What farm would be complete without a variety of farm animals. We have had our share of animals, and will continue to try out new ones and old ones.
Recent Posts
Meal Worms
It is always a big experiment around here. Wanting to add some healthy protein to our chicken’s diet we decided to play around with meal worms. Yes, we are growing meal worms, in plastic totes, in our house. From what Dadzoo (or farmer …Read More ...
Chickens!
Spring is such a busy, exciting time on the farm, there are so many different things going on. Preparing for planting, planting and all the baby animals. This year we will have two sets of goats born, 36 new chicks and we are planning on adding piggies. We will be doubling our flock this year, […]Read More ...
Chickens
Chickens have a very important roll here on the farm. One of the first purchases we made when we moved here was a bunch of baby chicks shipped in when they were a day old, soon we had a big chicken coop up and our relationship with chickens on the farm began. We had kept […]Read More ...
Chèvre
For a long time I’ve dreamed of owning my own dairy animals and making all the yummy dairy foods. My first try at soft goat cheese was a success! My children may never get to drink our goat milk again, I’m saving it all for cheese. I think this may just be the most perfect […]Read More ...
Growing Soil
One of my main jobs here on the farm, my main focus, what everything comes down to is the health of the soil. It doesn’t matter what the freeze dates are, the rates of germination, how many pounds of beans harvested per row if my soil isn’t healthy and nurtured. I can’t have big harvests, […]Read More ...
Everyone Has a Job to Do
Everything on the farm has a at least two jobs to do. Sometimes it’s as simple as: provide protection and company, like our dog and cat. Sometimes it’s more complex: provide fruit, shelter for birds, attract beneficial insects, produce bio mass and shade, like the apple trees in our orchard. Even the rabbits have more […]Read More ...
Baby Day is the Best Day
We got our first trio of goats about three years ago this spring. Our own little heard, one little doe and her two weathered brothers. From the beginning we planned on breeding our little dolly and building a heard of small dairy goats. Visions of gourmet cheese and rosie faced children with milk mustaches […]Read More ...
Goats on Pasture
The Goats are almost three months old now and fully weaned, its time they go to pasture and be trained on the line. Part of the purpose of our goats is weed control and sustainable grazing. Grazing animals can be very destructive to the land if their grazing isn’t focused and managed. On the flip […]Read More ...
Spring Babies
We all love the babies here on the farm and the last of the spring babies have arrived! Rabbits can be bred all year long, but they tend to struggle in the heat and a pregnancy only adds to the difficulty, so we take a break in the heat of the summer. We also take […]Read More ...
Goats
Guest Post by Kit On May 28, we had some new additions to the farm, three little baby goats. At only a month old, they had never been away from their mother, we had to become their moms. First we named them, we took a family vote. We all decided on Dolly for the girl, she is the […]Read More ...
Books on Farm Animals
[amazonjs asin=”1580174566″ locale=”US” title=”Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cattle”]
[amazonjs asin=”1603429697″ locale=”US” title=”The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals: Choose the Best Breeds for Small-Space Farming, Produce Your Own Grass-Fed Meat, Gather Fresh … Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cattle, & Bees”]
[amazonjs asin=”159253757X” locale=”US” title=”Get Your Goat: How to Keep Happy, Healthy Goats in Your Backyard, Wherever You Live”]