Archive for the “Livestock” category
Mucking goats and planting wheat
by Matt on November 6, 2013
It’s been a busy week down on the Ashram. Construction of the lotus pond has been put on hold as we worked on finishing up our fall winterization projects. The raised beds have been placed in the new front yard garden. These beds will take the place of our corn field next year. I spent […]
My Beard of Bees
by Matt on July 31, 2013
It was a hot and humid evening, the sun was just beginning to set and the temperature was still about 85 degrees. I was watering the goats and putting the chickens in for the night when I decided to walk back and check on the bees. Our bees are located at the far end of […]
A barnyard tour
by Jen on April 27, 2012
Here’s a quick little video I took of our livestock. I thought it turned out cute, so I wanted to share it with you.
Prairie Ashram happenings
by Jen on March 22, 2012
So, you may remember that our drake had been chasing our hens around, which led us to order some ducklings as more girlfriends for said drake. When the ducklings were 3 weeks old, and outgrew their brooder, we put them in with the hens/ducks. Only to have the drake chase them all day and damage […]
Ducklings and chicks, again
by Jen on February 28, 2012
So, something I learned recently is that winter is mating season for ducks. Which would explain why our lone drake has been harassing not only his girlfriend, but also the chickens. In an attempt to help settle the drake, we decided he needed a few more girls to hang out with so we ordered 5 […]
“Hey, there’s a mama goat with two doelings for sale.”
by Jen on February 17, 2012
“Oh yeah? How much?” Was the conversation we had. And now, we have three goats living in our garage. Here are some pictures of the process. So, we’ve only named the mama goat, the babies still need names. They’re both girls, so […]
Meet Jessie
by Jen on February 15, 2012
We got the kids a puppy for Christmas this year. After much debate, we named her Jessica Sophia or Jessie (like the cowgirl from Toy Story). :) She’s mostly Australian Shepherd and really is a pretty smart dog. We’ve introduced her to the other livestock but she’s never been loose around anything except our two cats. […]
Chicken set up
by Jen on January 26, 2012
We have been in our new home for almost 4 months, but since most of it has been colder temperatures, we have yet to move the chicken coop over. So, the girls are set up in the garage for right now. We took the old chain link chicken run and put it inside the garage […]
Banished from the city limits
by Jen on August 18, 2011
Well, once we knew for sure that Betty was a rooster, it was only a matter of time until we had to get rid of him. That time came this week when we received a letter of notice from the city. They had received a complaint regarding our rooster crowing and gave us almost a […]
Two eggs today!
by Jen on August 8, 2011
This really isn’t the blog post I set out to write today, but while I was taking pictures for the blog post I was planning, I thought to check the chicken nests before going back inside. Here’s what I found: Yay! Two eggs, meaning two of our hens are laying now! And, because the eggs […]