Wow, there is so much to say with the latest events over the past few weeks since the last post. Forgive me, dear readers (hello? anyone?), but let me indulge you in the latest from Spring Mill. Chicken: It’s What’s for Dinner Two weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, we processed our old laying hens. [...]
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In which I attempt to cover a month of events
Posted in Farm Happenings, Miscellaneous, tagged Bette Davis, build it!, chickens, do it yourself, donut, doris day, goat KIDS!, goats, Huck, spring mill farm, sweet roll, xenia on May 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
growing like weeds
Posted in farm, Farm Happenings, Foodie, goat, Musings, tagged abba, Cheese Making, donut, doris day, fred astaire, goat KIDS!, goats, humphrey bogart, memphis, Musings, rock hudson, spring mill farm, sweet roll, xenia on April 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The goat kids are growing like weeds. I weighed them the other night, they average around 30 pounds, just over one month old. Fred and Bogart (Memphis’ kids) are the biggest, and the youngest. Their bone structure is much more substantial, while Rock and Doris (Abba’s kids) are taller, leaner, but weigh more than you [...]
Measuring Up, 148 days
Posted in Farm Happenings, tagged abba, donut, garden, goat's milk, goats, Huck, jacqsonne, memphis, spring mill farm, sweet roll, xenia on March 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Today marks 148 days bred for Abba and Memphis. This morning I measured the circumference of their ever-widening abdomens. Their last measurement was at a month out, so about 3.5 weeks ago. Today’s measurements: Abba – 50 inches Memphis – 51 inches That’s a gain of nearly 5 inches each! It’s been a lot of [...]
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