Cow-A-Ning

It has happened again, the farming bug has bitten. And no, not just the ticks. Our neighbor bought cows! Now we are truly surrounded on all sides by cows. At least we will never want for fertilizer. It is so exciting to have so much around us alive and reproducing. These cows have had calves and are living off the lush pastures. It is all very exciting around here in the Ozarks.

Goat Gang

One nice thing about having a farm, you meet other farmers. A friend raises Nubian goats and had to feed at least six at one time. She used this neat device with multiple nipples for the goat kids. Beats the hand bottle feeding I attempted on a single goat kid. Still all that attention make the goats very calm and people friendly as you can tell from the top photo. Happy goats makes a happy farm.

Beanie Baby put to work

Here is a new use for an 11 year old Beanie Baby pig, surrogate mother to ducklings. Ducks need a flock and a mother more than chickens do. Our ducks are one big flock and they stay together. So our incubator ducklings need a surrogate, hence pig. Pig is washable soft and warm and the ducklings love it. They peep to pig and snuggle under the pig legs when scared. We will keep the duckings in the house until they get too big for the cage. Once they feather out we will put them outside to join our flock.