We live on a country road and have offered eggs for sale at the end of the driveway for about a year and a half. In May, we had our cooler stolen. We keep a smaller soft side cooler inside a big hard cooler. They left the soft cooler and eggs, but took the money….
In April, our Freedom Ranger meat chickens arrived on the farm (read here). Saturday morning, the first group of 23 got processed. Of the original 51, none died due to disease, however, we did lose 6 to predators (probably a raccoon). Here are our observations about the birds: 1. The chickens were just over…
After having been sick for a week, I felt like I was way behind on farm work. But if you always do the work, you don’t have time for the kids. So this evening, Alex and Vicki collected the worms, and we headed to the pond. It wasn’t a fabulous catch, but as the song…
Horses eat grass and leave weeds. Goats eat weeds and leave grass. A little rest from the horses is a perfect time to let the goats clean up the weeds! We recently purchased a large quantity of used Premier electronet fencing for just this purpose. At their initial browse rate, it looks like the weeds…
To say this week has been busy is an understatement. I haven’t even had time to write about our newest goat herd additions. Last Sunday afternoon, I drove to New Hampshire to meet Cliff Parker of Longvu Lamanchas. I specifically went to buy Tangueray Texter, a first freshened in milk. She come from a very…
Since we are on the kick of raising our own food anyways, why not raise turkeys too? We placed an order back in February from another local farm that keeps Narragansett and Blue Slate hens with a Narragansett tom. As a result, we have some pure Narragansetts and some crossed birds. This morning, Anna picked…
Have you ever thought, “Rob and Anna always seem to be doing something new on the farm. How can I keep up with the changes?” Many people who are reading our posts are clicking in from the Facebook links. However, as Facebook is always changing who and what I see (without asking me), I find…
Warning: This post contains explicit details and graphic pictures of equine cancer surgery. Last summer, we got Vicki a Paint pony named Devil in Disguise (Devil). He has been absolutely fabulous with the kids and Anna uses him for teaching lessons to new riders. In late April, we noticed an unusual lump on his sheath,…
That’s right, we have Goat Addition Syndrome. You can read more about the affliction on Backyard Herds. In September 2011, we bought our first 2 goats. Right now we have 2 bucks, 6 does (3 in milk – 2 getting milked and 1 with babies), and 4 doelings born this year. Some people would think…