As mentioned in an earlier post, our half-holstein bottle calf has slowed her intake from the bottle to nothing. She sniffs the nipple and just walks away. It wasn’t long before I caught this picture, where Brie is “sneaking a drink” while Hayseed (Buttercup’s natural calf) is getting his fill. The half-full glass is very […]
After having a very solid incubation success rate with our Blue Andalusians, we went ahead and began incubating a bunch of Khaki Campbell ducks. We had purchased our new farm, but were less than a month out from moving in. For the most part, we were overly enthusiastic and were making every effort to prep […]
The farm has a very nice setup with 4 fairly large pastures (well, large for my operation), running from maybe 4 to 8 acres. From what I can tell right now, three of the pastures look to be full of grass with very few weeds. I have positively identified blue grass, clover, fescue and bermuda […]