Our Farm
We have so many different things going on around the farm, and things are changing all the time. Here are a few of the “constants” we plan to always have on the farm:
Farm fresh eggs! Our eggs are gathered daily from free-range happy hens. Our laying hens consist of Buff Orpingtons, Blue Plymouth Rocks, Lavender Orpingtons, Barred Rocks, Easter Eggers, Polish, a few barnyard mixes, and Freedom Rangers.
Meat Chickens! We order day-old broiler chicks from the hatchery, grow them out on pasture, moving them twice daily to fresh grass using chicken tractors, then process them ourselves. We do not add any hormones or medications to our feed or our chickens.
Chocolate Heritage Turkeys! We have one Tom and two hens. Tom and one hen are Bronze Chocolate, and the other hen is Chocolate. We love to watch as they hatch and grow young poults. Baby turkeys are so cute!
Chicks! We love to incubate our eggs as time allows and grow new babies to add to our flock… ever heard of Chicken Math?
Livestock Guardian Dogs! Our male, Oliver, is 100% Great Pyrenees, and our female, Landry, is 1/8 Anatolian Shepherd and 7/8 Great Pyrenees. Landry had her first litter of puppies on Dec. 1, 2022, and we plan to breed her again in a year or so. Pregnancy, labor, and nursing can take a toll on a sweet momma, so we want to make sure she has plenty of time between litters.
Nigerian Dwarf Goats! There’s no point in trying to put a number here to say how many goats we have….. Goat Math is like Chicken Math…. they multiply fast! LOL We have Nigerian Dwarfs, and they stay fairly small, are usually very docile, and make the best pets. We breed and plan to make goat milk soaps, lotions, and other items in the future. UPDATE: As of Fall 2024, we have sold the whole herd of 14 goats. Breeding and milking were just too time-consuming for the current season of our lives.
Hereford Pigs! Update: As of Fall 2023, we no longer have our breeding pigs, but we hope to get back to raising pigs in the future. More to come on that later!
Cattle! Our first calves were black baldy bottle babies. We are always looking to add Herefords or more black baldies to our herd.
Haired Sheep! We have Katahdin sheep on the farm now. We started with two ewes and a young ram in the fall of 2023.
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TikTok Ban: Gotta move content
Please forgive me, I know I haven’t posted in forever, and I promise I plan to get back to it soon, but for now, this post is just to move my content from TikTok over before I lose it. As of January 19, 2025, the United States will be banning TikTok and I do not…
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A Very Cold January Made for Many Memories
I read a post from a fellow farmer and had to borrow it because it was perfectly written for what we experienced: My hair went unbrushed for 3 days mid-January because I was too busy making sure we kept all our animals warm, fed, and safe during the arctic freeze we were experiencing. Mission accomplished!!!!!…
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Life on our farm is like being in the Circus, especially when the pigs get out!
Wow! Those 8 weeks flew by so fast! All of the piglets have been sold, and the last one will go to her new home next weekend. Let me just say, piglets are so dang cute and fun to watch! That being said, after lots of thoughts and prayers, we have decided to get out…
