Saturday, September 3, 2011

Blog friends meet & do some goat business...

Look who I got to finally meet in person... my blog friend The Goodwife over at Thickin' and Thinnin' I do believe some of yall read her blog too & if you do read it then you know everything thats gone on this past year & thats shes taken a break from blog world... sure do miss readin her blogs, they always made me smile. I think shes a very cool person. I dont remember how I found her blog or when but as soon as I started following her I knew I was gonna like her. We became really good blog buddies over the past year or so, we would even email each other. Then I was so happy to learn she was moving to my state then more excited to learn she was only gonna be about 45 mins. away... we both knew living so close to each other we were gonna have to meet face to face, so we got too yesterday evening. Long story short she had emailed me earlier this week to see if I knew anyone to buy her Kinder Dairy Milkin goats (4... 2 mommas & 2 kids) & if ya keep up with my blog then ya know I've been wantin some milkin goats, so I talked it over with the honey. Well we got everything worked out & road to her house & picked em up.


Her daughter with her crazy haired chicken

Showing me how to milk Tulip... I did it with her help on my 2nd try. I was surprised how easy it was. Now I gotta do it on my own. Then I'll be makin all kinds of goat milk goodies.

We had about a 45 minute drive home... 4 humans & 4 goats in a mini van, lets just say its a ride we wont forget, lol

Kay & I held the kids... Tulip & Star where stuffed in a dog cage in the back with Blake

Here they are 1st night at their new home... and the cool thing is The Goodwife & her family can come visit them & us whenever they want :)

You can read about Tulip and Star on The Goodwifes blog. It really makes me happy that I can go to her blog anytime & read about them.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

I spy with my little eye...

Look what we found down in the barnyard...

Do you see it?

A beautiful garden spider

Its pretty big. Must be gettin lots of goodies down there.

I'm really surprised none of theses critters have found & ate it!

*** Some good info on Garden Spiders Here & Here ***

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Abby & Jake... Big Green Tractor


Abby & Jake (2 of my younger sisters rugrats) love comin down to visit us on the farm & they love uncle Brian takin em for rides :)

Thursday, August 25, 2011

All about Ellie Mae...

Ellie Mae is around 2.5 months now... & I just love her too. She is such a sweetie, she likes to snuggle with me sometimes. She really loves to hang out in the barnyard/woods eating leaves, weeds & grass... she eats & eats & eats all day long. She doesn't play as much as Annabel does I think cause she still young... I have noticed lately shes startin to play alittle more.




Heres alittle secret (well it wont be a secret now) but I would to get the girls another playmate around their age & I'm sure I will one of these day ;)


Monday, August 22, 2011

All About Annabel :)

Annabels around 4 months old... I just love her. Shes so funny to watch sometimes, she makes me laugh all the time. She loves to run around the barnyard, in the pen, around the coop & sometimes in one door of the coop & out the other when she gets all excited, lol. She tries to play with Porkchop (our potbelly pig), Porkchop doesnt like that & sometimes will hide under the coop, lol. One day I need to try to get Annabel on video puttin on her show.





She loves me too


Shes a sweet girl

*** Tomorrow I'll post about Ellie Mae***

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

My Muscovies...

All my ducks are doing great, the ducklings (well they arent ducklings anymore, I guess they are teenagers), they turned 3 months on the 12. I've got the 4 down in the barnyard with 2 of my older drakes then I've got 3 a pen with 1 drake & 2 hens... I just started letting them out to free range alittle in the evenings last Thursday when I took these pics. I've had them penned for weeks now because of the garden. My hens had given me some eggs, then stopped layin again, I'm hoping they start back up soon. The duckling Scarlett produced for me this year are turning into beautiful ducks... out of the 7 it looks like I ended up with 1 boy & 6 girls, I'm very happy with that.

I really love this picture of Scarlett







The 1 boy... I think hes beautiful.



Saturday, August 6, 2011

Sunshines 1st Egg...

Sunshine is about 5 1/2 months old & gave me her 1st egg today.
I plan on hatchin out silkie eggs next spring.

* you would think with as many chickens as I got I'd be rollin in the eggs but I'm not, I lucky to get 10 eggs a day. Great days I get 12.