I haven’t been doing a very good job keeping the page updated. Summer is a busy time for sure.

Two weeks ago we picked up a little Nigerian doe from my sister. It was an early birthday gift for Lisa. She is still a little skittish around me but will crawl right up into Lisa’s lap. She and the little buck (Timmy) we bought earlier will significantly downsize our goats over time.

I couldn’t resist. The last thing we really needed is more chickens but I found these Polish Crested chicks at the feed store and couldn’t leave without them. The top hats are hard to see in this picture taken a week ago. I’ll post new pictures soon. They look like they have little puff balls on their heads now. New Updated picture.

And lastly, Bobbie Jo finally gave us a little bull calf Saturday morning. It’s her first and she is worrying him to death. Or maybe it’s he who is worrying her. He is still wobbly on his feet but he is spunky and goes where he wants no matter how much she calls to him. It’s funny to watch them. She licks him so hard it almost pushes him over. Then he’ll take off as she follows behind softly calling to him.

Almost forgot, Sunday morning a hen showed up with 9 chicks. Now if she will just keep them close. We have had several hens with a few chicks one day and none the next. I don’t know what is getting them. The most recent was a game hen that had two chicks that were several weeks old and all feathered out. I almost think it was a hawk because there was no sign of any other birds being bothered. In the past when we had a vermin problem they would take larger birds too and we would find feathers if not partially eaten birds.

We moved three little boars Saturday. Two had gotten out and into the area whit the sows. I hope we don’t have oops piglets in about 4 months. I’m afraid we may have a few from a previous escape. During the move our adult boars got in the mix and one of the young ones thought he was going to match up with Hank and Willie. When it was all said and done he was on the run with a cut on his hind leg. Nothing serious, thankfully. He’ll limp around for a few days but should be fine as long as he understands his place in the pecking order. The smaller ones backed down and moved aside when the big boys walked by. They didn’t want any part of them.