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Green Walls of Abundance

We had to move Leroy and Roger this week. Last week we put them in with Pete. Pete is a buck. Leroy is also a buck. Prior to putting...

Serge de Nimes

It was a really busy week on the farm! One of the main things that happened was that Leroy moved to a new pen. He was showing signs of...

Suddenly Lucky

There’s a pasture behind the back pen that our neighbors use. A couple of days ago, when we were feeding our goats, the neighbors’ cows...

Pan - the Goat God

This week we stopped giving animal crackers to the goats. Well, we didn’t stop entirely, we just cut way back. We used to give them...

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I captured it! Look! That’s Lydia standing on top of Lezlie - who isn’t anybody’s mother! Then, the adults in the background are (from...

Goat Circus

My favorite thing that happened this week might be called Goat Circus. I wish I could capture this in a photo, but so far I’ve failed. ...

Hanging on to Life

This week we began weaning the older kids. Jan has a gentle system for doing it. At sunset, we simply close the baby gate, keeping the...

Milk Drunk!

Rain had her babies this week! This is Rain, and her daughter, River, minutes after she was born. Rain is a first-time mom, and she had...

More Babies!

We had another dramatic delivery this week on our farm. We brought Mothra into the kidding parlor Saturday night - checked on her every...

The Babies are Coming!

This week has been all about preparation. Preparation for kidding, preparation for our new chickens, preparation for weathering the...

A Chicken on the Lam

This week, Jan left me alone on the farm! She went to California, to visit another farm that we trade goats with. I was very confident...

Babies!

On Monday, Phoebe, was 30 days away from her due date. On Wednesday, Loulu was 30 days away from her due date. They’re going to kid in...

Balloon Crew!

This week I had an amazing adventure. Jan’s son, Eric, owns a hot air balloon and has a pilot’s license. I signed up to be on balloon...

Wonderful News!

A lot of wonderful things happened on our farm this week. The first, most amazing thing was: somebody forgot to schedule the butcher! ...

A Sad Episode

Last week our friend who does hooves and ultra-sounds came to trim hooves again. We all went to the back pen, where we have a second...

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