We added a page of history to our collection of animals and equipment over the weekend. We have needed a way to transport animals for quite a while now. Unfortunately, our budget and the price of trailers have not been able to connect. In a stroke of good fortune, we saw one advertised on Craigslist [...]
Posts Tagged ‘livestock’
Our Old School Horse Trailer
Posted in Livestock, tagged livestock on August 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Eggs on Hold – Another Chicken Slaughter
Posted in Livestock, tagged livestock, Livestock Guardian Dogs, pastured eggs on June 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This is not the year of the chicken for us. Early this morning, Wes, one of our Livestock Guardian Dogs, got into the field with chickens and killed a number of laying hens and some of the broilers we were going to process this coming weekend. Several other hens were injured or traumatized. So for [...]
Intensive Rotational Grazing – First Impressions
Posted in Livestock, tagged livestock, rotational grazing on June 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
For the last year, we’ve practiced a ‘limited’ form of rotational grazing. We have a number of pastured fenced and move the animals every few weeks to a new field. We’ve had mixed results with it. Certainly, a more limited form of grazing has some time management benefits, but it also has some downsides. The [...]
The Storm After the Calm
Posted in Family Life, tagged farming mistakes and foibles, livestock on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
B and I returned home today from a fantastic weekend getaway to Kentucky. We drove to Lexington on Friday. Our day took a little longer than planned, because about 30 miles up the road, I realized neither Brittan nor I had picked up our Derby tickets. We had awesome reserved seats for the Kentucky Derby [...]
Where’s My Weekend?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged livestock, pastured rabbits on April 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yikes! My weekend disappeared. I can’t find it. I suspect it’s gone forever now. Sigh. Yes, it’s gone, but it was productive. We got a lot of chores done including getting some watering and fertilizing in the garden. We will spend evenings this week getting the rest of the garden planted. At the very least, [...]
Some Spring Pics
Posted in Livestock, tagged farming, Katahdin Sheep, livestock, Nigerian Dwarf Goats, pastured chicken on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few random snaps from last week, in no particular order. For some reason I didn’t grab any pics of the rabbits or dogs. Oh well, maybe next time.
Sunburn and Success
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged farming, livestock, pastured chicken on April 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Right now, B and I can barely move. We’ve had a very busy day. Mostly it was moving animals and putting up fence. We put the donkeys in with the goats and the sheep in with the cows. Our laying hens went into the pastures just vacated by the grazers. The whole arrangement looks pretty [...]
Long Day. Sore Muscles. Weary Back. Sense of Accomplishment.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening, livestock, vegetable gardening on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Had a big to do list today. Got most of it done, too. Got the chores done early so we could get moving. First, we had to get 25 bales of hay from the feed store. I’m hoping this is the last hay of the season. The spring pastures are looking good. They are starting [...]
Farewell Howard and Vestal
Posted in Livestock, tagged Katahdin Sheep, livestock on February 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It seems like only yesterday that we drove 4 hours through the oppressive Georgia spring heat(in a truck with no air conditioning) to collect our freshly weaned dairy sheep, then turn around an drive 4 hours back. By the time we got home we were sweaty, tired and filled with wonder at our new additions. [...]
A Weekend of Tough Decisions
Posted in Livestock, tagged farming, livestock on February 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of the challenges of the micro farmer is making sure we balance our love of farming, good business decisions and our work/family/farming lives. Sometimes we get the balance right, sometimes we tip over. This past weekend, Brittan and I spent some time planning our next steps in our attempts to keep, or at least [...]
