elevan
Critter Addict ♥
I noticed on the sister sites that there are a lot of member journals. I thought I might like to start one but I'm on this site much more often than the others. So it makes more sense to do one here. Feel free to just read or to actively participate.
Let's start with a little background:
I've always had animals of some sort my entire life. And so we pretty quickly moved from having 3 goats to now having 10. A llama to protect the goats...We already had the horses and potbelly pigs.
We added chickens in August of 2010 only to loose 10 of 11 due to a mink attack a few short months after starting. A friend gave us 3 to keep our "Lucky" girl company. Then we rescued a hen and a roo from a drunk only to end up sending the roo to freezer camp due to a bad attitude.
What's on the agenda:
Updated January 2013
Dwarf goats are my passion and I kind of want the best of both worlds. So I'm on a quest to meld the lowly pygmy with the nigerian dwarf to selectively obtain what I'm after. A true tri-purpose miniature goat (that would be milk, meat, companion)...I guess it would be quad purpose if you count weed eating
We're currently redoing an old barn to meet our current needs. It is a never ending job it seems.
We now have a booth at the Farmer's Market and it keeps me busy through the week preparing for and has brought a lot of new customers to the farm. Our products are also in a local store and we're expanding to more this year as well as planning to open our own farm store.
I'm writing a couple of early readers for kids. One early reader is done and just needs illustration and sent for publishing.
G.A.S. Gear is going crazy and I've wrote an published a Goat Notes health and record book for goats.
Our animal list as of July 9, 2013:
Pygmy Goats (2) Diva, Kingston
Nigerian Dwarf Goat (1) Ranger
Pygerian Goat (3) Snickers, Precious, Priya
PB Pig (1) Spam
Chickens (20) varied breeds
Guinea fowl (6)
Ducks (9)
Dogs (4)
Cats (6)
Rabbits (9)