It seems like every day is warmer than the last one! If you need to get something done outside, your best bet is to do it before 8 am or after 7:30 pm… even so, I still find myself sweating from the most bizarre places. Did you know you can sweat from your calves? Things…
Category Archives: Our Farm Animals
Milking goats… world’s best kept secret!
Anyone but me would just say, “I’ve got a dairy goat & I’m milking her”. But of course, not me… I’ve got to make a novel out of this episode of my life… so here’s my story! A few weeks ago our friend & priest Fr. William visited with some of his cousins from Africa. …
Summer is just around the corner!
Here we are, last week of May. All the goats that I had up for sale have sold. I have 2 little ones that are reserved & will be picked up June 12th. It’s so quiet at the barn now. When I wake up in the morning, the sense of urgency to feed the “starving”…
Kids, kids & more kids!
These last 3 weeks have been pretty busy here at the farm. It seems like every other day one of my does was popping kids! Late this afternoon Sweety ended the kidding spree. Let’s see where we are at… 04/26/10 Sweety (3) 1) Buckling mostly black 1) Buckling mostly white 1) Buckling mostly grey 04/25/10…
Parasite Control – Effectively & economically!
After this article posted, I received some valuable feed back from a contributor concerning Llama worming. Please note the following correction… “In regards to M-worm prevention almost everyone has either returned to Ivermec as a preventative or moved their Dectomax schedule to 30 days as it was subsequently proven that the Dectomax does NOT work…
Blondie & Bogart’s first day out!
My little Peewees had been confined to an inside stall since they got here last Saturday. It is a nice stall, very comfy… lots of fresh hay for bedding, very airy & open but still I knew they were dying to get out. I had let them explore the barn and they checked everything out…
Blondie & Bogart meet the farrier!
First, let me tell you a little about my farrier. Earlier this summer I found out that my neighbor, Val is a farrier and an awesome one at that! She’s extremely patient and always talks to the horse she’s working on. For example, she doesn’t just pick up a horse’s foot.. she asks for it! …
Bogart & Blondie, dwarf miniature horses
Last weekend I spent a few days at the Cookville Exotic Animal Auction which is held about every season. I was hoping to acquire a bottle fed female Llama. However, no females were available & I had been warned about bottle fed males so my visit was not fruitful… so I thought. When I returned…
Meet Ms. Piggy!
Last week I got a call from a guy looking for a home for little Pot Belly Pig he purchased at the flea market. This little girl was home raised and had never set foot in a barn! When I saw her tied with a 3 foot long wire to a post in a very…
My adorable Mini horses
All of my farm animals are special to me but I have to admit.. my mini horses are my favorite! I recently acquired a used pony carousel & had it “cut to size” – it was built for larger horses. Every day (that it’s not too hot out), I work the minis on it along…
