Feels like Spring

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Wow we have really lucked out this winter, the weather has been perect for a early lambing season.  Last year we didn’t have lambs and kids until after Easter.   Every morning, afternoon and evening we are scanning the pasture to … Continue reading

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Whiz Bang Plucker

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We started raising poultry on pasture for the health benefits.  To our surprise it cost us more to raise them than it cost to buy poultry in the grocery store.  Our first day butchering was quite a fiasco; we were not able to … Continue reading

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Livestock Guardian added to the farm

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Well I went in search of a donkey to use as a livestock guardian, and I found baby Violet.  She was only a week old when I went to see her, bought her,  and  had every intention of waiting for her to … Continue reading

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Getting ready for lambing

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We are preparing to lamb and kid.  Our  first babies expected around February 10th, much earlier than years past.  I hope it continues to be a mild winter and have larger lambs to take to market.

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The fox got into the chicken coop!

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Unfortunately we lost 35 chickens that were ready to be processed.  This is not the first time the fox has taken chickens, raising them on pasture is a constant battle.    

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