All the does enjoyed a little more time in the grass. I just love how the “babies” stick together. Best buds. So cute. Even from behind. What can I say. I’m smitten 🙂 Karen
Blue Heron in the Morning
Karen and I have noticed now that spring is here and the good weather is back, so are our Great Blue Herons. Last year we had at least a couple of Great Blue Herons frequenting our pond and fishing the banks. Some say to scare them off to protect the aquatic life, but they are […]
Bucks and Does
I find our goats to be amusing. They are fun to watch. It is actually more entertaining than my boys. With the goats I don’t really care why they do the weird things they do. With my boys I sometimes start to worry……”Why on earth would they do that?” One thing that I’ve noticed is […]
Milking
It has been more than three weeks since the babies were born. Tuesday marked the first day of milking Brown Sugar. Monday night Michael locked the babies in a carrier so they would not drink any milk through the night. They are eating some hay now and do not need to be feeding through the […]
Alien Babies
Our two newest additions to our herd went to see the vet on Wednesday. This is what they came home looking like… Randy Jessie Those silver colored circles are evidence that the babies have been disbudded. What on earth is DISBUDDING? It is the removal of their ability to grow horns. Most goats naturally grow […]
Video of Nigerian Dwarf Goat Babies
We are completely enamored with our new kids. Pictures are one thing but a video gives you a real life view of just how cute they are. Without further adieu I introduce you to the greatly animated kids of Salt Creek Acres. I hope this put a smile on your face. Enjoy […]
Breaking a Broody Bird
Yup. It has happened. We have a chicken that wants to be a mom in a really bad way. How do I know this? My first clue was when I noticed that she was in a nesting box while all the other chickens were roaming around. Yes, there were multiple eggs (from multiple chickens) under […]
New Chicken Run
I made an executive decision a week ago Friday. We skipped math and history so we could get chores done. Michael had to be out of town for the weekend working and we didn’t want him to have too many chores to do when he returned home. First on the list was moving all the […]
It’s a Boy…..and a Girl
Welcome to the first kids born at Salt Creek Acres. I guess we should back up about 38 hours and tell you how we arrived at this scene. Thursday, April 2, I was out at the barn at a little before 7:00 a.m. I checked Brown Sugar’s tail ligaments and had a difficult time finding […]
Flying Chickens
As you know, we have been letting our chickens enjoy the weeds and bugs in our garden area. We put them out mid-morning and take them back in at dusk. If they are there. The first time it happened was while Michael and the boys were camping. I had put the chickens out in the […]
A Pregnant Brown Sugar
Here is Brown Sugar when we brought her home last June. She wasn’t quite a year old and very lean. Here she is today. Pregnant belly. Her udder is forming. Those teets better get bigger before I milk her! Here is a shot of Halley Berry from the top. No idea if she is pregnant. […]
Loss and Gain
Last weekend was very disappointing. Saturday morning we woke up to a dead goose in the pond near the shore. I went out to have a look to try to determine what had happened. The first thing I noticed was that the gate to get into that area from the field was not closed properly. […]