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Two Horses, an inspirational story…

Written on July 13, 2009 by Christine in Inspirational

There is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But if you stop your car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing. Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind. His owner has chosen not to have…

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GOAT POLIO OR LISTERIOSIS?

Written on July 11, 2009 by Christine in Goat Health

I was recently contacted by a reader, Marsha from Montgomery City, MO., concerning the symptoms & behavior of her goat. The most prevalent was being stiff legged & that the goat was “stargazing”. I quickly did an internet search while Marsha waited on the phone and read what came up with the symptoms she described. …

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New Horse Pasture

Written on July 5, 2009 by Christine in The Farm

We finally completed the fencing of the extra property we had! Our original property is an 11 acre lot where our office building & guest house is located. There’s probably about 8 acres that are fields but we couldn’t use because of inadequate or non existent fencing. The second piece of property where our house…

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Neuturing your buck

Written on June 27, 2009 by Christine in Our Farm Animals

I’m often asked which method I prefer. I’ve used the scalpel method (not for the faint of heart), the Burdizzo & we had our Zebu “banded”. Here’s my opinion of each one. The first bucks I altered I used the Burdizzo. My husband held each of the 2 bucks while I used the tool. I…

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Mouse, our Bichon Frisé puppy

Written on June 26, 2009 by Christine in Our Farm Animals, Personal

Scott & I realized since the passing of Murphy (our house Chihuahua), that our home felt sort of empty. We’d discussed briefly the acquisition of a house dog and our only requirements were small & non-shedding. Wouldn’t you know it, with everything that we have going on we just had to have another responsibility! I…

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The Nursery

Written on June 25, 2009 by Christine in Our Farm Animals

Spring has brought many little baby goats to the farm! Actually the streak started Valentine’s day. Here are the announcements! 02/14: Valentino & Valentina – Proud mom, Oreo 04/23: Ace – Proud mom, Bambi 04/30: Pepper – Proud mom, Cocoa 05/25: Gizmo – Proud mom, Chausette 06/11: Deuce – Proud mom, Brownie 06/14: Pee Wee…

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Tank’s Story – the conclusion

Written on June 25, 2009 by Christine in Our Farm Animals

Much has happened here since I posted last more than a month ago! I’m not sure where to begin but I’ll try to remember all the important stuff. I realized that acquiring Tank had been a mistake. As much as I loved the big guy, I didn’t have the time to exercise him. I put…

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My Forum

Written on May 31, 2009 by Christine in Personal

A few weeks ago my husband installed a “Forum” feature on this website. I was very excited about this because I thought it would receive a lot of activity. Early August I removed it because readers continued to “comment” on posts instead of using the forum. Don’t get me wrong, I truly enjoy the fact…

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Ziggy the Zebu

Written on May 2, 2009 by Christine in Our Farm Animals

MAY 2ND, 2009 February 12th, we brought Ziggy to Danny’s of L & J Farm supply & had him undergo minor surgery. Ziggy was “banded” which is a humane & bloodless way to castrate him. The procedure is relatively simple… a strong elastic band is applied between his belly & testicles and within a few…

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I broke my “Golden Rule”!

Written on May 2, 2009 by Christine in Our Farm Animals

Yep, really didn’t think I’d ever do this but I suspect a couple of my neighbors knew it was just a question of time. I got a horse. I full size horse. Actually I’d call it a horse & a half! Let me tell you how I came to have “Tank”! Of course with me…

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