Well today we picked up our 5 month old Nubian Lamancha cross dairy goat Aega. Sweet thing she is being coloured beige and white and has a sweet temperament. I got her home and took her to meet the others in our little flock. They were quite interested in her, though Moose the goat butted [...]
Continue reading about Extremely busy day, now what to do with Hera?
The first pics are small as I just grabbed them off my facebook album. I’ll have to download them off the blackberry in their full resolution later.
Well this month has certainly gotten really interesting all of a sudden. The cause/catalyst would be my discovery of the local Edmonton Kijiji website. I have finally found the Flemish Giant doe rabbits plus their new litters I was looking for and got 2 of them along with a New Zealand buck to start my [...]
We started fencing parts of the dog’s enclosure this evening. We got the first part done except for building a gate which will happen this week. this part will be where the dog house will go, and once it’s done we’ll fence in the larger part of their enclosure so they can have an area [...]
Continue reading about Learning Curve = Straight Up, and so are the Fence Posts
Last night’s storm tore a chunk of wall off our shop, much to our surprise: And back to normal after Darren nailed the missing pieces back on:
Just looked out the window, and caught sight of Davin in the yard. It seems he has taken yesterday’s metal cage we used to transport the sheep, turned it on its side, put a plastic bin in there to hide behind, and one of the lawn chairs. He is now currently sitting in his little [...]
Continue reading about A Developing Hunter or at least a Sheep Stake-out
We have 4 new additions to the farm and more coming in the next weeks! We’ve acquired 3 sheep (destined for my freezer and dinner table) and a goat as of yesterday. It was an adventure getting them home since we don’t have a stock trailer, but one trip to the junkyard did the trick. [...]
