We’ve had so many farm visitors lately, which feels like years of work building the farm finally coming to fruition and it’s really fun. Plus we finally reached the end of six and a half months of goat kidding, the piglets are weaned and the sows are on vacation, the main goat herd and the cattle are make their grazing rounds and the bees are happy with lots of beautiful summer flowers.
Read MoreAnother batch of kids has been hitting the ground over the last week and a half, our new egg layers are settling in and hopefully should start laying within the next week or so, the piglets are chunky and getting weaned later this week and the heat is setting in big time!
Read MoreChickens are at the center of our attention right now as we welcomed a new flock of teenage hens about to start laying and are having our first hatches in our new incubator. The April piglets are fat and happy, there always seems to be more goat kids being born and Grant is working on a round of spring bush hogging, aiming for even better warm season grass growth.
Read MoreAll three litters of piglets (and their moms) are doing great, plus the goats are back to grazing again, with some newborn kids complicating the rotational plans a bit! The cattle are sleek and shiny on beautiful spring forage and we’re fighting a major predator battle with one of our chicken flocks. Plus there’s one April Farm Tour left and plans for monthly evening tours as we move into summer.
Read MoreWe have 16 doelings available for sale, born in November 2024. Most are Kiko, Boer, Myotonic Crosses, with some having Saanen and Oberhasli mixed in, as well. Pictures and info about each doe.
Read MoreTwo of our sows had some beautiful litters this week, plus we had a fantastic time at the first of our April Farm Tours. Kidding season won’t quit, either, plus the cattle and the chickens are enjoying lush spring forage and we even had a honey bee swarm that we got into a hive.
Read MoreIn between the severe weather and rain, we’ve had some stunningly beautiful spring days at the farm! Don’t miss seeing it for yourself with our April farm tours. My family is visiting, so we had some very sweet baby goat time and we’re also awaiting spring piglets. The cattle and the chickens are on the move with their pasture rotations, too!
Read MoreWe’re excited to finally start regular farm tours! Plus the cattle have been on a quick grazing circuit, including some cover crop fields, the chickens’ egg production is back up, farm visitors have been loving on goat kids and the sows are fast approaching spring piglets.
Read MoreTwo more goat kids capped off February kidding season! And several rainy days means the fields are wet, the cattle are sloshing through to find spring forage, the pigs are cozying up in piles in their hay bales and the chickens need ever more hay and compost in their fields.
Read MoreMy precious Uma the goat had triplets this week, plus another granddaughter and great granddaughter. And the cattle that are fat and happy, the pigs are still romping around the woods and the chickens are spreading out hay and compost.
Read MoreFour more goat kids (all bucklings!) joined the farm this week, we reached 11 hours of daylight and the hens are picking up their laying and the pigs and the cattle are crisscrossing the farm, working in tandem to help create silvopasture in our woods.
Read MoreThe demand for eggs is as high as ever as Avian flu continues to disrupt the poultry industry. We had to do another price increase on eggs, but we’re fortunate to not be directly affected by the virus at this time. Plus, another round of goat kidding began, the pigs are continuing their cogon grass eradication and silvopasture creation and the winter forage is taking off in growth after the snow!
Read MoreA near blizzard in Southeast Louisiana. Can you believe it? Even after expecting it and living through it, we sort of can’t believe it still! All the farm animals and water lines and even cool season cover crops made out fine, though.
Read MoreWhile we haven’t been directly affected by Avian flu on our farm, I’m sharing my thoughts and what I know from the poultry industry. Egg production is still at its seasonal low, the goats are cozy in their winter digs, the cattle are still bale grazing around the farm and the pigs are foraging as vigorously as ever.
Read MoreWhile all of our does are doing a great job taking care of their kids, there’s sometimes milk supply issues beyond their control that we jump in to help with. Plus the pigs having been loving the cold snaps, the cattle are finding all the frosty cool season forage and bale grazing around the farm and the chickens are declining their egg production in the shortest days of the year.
Read MoreWe’re so grateful that weather and rainfall this year have led to a much better hay and winter grazing situation for the cattle, plus the pigs are busy making piglets and tilling in some coffee grounds and hay, the goats are cozy in their hoophouse and the chickens are officially molting.
Read MoreWith storms coming, we had a big goat rearranging and moving project this weekend to get the doe/kid herd back into the hoophouse barn. Plus given the low daylight, egg production is dropping even more and with all the down trees and limbs in the paddocks with the pigs, they are getting very athletic leaping over them!
Read MoreWe had a sad situation that resulted in an orphaned goat kid this week, but she did make a lot of customers smile at the shop that day and now she’s on to live her best life as a pampered bottle kid at another farm. Plus we’re breeding for spring piglets, the cattle are bale grazing and some new flags came in very handy for “herding” some wayward chickens.
Read MoreThe goat kids are at quite possibly their cutest, bounciest stage and they’re all doing amazingly well. Plus their moms and the pigs are still feasting on donated pumpkins, the cattle are gorging on succulent bean sprouts and one of the chicken flocks is scratching through a bunch of crab shell compost.
Read MoreFall kidding season began with a tricky situation with a tiny doe that mom didn’t really want, there’s cover crop beans sprouting all over the farm and pumpkin fest continues!
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