FOR DANDY.
Dandy is very very sick. Eric stayed home from Nashville today, trying his best to help her and her new calf. Everyone please send all your prayers and good thoughts today to this cow.
*UPDATE* Dandy passed away on Saturday. Her calf is doing well as we continue to bottle feed him.
INTRODUCING....
Until the blessed day when we have our own milk cow, we are fortunate enough to have amish neighbors and a bountiful supply of their raw milk and butter. On our last trip to pick up the milk, we were overwhelmed with cuteness.
I am a self-professed and proud cat lady. And once I was holding a kitten, it was too late. Jesse didn't stand a chance in arguing, and we came home with a little girl.She's got a bobtail and a mustache.......introducing, Charlie!
We love her dearly already. - Hannah.
GUINEA UPDATE.
Our guineas are growing! They are getting so big (and so LOUD). We are hoping soon to start letting them free-range - right now, they are in a portable coop that we move several times a day. We tried letting them loose last week, but the dummies did not come back to roost - choosing to sleep on the GROUND in a big pile in the woods. Knowing they would be promptly eaten, we put them back inside their coop for a bit longer, trying to get them used to roosting there.Any ideas? Should we just let them out and hope for the best? Or wait a big longer for them to get acclimated to their little perch in the coop? We are eager for them to be FREE and start eating all of our ticks!- Hannah.
GOAT'S MILK AND GUINEAS.
We were oh-so-happy to spend last Sunday with our friends at Little Seed Farm. As before, we loved playing with all of the animals...but this time, we arrived early enough to help out with the milking!
But the real reason we were there: another bartering session! Our tick problem is completely OUT OF CONTROl - and we have been desperate for guineas, which are notorious for their pest controlling abilities. Lucky for us, Little Seed's guineas hatched out some keets last week! So we brought them honey and mushrooms and took home seven guinea keets and a few pullets as well. It is definitely cuteness overload at the farmstead right now.
- Hannah.