Life hasn’t slowed down at all. I spent the weekend with my youngest niece while her parents flew to California for a vacation. She is beautiful inside and out. Great laugh. Update! Update! Get Your Cancer Update! Tuesday we had our first appointment with the oncologist. Great guy. He has been a doctor for 40 […]
Running of the Baby Goats
So we have a bunch of baby goats, and we also have a bunch of moms in milk. We like that milk for us, but the babies think it ALL belongs to them. For the first few weeks we don’t milk and let the babies drink all they want; we really want them to be […]
Baby Goats Buttin’ Heads
It has been so busy lately with kidding, babies, human kids, etc, we haven’t really posted many pics of the babies this year. All together we have 13 kids; 7 boys and 6 girls. I did however capture some video last night of the babies playing, in particular two of the little bucklings trying to […]
Climbing on Mom
Just some fun pictures of Brown Sugar’s now one-week old buckling. He has certainly found his legs. All done. I’m so cute, I can get away with anything. It’s a good thing a mother’s love is so strong and they are so lightweight at this age. Hope this put a smile on your face, Karen
And Then There Are Eight
From two babies to eight. Here is how it happened. Wednesday was a busy day for our family. We all had appointments and thus were gone from late morning until mid-afternoon. We knew we had four goats with expected due dates this week so we checked on them before we left home. We have been […]
First Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats of 2017
Brown Sugar gave birth to two adorable kids last Thursday. Meet the first babies of 2017. That is their heated dog crate. Since these two were born during 14° temperatures, Michael cut a hole in the top of the crate and inserted a heat lamp. Michael said when he was growing up, his uncle, who […]
Brrrr, It’s Cold.
Our temperatures have been below freezing since Sunday.We are having some serious winds but, it has been mostly dry which is what I love. Clear skies and below freezing temperatures don’t make me as cold as when it is any temperature and raining. Rain chills me to the bone. Here is what our pond looked […]
A Young Visitor
At first I thought it was our goat Brown Sugar who was wandering above the pond by the deck. As I got a better look, I realized that Brown Sugar is a lot wider than this animal. No, I’m not being mean to say Brown Sugar is wide. She is due on 1/10 so she […]
Birds Eating…..and Being Eaten
This morning another “first” occurred for the occupants of Salt Creek Acres. I was browning some cut up chuck roasts for a soup I’m making for dinner and I looked out of the front kitchen window to see a hawk under the front of Michael’s truck. We rarely see Red Tail Hawks doing anything other […]
Updates, Updates, Get Your Updates
It has been a very busy past few weeks. First I started by summer pruning some of the apple trees. Just a couple. Then we realized the pears needed to be picked. We picked all the Bartlett trees. One hundred forty-six pounds of pears. Since it was getting close to the end of August and […]
A Tale of Two Bucks
It’s breeding season here on the Banks of Salt Creek. It has been just over two years since I experienced my first breeding. I’m practically an old pro now. I watch to make sure it happens. I bring the girls back multiple times a day or two. I guess you could say I’m quite the […]
Milk Hen
Some people say that chickens are not smart; I have a Milk Hen that will prove those people wrong. It began with a spill of goat milk. I had accidentally spilled the strip cup milk one morning when one of our Austrolorp hens was in the milking room. She went over to inspect it, and […]