Wehner Homestead

[Wehner Homestead]

I’m a little obsessed with my Lamanchas!
Aria

CeCe

Rose

Maizy

Knight

Diamond-left, Jasmine-right, both expecting in Jan

Summer

Knight is with the girls. I captured one of his “faces.”

 

[Mike CHS]

There is nothing wrong with a little obsession.

 

[BlessedWithGoats]

Prayers for you. Animals are looking great!

 

[Mini Horses]

Glad to see you post. Hope all the "sickies" are over and you will be able to be lifted in body & spirit to enjoy your life and farm again. We think of you and your family -- good to hear from you.

 

[Baymule]

You sure have your hands full. Has the surgery helped DD2's legs? Or is it too soon to tell? DD1 having problems at school, that is a tough call. What grade is she in? The middle child…..I try to pay special attention to our middle grand daughter, the youngest is such a ring tailed tooter, good grief that child is demanding, and wears my daughter out.

I am sorry that you are having such a hard time with depression. With all that you have going on, it is certainly not surprising. Big hugs to you.

Your animals look so healthy and beautiful. I always love the pictures of them that you post.

 

[Bruce]

I am really happy to see you back, hopefully things will improve.

Halo ignoring me about getting in her crate!

If she can't see you she can pretend not to hear you.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Good to hear from you. I heard a pastor mention the vegetation and growth that doesn't appear on mountaintops where we prefer to be, but rather the lushness of the valley where we are always trying to get through or out of. May Blessings and growth come your family's way and be clearly evident. I will be waiting for that book you'll be able to pen one of these days. Maybe the modern Laura Ingalls Wilder.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Nice to hear from you

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Miss @Wehner Homestead,

Just caught up on your journal. Wow, you have been through a lot! I hope that things are getting better. Please let us know how you are doing.

Senile Texas Aggie

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Wow! It’s been awhile. I’m not even sure where to start!

I hope everyone is well!! Looking forward to checking in on several of you!

Hmmm...I’ll just work my way through a few different things.

Life: Covid hit. I quit my job to stay home and take care of DD2. I won’t go back unless I have no choice now. I LOVE being home. We actually homeschool now too and I love that too. I’m so much happier than I was but still just as busy, possibly even more busy. I’ve taken over most of the day-to-day things on the farm too.

Farm: We did almost 150 acres of hay this year and it did well enough to sell some. Have had a tractor down since spring that they can’t seem to figure out what’s wrong with it so that’s been interesting. We are getting ready to modify some parts of the barn and redo all of the fencing behind the barn for a paddock setup and alley. Covid allowed us to get caught up on fence rows and some other projects like cleaning up down trees that hadn’t been gotten to yet.

Human Kids: DD1 is now on grade level since I’ve been able to focus on what she needs and getting her there. She turns 10 this fall and showed in 4-H for the first time this year. She had a blast! DS continues to be all boy!! He will be 8 this winter and loves baseball and basketball. He hates to dress up and swore he’d never show but has gotten the bug when he tried out peewee showmanship at some of the open shows we went to. DD2 is awesome!! She hasn’t been a patient at the hospital since Nov 2018. We’ve not even had an ER visit since Covid. She turned 6 this summer, is doing Kindergarten with me this fall, and learning to walk with crutches now. She does still use her Walker and wheelchair most of the time.

Livestock: We are up to 15 cows. All are bred for calves from Jan-March. Most are AI calves that we are really excited about. Our herd is improving and we love what we are producing. We have 3 heifer calves- 2 that we purchased- in the barn to show over the next year that will then join our herd. DD1 showed pigs this year so we had fun with those and they are now in the freezer, along with the steer that she showed. We still have the dairy goats. DD2 has been refusing to drink the milk so I took a break from milking for the year and let everyone dry up after weaning. I made the decision to sell all of my Nigerians. The last ones leave at the end of the month. We still have the Lamanchas, Mini Lamanchas, Bluebelle and a daughter (our Nubian and her Experimental: Lamancha/Nubian doe.) I’m also keeping a Nigerian buck or two to use on my Mini program. This decision cut our numbers in more than half but I’m at peace with it. I still have several barn cats- in fact, there are 11 currently. Many I raised over the last few years when they were too tiny to survive on their own. We added rabbits during Covid. I liked the idea of having the meat source. We haven’t eaten any yet but it’s on the to-do list! Even the kids are excited to try it!! Part of this has been great fun because we’ve added Mini Rex and Polish to our New Zealands and I’ve gotten to make TWO trips to @promiseacres to add bunnies. We have a great time when together and are hoping to do some field trips with the kids and they are also going to be pen pals!! Our current Aussie count is at 5. We have Cowboy, Jewel (spayed now,) Halo, Hartleigh, and Sierra. Halo is bred to Cowboy and due in Nov. We will likely keep a pup from that pairing.

Thats a pretty quick update but I’m sure b

DD2 working a heifer. She has her braces on and her Walker is just behind

DD1 showing.

Part of the crew when showing. DH is leading the calf.

Baby bunnies. These were an oops litter from a doe I bought that surprised us. (LionLops)

DD1 and DS are taking horseback riding lessons and loving it!

Heifer we raised at a show.

Cows on our corner pasture after it had been mowed for hay twice.

Sierra- Red Merle Female

Sierra & Hartleigh

More pics in next post...all of these are since August lol