Baby Goats!
Maggie (one of our Oberhasli mix doe) was due to kid last Monday. After the bad experience with Farrah (who has recovered fine) we were anxiously awaiting her kidding. Each day her udder grew, but no babies arrived. This morning,…
Detoxification
Recently, I was having a conversation with a trimming client about detoxification for her horse. I will freely admit this is something new to me that we haven’t been doing with our own herd. Bentonite clay is primarily used for detox in…
How to fully use a rabbit
We enjoy raising rabbits as a meat product. Unfortunately, it’s not very cheap to raise a rabbit. It actually costs about as much to raise a rabbit for meat as raising a chicken (and takes about as much time). However, because…
A night in the kidding stall
Goats normally kid at 150 days +/- 5. On Wednesday, Farrah was at day 153. Anna came into the house about 7 and announced that Farrah was in the kidding stall and had some mucas discharge. Some friends who live…
Life changes
As many of our friends have alreay heard, we may be moving. I am still transferring on order to Newport in May, however, the house we have been leasing for the past 2.5 years will be put on the market…
Farewell to Dillon
Tonight we said goodbye to Dillon. Dillon was a 1yo Border Collie mix we took from a rescue just before Christmas. While he was very sweet, had good leash manners, and got along great with Mack, we were having problems.…
Blizzard Feb 2013
Is it Nemo or Charlotte. Depends on tgr channel you watch. The name of the blizzard really doesn’t matter. We spent Thursday evening doing some extra prep for the storm, including loading extra hay into the horse barn. The snow…
Life on the fringe
Anna and I frequently find ourselves “on the fringe” of society. What I mean by that is, we have moved away from much of what most Americans consider mainstream. Why? Primarily because the more we educate ourselves on decisions, the…
Goat’s milk – by the numbers
Since our last doe has been dried up and we are getting ready for kidding season, I closed out the milk records for last season. If you are not familiar with the dairy industry, milk production is actually tracked and…
It’s so cold…
2 degrees and 47% humidity this morning. Made it all the way into the teens during the day. How cold is it? The eggs are freezing IN THE COOP! We keep feeding the frozen eggs to the dogs, so they…