by Kara Williams | Jul 24, 2016 | Chickens, Cows, Goats, Summer
Summer is rolling by. The pastures are parched, the garden is growing, and the kids are enjoying mostly unscheduled days.Last blog entry I shared how three animals in the photo at right should be pregnant, but are not. Marianne, the little black goat, was our last...
by Kara Williams | Jun 10, 2016 | Chickens, Country Living, Cows, Goats, Reflections
Hope is tomorrow’s veneer over today’s disappointment. ~Evan Esar We started the year with such excitement and high hopes. In Janurary we purchased a pregnant Irish Dexter named Annabelle with her steer (neutered male) calf. She was expected to...
by Kara Williams | Mar 16, 2016 | Chickens, Country Living
Recently a friend mentioned that her friend who raises many different animals commented that of all of her animals, chickens are the most trouble – there is always something going on with them! I stopped and pondered…. I hadn’t really thought about...
by Kara Williams | Apr 12, 2015 | Chickens, Goats, Winter
A warm January day Winter Recovery The past three months have been quiet on the farm. I suppose that is part of the purpose of Winter – to restore us and give us rest and ready us for the coming season of growth and activity and new life. The first seed catalog...
by Kara Williams | Nov 12, 2014 | Chickens
Odds While on vacation this summer, my sweet niece who was house-sitting, had to deal with our first chicken death. She called to tell us that Daisy, our California White Leghorn was bloody. I told her not to worry because that happened to her a lot and she’s...
by Kara Williams | Jun 28, 2014 | Chickens
Surprises A few things I did not know or expect about chickens: * They are garbage disposals. I have a perpetual “Chicken Scrap” bowl on my kitchen counter and into it goes everything: apple cores, carrot shavings, banana peels, meat scraps, pasta, etc....
