Goat Kidding Time!

With the cold of February comes the Dairy Goat kidding season, and this year is no different, Except I think they are cuter this time! No really Take a look for yourself. The goat above is spanish/alpine cross, she was the first one to come along! Thursdy night/Friday morning some time.






These little goats are Lamancha Crosses, they have all their ears, the buck was an Alpine.
One boy and one girl, the girl is the black spotted model! They are getting the legs working and they are jumping around every where, every goat and everthing!!



Here is another view of the little doe, she's has a very nice pattern almost like a Holstein Cow



This one is pure Alpine, She came along Saturday morning to one of the biggest Alpines we have!
Her mamma is down right now and its touch and go, she may end up being a bottle baby.

New Farm Dogs

We have a had a few additions to the Farm dogs around here, my next door neighbors, who are also my sister and brother in law, have adopted a small terrier mix and what looks like a boxer mix, both are good looking dogs!
This little guy is scooter, he looks like a small pit bull mix, but he loves the chickens, maybe a little too much! He is fast too, he can tree the barn cats in nothing flat! Scooter here needs some further training on what he can and cannot eat. He appears to be making progress, I haven't seen a dead chicken in a few days! The big white beast in the background is Tanner, he is the old man around here now since Ben passed on! Tanner gets more mellow by the day, and could care less about the chickens, He is turning into a good farm dog.


This guy is Buddy, he is way more laid back than Scooter, but if scooter starts the chase, Buddy will bring up the rear. Buddy is a good porch dog, he would rather lay by your feet on the porch than just about anything. We all approve of the new mutts!


January Updates

January was a wet month for us around here, and cold too. I'm glad for the rain, but enough is enough already! We are about to float away.
The Garden preps are going good when the rain permits, I constructed a seed starting rack from a bakers rack we had and two florescent light fixtures, to see a step by step build, check it out here.

The cows are doing well, they are waiting for the green grass of spring, Aren't we all!! We did have a loss in Jan. Cookie one of our Jersey milkers passed on, were gonna miss that one! She was a good milker.

Well that's about it for now, next thing we have going on is goats kidding in a few weeks, and the pigs farrowing around March 12, If our calculations are correct.

As always we will keep you updated on all things farm out here, Until the Stay Dry!