It has been so busy lately with kidding, babies, human kids, etc, we haven’t really posted many pics of the babies this year. All together we have 13 kids; 7 boys and 6 girls. I did however capture some video last night of the babies playing, in particular two of the little bucklings trying to […]
Climbing on Mom
Just some fun pictures of Brown Sugar’s now one-week old buckling. He has certainly found his legs. All done. I’m so cute, I can get away with anything. It’s a good thing a mother’s love is so strong and they are so lightweight at this age. Hope this put a smile on your face, Karen
And Then There Are Eight
From two babies to eight. Here is how it happened. Wednesday was a busy day for our family. We all had appointments and thus were gone from late morning until mid-afternoon. We knew we had four goats with expected due dates this week so we checked on them before we left home. We have been […]
First Baby Nigerian Dwarf Goats of 2017
Brown Sugar gave birth to two adorable kids last Thursday. Meet the first babies of 2017. That is their heated dog crate. Since these two were born during 14° temperatures, Michael cut a hole in the top of the crate and inserted a heat lamp. Michael said when he was growing up, his uncle, who […]
Unhappy Geese
Our geese are pretty unhappy. They want to float in the pond. They go down multiple times a day and every time, instead of floating in the water, they are slipping and sliding on the ice. We try to distract them with grain. Hopefully, we only have a day or two left of freezing weather. […]
Goats in snow
The storms passed and the sun came out leaving us with a sunny, dry day. This was enough to convince the goats to venture outside, that plus the Christmas tree they hadn’t finished eating yet! You might also notice the goats are getting a little wide, they should all be kidding in the next week […]
Isn’t it Pretty.
We have about 2-3 inches of snow here. It happened in just about four hours last night. I know, all of you in other parts of the country are pretty used to snow and this is nothing compared to what you get. Snow on the Willamette Valley floor is unusual for us. Here are some […]
Brrrr, It’s Cold.
Our temperatures have been below freezing since Sunday.We are having some serious winds but, it has been mostly dry which is what I love. Clear skies and below freezing temperatures don’t make me as cold as when it is any temperature and raining. Rain chills me to the bone. Here is what our pond looked […]
Snow day!!
So the weather folks have been teasing us for days about cold weather and the chance of snow, with no results. We woke up this morning to another day that WAS NOT WHITE. Yes, I love the snow, so i was very happy to see the snow finally start to fall this morning around 9am. […]
Upgrades in the Barn
Michael took some time off during the Christmas Season. Did he rest and relax? Nope. He made some wonderful upgrades to the barn. He is such a type A. Usually I’m a type A as well, but having to deal with a lengthy recovery from surgery my type A has been forced to rest. Thank goodness […]
A Young Visitor
At first I thought it was our goat Brown Sugar who was wandering above the pond by the deck. As I got a better look, I realized that Brown Sugar is a lot wider than this animal. No, I’m not being mean to say Brown Sugar is wide. She is due on 1/10 so she […]
Birds Eating…..and Being Eaten
This morning another “first” occurred for the occupants of Salt Creek Acres. I was browning some cut up chuck roasts for a soup I’m making for dinner and I looked out of the front kitchen window to see a hawk under the front of Michael’s truck. We rarely see Red Tail Hawks doing anything other […]