Chicken varieties we hatched

"Pinning" this so I can recall what the 17 chicks Will hatched out are!  :-)


The rooster in that pen is a Wheaten Ameraucana. The green eggs came from Frizzled Easter Eggers or my black Ameraucana hen. The white eggs were from my White Leghorns. The dark eggs came from my Welsummer. The light brown eggs came from frizzled EE hens. All the females that come from the standard sized eggs *should* lay green, blue or olive eggs because of the rooster being a true Ameraucana - but you never know. The bantam eggs are from Black Breasted Red Old English Game bantams.

Goats for sale

We have made the difficult decision (tears will be shed) to minimize our goat herd.  Please take a look at the FOR SALE page and spread the word!

What we've been so busy with lately...

Rain brings the flowers and fruits... and MUD, garden is planted and doing well, more baby goats born, building a new chicken house and expanding a flock (a little too much and having to pare it down now), fresh milk every morning, hatching out new baby chicks (see, too many chickens!).  The joys of new life are abundant and precious.  :-)

Lily de Valle 

Jack Sparrow

New goat kids!

Our mini-alpine doe gave birth today with 2 darling kids.  A doeling and a buckling.  They are sweet and bouncy as can be and Daisy is a wonderful mother.  This is her 3rd kidding and we look forward to more fresh milk soon!  The doeling is sold already and the buckling will be listed on the "for sale" page soon.

Americauna "Easter Egger" chicks are released!

These lovelies are running around with the other chickens now that they have grown big enough.  They are so pretty and cute flocking together around the yard.  I love their "tufted" cheeks!  They will be laying pink/green/blue pastel "easter egg" colored eggs by the spring.

New bunny hutch

Okay, first off - we are not carpenters, obviously!  However, we finally finished the new bunny hutch.  It is a 4-plex and makes it easier to care for them.  The best part is - all recycled material except for about $6 worth of furring strips we bought to complete it.  Not bad for a $6 hutch, right?  We have a bit of painting left (well, the kids do!) and are putting some recycle corrugated plastic on the roof but other than that it is done and perfectly functional if not beautiful!

 This Thunder/Twister/Tornado aka "T".

 Here is Lucy.

 Ruby.

 Clover.

They all seem very happy in their new homes!

Our Daisy girl in the milking stand

Not bad for a first freshener that I was lazy about milking.  :-)

I still have to hobble her, little stinker.  She is perfectly content to hop up there and be milked but if I don't hobble her she will kick up a storm.