After almost four solid months with a larger-than-anticipated Nigerian Dwarf Goat herd, we’ve finally sold the three doelings we wanted to and are down from 11 to our final 2017 herd of eight: Thee mamas Three doelings One buck One wether I won’t pretend that I’m not a bit sad…
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Oh, how I’ve missed you all! And so here I am again, trying to document and share after being absent from this space for much longer than I’d hoped, planned, or anticipated! Realizing it is mid-August (how the heck did that happen), we’re way past due for a catch-up and…
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I’ve found myself wondering (once again) where the time has gone. It was said when I was a kid that the older I’d get, the faster time would pass… The busier I’d get, the more responsibilities I’d have, the faster moments would slip through my fingers. I didn’t believe it,…
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Tempered by the grief that has blanketed our poultry experiences over the past several months… And bolstered by the never ending hope that exists within day to day farm life and our absolute trust in the goodness of the Earth… I am so very excited and incredibly proud to introduce…
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I kid you not, we’d just put her on the cull list. With wonky, inconsistent eggs and a perpetual limp (for no good reason) we figured she could provide a nice stock since she’s beyond her prime for straight eating. And then she goes and does this. I swear she must’ve…
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This post could have easily be called, “On remembering why we started”. Though I microblog a lot these days, there are times I’m not sure how to even address the battles happening on the farm and within myself… And so I wait to find the right words at the right…
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It’s been a rough spring on the farm! Let me tell you, keeping animals is hard. Like, daydreaming-of-throwing-in-the-towel hard. We’ve seen a lot of loss here in the past couple of months and so I, really and truly, just didn’t want to tell you another sad story. So I didn’t…
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Whew…they say things come in waves…and in threes…and so, boy do I have a story for you! As the title alludes, we had seven kids born within 14 hours here this weekend…Saturday afternoon thru Sunday morning. Lucy started showing signs of labor late on Friday evening. Pawing a bit, begging…