Wednesday, March 25, 2015

New Additions

We are so busy lately. It's so easy. And fun. We love to build, and we have years of pent up energy that is begging to be expended. Farming is a long, slow investment, and at the beginning the only reward is work and enjoying animal personalities. Days go by and we just feed them and hang out with them, then there are days crammed with buying more, transporting them, penning them, and catching them after they escape. 


This is Reese. She's an Alpine. We bought her because we have four bottle babies and formula is gosh darn expensive. I picked her out of the herd because I like her color and the tightness of her bag. Unfortunately she's not producing enough so we need another. Lol! 

This is Abraham. So named because he can't have pork and we are hoping for many children. ;) He keeps running from our Duroc girls but hopefully he will grow a bigger pair and chase them back. ;)


This is Maggie and Emma. Berkshires. Berkshire meat is considered the best pork. Recently Maggie was mauled by a neighbors dog and had to get stitches. We are still watching her to see if she will be ok. 


I'm down to fifty seven of these guys. About half are roosters and will be butchered in a month. About time too; they are getting aggressive. Fun fact; young rooster crows sound a bit like a dying cow. 😉


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