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Category Archives: The Farm
To keep or not to keep… that is the question!
I’ve recently been replying to inquiries on various subjects… kidding, worming, etc., and many of the folks I communicate with are dealing with goats that are totally not people friendly. Not just shy goats but goats that you have to … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, The Farm
Tagged dwarf miniature horse, fainting goat, llama, nigerian dwarf goat, pot belly pig, pygmy goat
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Our Farm Animals, The Farm
Tagged dairy goat, economical milking machine, goat milking, hand milker, henry milker, saanen
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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. … Continue reading
Posted in Our Farm Animals, The Farm
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Our Farm Animals, The Farm
Tagged goat kids, goats for sale, nigerian dwarf goats, pygmy goats
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Last Day of Winter at the Farm
Spring is just a day away & the sun has finally decided to show it’s face! Well, not for long as rain is predicted for the next few days. In the last few weeks I’ve been quite busy answering all … Continue reading
Posted in The Farm
Tagged goats, kids, pot belly pigs, Safeguard
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Bichon Frisé – Lap dog or farm dog?
I’m sure you’ve read about my Bichon Frisé, Mouse. I got her because Murphy had been gone for a few months and I was ready (and needing), a sweet little house dog that had eyes for me only. I chose … Continue reading
This & That on the farm
It’s been over 3 weeks since my last post. Of course there’s always something interesting going on here. Let’s see… I had decided that Ziggy (the Zebu), needed more attention than I was giving him. He was “shacking” up with … Continue reading
August update
So much has happened at the farm since the beginning of the summer! I always have every intention of posting all that goes on but then life happens and you just have to follow the current & do what needs … Continue reading
Posted in The Farm
Tagged chihuahua, donkeys, duck, fainting goat, kid, llama, miniature donkey, miniature horse, myotonic, nigerian dwarf goat, pet, Petting Zoo, pot belly pig, pygmy goat, silkie chicken, zebu
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Our Llamas…
After perusing my posts, I realized that I didn’t post anything about our second Llama, Little “D”. We purchased this beautiful white gelded Llama from my friend Carol Wolf. Little D was raised with Stormy… they came from the same … Continue reading
New Horse Pasture
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 … Continue reading