I have mentioned previously that our youngest goat (Millie) is still nursing her mama (Aurora) at 9 months old, and I am trying to stop it....

Today is one of those days where you question your life choices.  At 7 a.m. while most people are warm and cozy in their home or office, I ...

I woke up to Kayla’s pitiful voice last night telling me she was cold.  When I got to her, she was shivering and could barely hold herself ...

A month ago, a friend came over to artificially inseminate our mama goat, Aurora.  Wednesday of last week was her expected cycle date, so we...

Birth on a farm is amazing, whether it is a baby chick hatching under its mama, or a goat kid being born in the barn.  On Tuesday, my frien...

This has been such a busy summer!  I can still remember last winter, sitting in our house and looking out at the snow covered field.  Dreami...

Before we moved here, the field had been farmer in either soybeans, or corn, for many years. We knew we didn't want to continue with tha...

In March, we got our first goats .  2 Lamancha/Nubians, and I was so excited!  Once I started milking, my excitement waned.  It was not good...

In February, a friend hatched Barred Rock eggs for me .  Out of 24 eggs, 12 hatched.  And out of those 12, 9 were cockerels.  I purchased 3 ...

I love being barefoot.  It's not always possible around here with all the glass in our field, but the yard is mostly safe.  We recently ...

Is there anything that says summer like strawberries?  I look forward to them every year, but this was our first year making our own, homema...

When we first built our chicken coop, we lived in a subdivision and designed it to fit perfectly under our deck.  It was actually a pretty a...

Every year, I buy tomato plants. I have tried starting them myself, but the most success I have had is 2 plants making it. This year, I deci...

Two years ago when we started raising chickens, I had zero intentions of ever having meat birds. I wouldn't even read the broiler sectio...

It's mid-February and we are finally getting EGGS!  Oh how I have missed them. You don't realize how many eggs you go through until ...

I've been making fodder for the chickens for a few weeks now. They absolutely love it, but I have noticed they seem to prefer when I spr...