Rosie picked a nice warm day to have her piglets. But she didn’t wait for someone to help her. She decided to start popping them out in between the 2 times my husband checked on her! This morning at 8 am I got a text because I was at my moms house. 5 live,… Continue reading Rosie’s piglets
She does an amazing job. This is more like art than just shearing. It looks effortless when she does it.
This is our first year lambing. We knew we needed to shear them before they delivered. Sometimes life gets in the way and we were scrambling to find someone close that would come to our homestead. This year our flock has grown. Normally we just load up the few we have and take them to… Continue reading Sheep shearing day!
Penny needed a good scratch as she complained about being pregnant. Penny and Rosie’s piglets playing with each other through their momma’s bellies. Penny’s piglets are on the move! Being pregnant sucks. Penny can hardly lay down. It takes a while. I love little piglet noises!
After a long wait Penny finally had her piglets! This was our first litter on the homestead. We watched and waited for every sign of her impending delivery. She was really uncomfortable. A lot of grunts and groans. It seemed like it took her 30 minutes just to lay down! Then we waited. See one… Continue reading Penny’s Piglets
Meet the newest member of the homestead. She is an eight month old Jersey heifer calf. I think she will stay midsize. So far her personality is awesome. She is sweet and kind. Loves to be brushed. Her hair is pretty fun. My kids adore her. Currently she is meeting all of… Continue reading Meet Harper
Sweetie Pie finally had her calf. We had been watching her for about 3 weeks waiting to see when she would finally deliver. It has been really cold. The calf would have froze before it hit the ground. She picked one of the warmer days to have it. She had a little bull calf. He… Continue reading Sweetie Pie’s bull calf
This morning I went out to check on our cow Blue. She had been acting funny the past couple days. Even though she wasn’t due for another three weeks. As I walked down the field it looked like Blue was trying to break out. She was staring through the fence. The other animals were yelling… Continue reading Blue’s baby Bella
We hosted the third annual Sanford clinic employee shindig. This was a record year. It is always a potluck. So much amazing food was brought and shared. Kids and adults loved the animals. My animals really loved the attention. They were at the gate this morning looking to see if anyone was coming to… Continue reading Sanford Clinic Shindig
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