Go ahead, waste a few minutes and watch a couple videos of some baby goats just being silly. Sorry for the little bucklings being, well, like little bucklings. Some of them start trying to “mate” in the first couple days, and at three weeks they are clearly trying to figure it out. Silly boys! All […]
Baby Goats on the farm
Yes, it has finally happened, there are little bundles of baby goat joy here on the farm! The moms were huge, I referred to them as double-wides, and they were truly in need of an escort vehicle anytime they waddled around the barn. According to our breeding records they could have started kidding anytime this […]
I’m Getting Stronger and the Goats are R
This morning I did something to help me build my upper body strength all in preparation for the Spartan Sprint next August. We had a goat project to do and it involved dividing the upper pasture into two sections for breeding. Since it is a temporary thing we used cattle panels and T posts. I […]
Goats are so cute
Not much to say, other than share a brief video of our goofy goats. That’s Spitfire scratching her belly. She is such a good girl, one of our favorites. Who am I kidding, they’re all our favorites! Til next time, Michael
It’s Always all about Chickens and Goats
One of the reasons we bought this place was because it already had so many out buildings. There was a nice big barn that now houses our goats. There was a chicken coop that our first batch of baby chicks moved into in August of 2014. Then there are other out buildings that we name […]
Our Family is Growing
No, not the four legged ones. We are officially all sold out of baby goats. I mean the two legged ones. Baby chicks! Let me back up a bit. Our 15 chickens are over three years old. That means their egg production is decreasing. We needed to start thinking about what to do with our […]
Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goat Wethers for Sal...
It’s that time of year again. Our Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goat Wethers are for sale. It is an emotional time for me. Am I happy they will be gone so the moms give me all their milk? YES. Am I sad they will be going since I love them all? YES. It is an up […]
Baby Nigerian Dwarf Doelings for Sale
Gosh, if only we could keep every goat. No matter how attached we get to them, they have to go to their new homes. We have 3 doelings for sale, descriptions are on the top of each picture. They are $250/each, and come from good genetics with good history of milking. K1 This beauty is […]
Snow in Amity
Snow? Nope The weather people keep teasing everyone with the possibility of snow. I don’t mind that because I know the weather people are rarely correct on their predictions of snow. Western Oregon is difficult to predict for any type of weather except rain. We are close to the ocean, we have the Coast Range, […]
A Productive Day
Joshua and I spent all morning building some feeders; one for a customer and two for our barn. I build these feeders for customers all year long, and am just now getting the last couple stalls in our barn outfitted with our favorite style feeder. We call them “Sloped Panel” feeders, and they minimize hay […]
Baby Goats!!!!
The barn and soon to be the whole upper pasture is bouncing with baby goats. Guess how many…..6? Nope……8? Nope…..keep guessing……12? Nope 15 babies all cute and cuddly. It began on Wednesday January 31. Michael was out of town and the boys and I were all getting ready for school . Nicholas does the chores in […]
August Happenings on the Farm
Yes, I’m writing a post on the Solar Eclipse day. We are pretty excited to live within the path of totality. All we have to do is walk out the door, put our glasses on, view it and then walk back into the house. I’m old enough to remember the one back in Feb. of […]