Farm Photos

Hardest part of Farming

Hardest part for me in farming is losing an animal. We lost another duck today.  After having my daughter show me how to get the meat off, we checked Denise (was named before we figured out she was actually a he) organs and I did not see any lesions on them. But we did notice the ribs cage was broken. I'd say cause of death was being trampled. I've never eaten duck before to my knowledge and put some of it in the freezer. I figured I might as well use what I can although with Aflac we didn't.  I just disposed of her body. At least I know now I can cull my own birds and it won't bother me as much as I thought.
Goats seem to be doing really well. I need to give Oreo a bath as he is pretty grubby. Oreo and Milkshake are slowly getting used to us.
Roo crowed for the first time this morning and of course I missed it. He hasn't crowed since. I'm sure the neighbors will really love it once he starts crowing more but oh well. He's a keeper.
I'm teaching myself to crochet. It looks more like ribbon right now. I'm hoping once it gets longer it will not be as rippled as it is now. I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong....Next time my aunt comes up I will have her tell me what I'm not doing correctly. I have so many different crocheted things I want to learn how to make. I need to take my mom's suggestion and start watching youtube
Tomorrow is ladies bible study. I should be able to go this week. I have missed the last 2 weeks and have missed it tremendously!
One of my friends from VA is coming up Saturday.  I'm very excited to see her. I really need to finish some projects I will be surprising her with before she heads back. Today I went thrift store shopping instead of working on the projects but tomorrow afternoon I will finish some of them.😌
It's late and I want to read some blogs before falling asleep.  Pictures to come soon!!  Night😪😪

Introducing Our Newest Additions♡♡

Meet Oreo and Milkshake our Nigerian Dwarf Goats. We will be able to breed them later and have goats milk. I'm so incredibly happy to have another addition to my farm. Both are very shy and jumpy, but with time I know they will be happy. ♡♡

Here are some more pics of the boys and I wooded walk

Treasured in the Woods via Photos

Cool Maine Temps

It's getting a little cooler here in the northeast. I made Chili in the crockpot for supper and will be making homemade biscuits to go with it.
We have to keep chasing the chickens around because they love to go to the neighbors and eat sunflower seeds.
Our dog is not impressed with his muzzle he has to keep on his face but hopefully soon he will learn to leave it alone.
I pulled the rest of the plants up out of the garden today and set the corn stalks off to the side so they will dry out.
I'm finally getting myself onto a cleaning routine which seems to be working out great. Everything except laundry is usually done by 8:30 am. That's quite an accomplishment for me.
Here are some fall pics, a few pis of our animals and what we have done on our chicken coop this far.

Busy Fall

It has been a busy time around here. Our lab has had 2 emergency surgeries for being naughty and eating things he should not be. I just brought him home today from his second surgery. He now has to wear a special muzzle when he is out of his kennel. He had a 2 1/2 foot section of small intestine taken out as it was preferated. We are praying for his recovery and hoping he has learned his lesson.
The garden has all been harvested and canneed what I could. I know next year we definitely need to plant it a lot earlier. I will also put the fencing around the garden next year as the chickens ate 2 of the pumpkins and some zucchini.
We are happy they have started laying eggs again. Today we had 3 eggs.
Hubbs and the boys are finishing our pallet chicken coop. It's exciting watching it change shape.

The girls keep watching and inspecting the work. Once in awhile they will fly up next to hubbs to see what he is doing.

The leaves here are beautiful. A lot of our trees are getting bare.  The weather is nice. Not too hot and not too cold. I need to pull up the annual flowers in the flower beds this week. That way my perennials will grow.
Hope all is well and will update again soon!