Archive for the ‘Herds and Flocks’ Category

Baby Bunnies

The Giant New Zealand baby bunnies have their eyes open and are “scooting” around in their nest. I like their little pink ears the best.  This is just one of the reasons that Spring is so delightful.  By next month, we will have our very own ” Farm Petting Zoo” with baby lambs and puppies.

March 14, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
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Lambs

Our lambs will be born in April. We plan on keeping four of the ewe lambs to add to our flock. The rest will be sold.  I have been thinking about names for the new babies. The first set of twins will be “Goodness and Mercy”. The second set will be “Grace and Glory”. Giving […]

March 9, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Contemplations, Herds and Flocks

Baby Bunnys Have Arrived

Congrats to our new Mother Rabbit. She built a wonderful nest out of straw and soft rabbit fur. The babies arrived last night.  I do not know how many there are yet. We will not disturb her nest for a week or so. We raise Giant New Zealand rabbits and sell them through The Country […]

March 7, 2012 · Sarah · One Comment
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Spring

My animals think it is Spring. The chickens are out of the hen house and roaming around in back. The Mother bunny is in her box, building a nest out of straw.  One of the barn cats looks pregnant. The sheep are wide in the middle and eating a lot.   One of the big […]

February 15, 2012 · Sarah · One Comment
Posted in: Contemplations, Herds and Flocks

A Good Morning

  It has been a good morning because: 1. There is an Indian, spicy, stew simmering on the back of the stove. (made from vegetables grown last summer) 2. I am sipping a smoothie made with strawberries and blueberries. (grown last summer) 3. A  man called and bought 10 of our spring ewe lambs who […]

January 26, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Garden, Great Pyrs, Herds and Flocks, Kitchen

Dealing With It

The back porch thermometer reads 20 degrees below zero. It is cold.  There is bread baking in the oven and soup cooking in the big kettle. I will be calling in all my garden seed orders and answering e mails. The class I am enrolled in has homework. No more excuses, I will study. The […]

January 19, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Contemplations, Garden, Great Pyrs, Herds and Flocks, Kitchen

Apple Peels

We eat the peeling from organic apples. However, since we have a sack of store bought apples that have been sprayed with 36 different types of poison, I have been peeling those apples. It is not all a waste. My bunnies love apple peels, sprayed or not.  They jump up on the side of their […]

January 10, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
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RR

We have a rowdy  rooster! He  flies over the fence, taking several hens with him, and parades up and down our driveway. That rascal struts his stuff and the silly hens follow.  They meander all over the farm, including the pasture with the sheep and Great Pyrenees. The big dogs ignore the chickens, which is […]

January 8, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
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Visiting

This morning, I went visiting. With my basket full of treats ( dog biscuits and raw eggs for the Pyrs), I actually made it out to the barn. It is no fun having the “crud” and I have missed all my animal friends.  Sunday’s puppies have grown and grown and grown. That is what Great […]

January 7, 2012 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Garden, Great Pyrs, Herds and Flocks

First Snow

The first official snow of the season is happening right now. This morning, we picked up our Rams from their summer pasture and brought them home to visit the ewes. They are visiting as I type.  The puppies are having a blast rolling around in the snow and eating snow flakes. Bob is out in […]

November 19, 2011 · Sarah · No Comments
Posted in: Great Pyrs, Herds and Flocks