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Settling In

Enjoying the long weekend, I am happy to announce that the trio of goats are settling in and getting along. Aspen and Charlie are still putting Vanilla Bean in line but they take breaks to enjoy the good weather. I am also excited that the goats are getting large enough that only Aspen can sneakContinue reading “Settling In”

Part two

On the chicken side there have been some new updates: * Lahaina is still broody so no eggs 😔 * The larger chickens have been terrorizing the younger silkies so I needed to get rid of them. Unfortunately, I believe that is how I lost the tan one earlier this week. * One of myContinue reading “Part two”

The complete family

After several weeks we finally received our third goat Vanilla Bean from South Dakota. This has been a bit of a journey with the original plan of us purchasing the sister of Aspen and Charlie. The breeder decided to retain the doe and offered this as an alternative solution. Just when we finalized details toContinue reading “The complete family”

Today started with a suprised of the kids making Dustin and I breakfast in bed. You guessed it… several different versions of eggs and toast. Eli even experimented with Tony’s spices. As we headed out to the barn to let the girls out we were sad to see we had lost a silkie during theContinue reading

Broody Hens and Goat Training

Broody Lahaina This is our first hen to go broody. I had to do a google search to figure out what exactly it looked like. What I found were descriptors such as your hen refuse to move, flattening her body, etc. The suggestion is to pick her up and move her away from theContinue reading “Broody Hens and Goat Training”

Escape Artist

We thought we had solved the problem of Aspen sneaking out of her pen this last weekend but this morning she was found wandering around the backyard. Dustin put her back in the pen and went to work. When I came home from work I found Aspen in the chicken part of the barn. AgainContinue reading “Escape Artist”

Settling In

I was pretty adamant to get the goats on a Friday because I knew it would take me all weekend to get them settled, and boy was I right. I was returning to toddler years and these two were reminding me when my two children were that age. The first night was a chorus ofContinue reading “Settling In”

The BIG day has finally arrived

It was the big day to pick up some of the goats. We had put a deposit on them back in November and wondered if the day would ever come. We have also had some bumps in the road as we figure this goat ownership journey out. The mother goat we selected had triplets andContinue reading “The BIG day has finally arrived”

It is the weekend again and it is too hard to sleep in when I know all the girls want to get out of the barn. I havent completely gotten comfortable of having all the chickens free range day and night. Sadie is the same way in the mornings and helped me open the doorsContinue reading

Not quite as we had planned.

The family has been patiently waiting since last fall for the delivery of 3 safe nigerian dwarf goats. We were ecstatic with the news of triplets and were beginning to countdown 8 weeks till they would be home on the farm. We were unfortunately shocked to receive a phone call informing us that the breederContinue reading “Not quite as we had planned.”