Continue reading Amazing Alberta Skies
Category: Life in General
Hard Decisions
Bad Year It has been a rough Year. Rough Years lead to hard decisions. Because of these factors, we had to make the hard decision to reduce our Kiko Goat herd. We always plan to keep the herd small because we like to give the animals as much attention as we can, but had planned… Continue reading Hard Decisions
Fall 2023 Update
It is almost time to put the bucks and does together for breeding season. It is time for a farm update for fall 2023. Sales Update Sales have been a bit slow this year. Everyone blames the drought in southern Alberta this summer and a resultant shortage of hay. So far we have sold 2… Continue reading Fall 2023 Update
Kids for Sale
Time to sell the Goat Kids We now have 11 goat kids that are 3 months old. Most of the kids are for sale. They are all either Purebred or Pure New Zealand Kiko Goats, and can be registered. We have decided to keep two of the doelings, the rest need to find new homes.… Continue reading Kids for Sale
Choosing Nesting Boxes
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
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
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