How time has flied and Spring is now Summer! Here's a quick update on the goings on here at the farm.

The ducks have moved several times since the bathroom and right now I have to keep the females and males separate as they need to look their best for the County Fair in August. We have 6 females and all seem to be laying!  Our little chickens are also footloose and fancy free in the barn with all of the other hens. Except for 2 roosters who are in their own pen as they were pulling feathers out of the upcoming show birds....

 The goats have been doing fine and we are looking to make a summer paddock for them so they can have more time grazing. Stitch managed to find a tack in his stall so I got to get up to speed on goat first aid 101. Luckily for us they are both getting better about us handling them.

 (Hanging out with Lilo!)

 We had 2 litters of kittens born already this summer, the first was with the barn momma and did just great as you can see from the pictures. The second was from one of the young females and unfortunately she rejected all 5 of them. One after another they died as we tried tirelessly to get her to nurse and feed them with tiny bottles of kitten formula. One still remains and is now 4 weeks old! She is looking great and seems to be quite healthy!

(Baby kittens!)


Lauren is having a blast with her little silkie chick she aptly called "Pumpkin". She is planning on showing her at the County fair in August.

 Dan butchered the first of our Market birds and I have to say we are hooked! They were super yummy and I was even able to get over the whole raising what you eat issue. Dan is planning to build a portable chicken tractor so we can raise about a dozen more this summer and fill the freezer this fall.

 (Lauren is protecting Pumpkin from the slaughter!)

Last month we put our horse Cheval down as his feet were just falling apart. It was a hard decision, but the best choice for him. We knew the time had come when he was choosing to lay down more than graze. Our herd is smaller but still a barrel of fun as we start Summer.

Noelle continues to struggle to gain weight, I swear I wish I had this mare's metabolism. I continue to play with all sorts of options to get her to eat more, but when she is done, she's done. Here are a few recent pictures of her. She was in her first show last month and placed 3rd out of 4. We were so thrilled just to have her go into the ring without incident!

I will try to be better about getting some more official posts going. There is SO much I want to share and these amazing animals teach me so much everyday. God is good and we are so blessed to have the opportunity to care for his creation! Blessings!