The ducklings had their first peek at sunshine today! Not only is Kitty giving them just a bit more breathing room, but she actually got off her clutch for a few minutes! Of course, I didn’t have my camera on me when that happened, but it was glorious none-the-less! The…
T-Minus 10 days and counting, and I can’t imagine how much bigger Mama might get between now and her sweet babies joining us! We’ve spent the month of April doing our best to pull everything together for the arrival of our very first kids (and births!) on the farm. We’re…
As you might recall, on Day 86 I wrote about our wonderings as to whether or not Mama was actually pregnant and finally deciding that yes, in fact, she must have at least two kids in there! Well, now that we’re about a month out from her estimated/official Kidding Day…
I’ve been driving myself a bit crazy trying to figure out if Mama is pregnant…reading a bunch of articles, constantly checking for signs of heat, watching her belly…all in the hope that she will, in fact, give us at least one (but maybe more!) kid in May! I am so…
Despite all of my angst around this big, white, fluffy, livestock guardian dog (LGD) of ours (between her escapes, her seemingly endless heat cycle, and the necessity for our newly installed electric fencing), I just have to say that… She is doing so well! She has calmed around the chickens…
Despite our walks around the perimeter of the property… and our verbal warnings… Despite welcoming her back warmly when she returned on her own (positive reinforcement)… and locking her in her kennel when we had to go searching for her (negative consequences)… Despite her gentle way with our chickens… and…
Our nine year old husky mix, Mika, has been struggling with her health for years now, but we hit a really bad spell last week and were quite worried that we were finally looking at “the beginning of the end”. Keeping in mind her challenges (ongoing bad arthritis in her…
These two are as sweet as can be. I mean, really! Just look at that smile! A month apart in age and so incredibly different in their personalities… I love watching these two and how they interact… How gentle they are with each other… How curious they are together. It is…