Ruffled Feathers and Spilled Milk

Farming with ducks and dairy goats, chickens and children.

Loose Ends.

Big projects are overrated.  Sure, they lead to impressive results.  Who doesn’t like water and electricity run out to the barn?  A landscaped pond with a waterfall in the backyard? New kitchen cabinets and an island with bar seating? (Those are just random examples.  I’m not saying that I want those thing.  Or need them.  […]

Tasha

I have already mentioned this.  Life can get ugly in a New York minute.  Which I believe is a very short amount of time. I already know this fact.  I live this fact.  So I although I was upset when the Other Half called me in the midst of a delightful pedicure to say I […]

Resolutions.

Apparently I am supposed to be making some resolutions.  I think this entails a list of things that I will accomplish in 2012.  But I am not sure exactly how resolutions work.  Because unless the list can rise up and slap me when I stray, I’m not sure how resolutions are enforced.  And if there’s […]

All I Want For New Year’s…

is my groove back. Brianna started it.  About a week ago she got a bad scratch on her teat.  4 inches long, all the way to the orifice.  She had to be milked as she is a heavy producer and risked mastitis without it.  Also, she and Carmen are our only providers until kidding starts […]

‘Twas The Day After Christmas.

‘Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house, there was no room to walk, not even for a mouse. Empty stockings were thrown all over the floor, torn open toy boxes, stacked by the door. The children were nestled in piles of trifles— basketballs, roller blades, new Nerf rifles. Wearing pajamas, instead of […]

Blue Christmas.

Can you tell what is the same about all these windows and doors?

Honey Baked Ham.

So far, the test pig is a bit of a dud. He managed pretty well for the first 2 days.  Then I had to go to work for a 24 hour shift.  The animals don’t get sick/injured/die/give birth/escape every time I go to work off the farm.  But if they’re going to do it, that’s […]

Test Pig.

One of the main goals in farming is getting through winter with fewer mouths to feed.  After all, once the forage runs out, even free range animals depend on feed bags for their meals.  That, or the pansies on the deck.

The Chicken and the Egg.

It’s that time of year.  This is what the nest boxes look like: Empty.  Nothing.  Nada.  Zip.  Zero.

Up on the Rooftop.

I have always considered light and air to be an essential part of raising animals.  When we were producing 350 ducks a year, their barn had 2 covered rooms–one for nesting and one as a brooder room– and the rest of it was open wire roof and sides.  After all, the ducks didn’t mind the […]

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