Abundant Grass – grazing blessings
With the lambs healthy and strong, it was time to start grazing the amazing grass that has florished with the rain. The chickens on the otherhand need to have their spot mowed so they can move!
And Thats a Wrap! 2024 Lambing Season is Complete.
And that is the end of 2024 Lambing season! Good mamas didnt need any assistance. 9 lambs born to 7 ewes. 2 ewe lambs, 7 ram lambs, 1 didnt live.…
Lambs, Hail and Duct Tape!
Crazy week! 2 more lambs born – 1 probably wont make it. Wicked thunderstorm with huge hail blew through yesterday. Need to get out the duck tape.
April Showers Brought May Flowers – and lambs!
May is off to a great start. 2 out of 5 ewes have lambed, & the chicks are quickly outgrowing their tractor, gotta do something about that soon. Hope the…
Perfect Weather for Lambing
First day of early lambing watch. Of course the weather has to butt-in. This girl is a bit off her usual and by herself, so she’s on the radar. Nasty…
On to Spring Grass!
First day on grass for the replacement team!4 weeks old. No going back now!
Pastured Poultry Harvest
Whew! 12 7-8 week old cornish cross broilers in the freezer! That’s 57.50 pounds of homestead pasture-raised (no antibiotics, and no ‘fecal soup’*see note below) healthy chicken! Affectionately known as…
And then there were Three!
Oh, happy day! Just a quick post to announce that Star had twins, among the worst thunder-lightning storm I have seen. A boy and a girl. All are doing well…
Because chickens can’t swim
The weather forecast is calling for heavy rain, and the last time that happened the poor chickens aside from the adult layers were wading in an inch of water in…
The Shape of Things to Come
Star and Moon, my adult ewes, had a visit from a ram in the month of December. Star is definitely looking like she will be first to lamb, and this…